Creighton Suhr, Cash Suhr, Rylee Robson and Irelyn Wirt
Special to the Times Vedette
The FFA Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event provides an opportunity for FFA members to display their agricultural knowledge and skills in the area of Livestock Evaluation.
Activities included in the Livestock Evaluation were placing breeding and market classes of beef, swine, sheep and goats, and keep/cull and oral reasons classes. There were 172 members participating from 50 chapters. The Iowa FFA Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event was made possible with support from the Iowa State University Block and Bridle Club and Iowa FFA Foundation Gold Standard
Partners. The Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event was coordinated and conducted by Will Taylor and other faculty and staff with the Animal Science Department at Iowa State University.
The ACGC FFA had three members travel to Ames to compete in this contest on June 11.
Team members Rylee Robson, Irelyn Wirt, Cash Suhr and Creighton Suhr received 12th overall and a gold rating for their efforts in the contest. As a team, they received a top 10 finish in the sheep and swine divisions and fifth as a group in the goat division.