Brokaw FFA Team Wins District Soils Competition
The Brokaw FFA Chapter Soils Judging Team competed at the Southwest District Soils Judging Career Development Event at the Armstrong Research Farm near Lewis, Iowa, on Monday, September 27. The Brokaw team placed first out of a total of twenty-five district teams. The team consisted of Allyson Johnson, Owen Johnson, Nathan King, and Phoebe Garrett. Adam Johnson and Brevin Coston also competed individually as alternates to the team. The team placed first in each category of the contest except one, in which they placed second- three of the four judging pits and the exam. Allyson Johnson placed first overall, King placed second, Owen Johnson placed fifth, Adam Johnson placed eleventh, Garrett placed thirteenth, and Coston placed seventeenth out of a total of one hundred thirty-nine participants. The 1st place finish qualified the team to compete at the Iowa FFA Soils Judging Career Development Event to be held on October 9 at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
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.
Caption for Picture: Brokaw FFA members competing at the Southwest District Soils Evaluation competition included, front row left to right: Allyson Johnson and Phoebe Garrett. Back row, left to right: Nathan King, Owen Johnson, Adam Johnson, and Brevin Coston.