Brokaw FFA Team Wins District Soils Competition
The Brokaw FFA Chapter Soils Judging Team competed at the Southwest District Soils Judging Career Development Event in Audubon on Monday, October 19. The Brokaw team placed first out of a total of nineteen district teams. The team consisted of Jason Wright, Hailee Knight, Colby Carlson, and Jadyn Sunderman. The team placed first in each category of the contest- all four judging pits and the exam. Wright placed first overall, Knight placed second overall, and Carlson placed fifth overall out of a total of seventy-two participants. The 1st place finish qualified the team to compete at the Iowa FFA Soils Judging Career Development Event to be held in the spring.
The soils event included the judging of four soil pits, plus a written test on soils in Iowa. The score card used to judge the soil pits is divided into five parts: Surface Features, Soil Features- The Profile, Land Capability Classification and Productivity Potential, Evaluation of Management Practices, and Suitability of Soils for Non-Agricultural Uses.