Olympia FFA members compete in Dairy Cattle Judging event

[April 14, 2018] 

LINCOLN 

On Tuesday, March 20th, the Olympia High School FFA Dairy Cattle Judging Team drove to three farms near Tremont where they judged a total of seven classes of dairy cattle for the Section 9 FFA Career Development Event.

Front: (L – R) Chloe Hilt, Bailey Rogers, Ryleigh Hilt, Alyssa Casey, Ethan Davis and Lane Schweigert. Back: Josh Kindred, Garrett Smith and Cody Gibson.

The team consisted of Josh Kindred, Cody Gibson, Chloe Hilt, Ryleigh Hilt, Alyssa Casey, Garrett Smith, Bailey Rogers, Josie Litwiller, Lane Schweigert, and Ethan Davis. The team placed 2nd overall and Cody Gibson had the highest individual score overall. Ethan Davis also placed in the top 10 individually.

These FFA members had to be very knowledgeable about cattle and they had to be dedicated because the day was very windy and cold. Also, all of the judges had a great time judging.

 L - R: Front-Chloe Hilt, Bailey Rogers, Ryleigh Hilt, Alyssa Casey, Ethan Davis, and Lane Schweigert. Back-Josh Kindred, Garrett Smith, and Cody Gibson.

Cody Gibson stated, "It was a new experience for me and I wish I would have done it in previous years because it was really fun and I gained a lot of knowledge from it."

Overall this day was very successful for everyone and everyone is looking forward to next year where they hope to improve.

[Submitted by: Josie Litwiller-FFA media/marketing specialist]