On March 19, members of the FFA chapter went to the District One CDE contest at the Fulton County Fairgrounds. The teams that participated in the contest were Equine Management, Meats, Agronomy, and Wildlife Management. Austin Arps placed third overall in the Agronomy contest. Zoe Poling placed 74th out of 96 participants in the Equine competition. The Meats team placed first out of 19 teams. The team consisted of Rylee Ford, Aaron Schuette, Sam Richer, Lindsay Fager, Dylan Nicely, Nicky Winland, Regan Ford, Joe Villaruiz, Angel Juarez, Hunter Thourot, Trey Homan, Eddie Borders, Keegan Mack, Hunter Green, and Jason Wreede. The Wildlife Management team placed fifth out of 26 teams. On this team were Nick Raabe, Elliot Bingham, Garret Krasula, Jeremy Ruger, Jacob Raabe, Gordon Winland, Ross Whipple, Leonard Harris, Brady Neifer, Grant Suntken, Luke Grime, and Josh Collins.
On March 29th, students attended competition at the state fairgrounds in Columbus. The three CDEs were General Livestock, Dairy Cattle, and Wildlife Management. Wauseon placed 116th as a team in General Livestock. The Wildlife Management team placed fifth out of 26 teams. Wauseon placed 25th in the category of Dairy Cattle.
The 84th Banquet of the Wauseon FFA Chapter was recently held with numerous awards being given to outstanding chapter members.
On April 30, members from the Wauseon FFA attended the 2014 State FFA Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Students visited the Columbus Zoo for a tour, attended sessions at the convention center, enjoyed a Charlie Worsham concert, and toured the OSU campus. The convention ended with a final session for State FFA Degrees.
Interesting facts about the National FFA Program: Each year, there are more than 50,000 FFA jackets made. FFA jackets are only to be worn by FFA members. The national FFA Organization began in 1928. The FFA organization receives no federal funding. Forty-three percent of FFA members are female. The FFA Creed was adopted at the third National FFA Convention.