Recently, a select group of Delta FFA students traveled to the district soil judging contest. After working hard to qualify at the county level, these students moved up to face tougher competition from schools across the region.

At the district level, the students faced even more challenging soil pits. They carefully examined the earth layers and filled out detailed scorecards for the fields. Just like before, they were tested afterwards with a difficult written exam to measure their deep understanding of soil management and conservation.

Results for District Urban Soils are:
Team – 5th
Ben Tedrow – 8th
Casey Michalak – 19th
Jack Mazurowski – 32nd
Adalynn Tanner – 34th
Asher Adkins – 42nd
Antonio Schiavone -63rd
Jager Irelan – 68th
Alexis Chavarria – 100th
District Rural/Ag Soils:
Team – 13th
Jacob Schlatter- 24th
Tyler Savage – 49th
Braxton Pennington – 76th
Olivia Siewertsen – 81st
Jensyn Gillen – 82nd
Gracyn Pelton – 83rd
Elwin Griewahn – 100th
Jakub Heinemann – 108th

While the students put a lot of effort into the contest, unfortunately, none made it to the next round of the competition. Even though no one advanced to the state finals this year, the chapter is incredibly proud of the select few who earned the chance to compete at this level. The experience they gained from these tough soil pits will give them a strong head start for next year’s events.

The Delta FFA chapter wants to congratulate the students who made it to districts and thank the district organizers and host farmers for putting on the event.