St. Regis FFA attends expo in Bozeman
Future Farmers of America, or FFA, held their annual statewide expo in Bozeman on November 11 through the 14. Members from over 50 chapters attended the John Deere Expo, where students interested in agriculture and leadership met for four days to compete, and get to know each other.
The expo was held on the Montana State University campus. Students attended a leadership conference, workshops, toured the campus and attended a Friday night dance.
The St. Regis chapter was able to attend the event, chaperoned by FFA Advisor, Holli Nielsen. St. Regis attendees were Damon Dufresne, Josh Drobny, Jacob Jasper, Travis Jaquez, Emma Hill, Madison Hill, Nicole Orrison, Anna Sanford, Kylee Thompson, and Lizzy DeRoche.
In the first Year Agriculture Communications contest, Emma Hill place first in the individual category, and Nichole Orrison placed eighth in individual. The team, which consisted of Hill, Orrison and Kylee Thompson, placed second.
In the Advanced Agriculture Communications contest, Madison Hill placed fifth in individual. Anna Sanford placed seventh in individual. The team, which was Madison, Sanford, and Travis Jaquez placed second.
The competition was editing a paper, creating a media sample, where the St. Regis team created a website page and also wrote a blog.
In the Food Science contest, the team placed ninth. The team was Jaquez, Orrison, Emma and Madison Hill, Sanford and Thompson. That competition included a food safety and food quality test. As well as a scent test, where contestants had to identify over 20 scents. There was also a taste test and a 25 question test. Orrison won eighth place for individual.
The Agriculture Mechanics contest team was Jacob Jasper, Josh Drobny, and Damon Dufresne. All team members placed within the top 100 out of 238 participants.
Finally, the Livestock Evaluation team was Lizzy DeRoche, Dufresne, Jasper and Jaquez. There were eight classes of bulls, steers, hefers, and cows. Team members were tested on the quality of the animals.