Olympia FFA Competes at Section 9 and State Dairy Cattle Judging

 

[June 15, 2021] 

The Olympia FFA Livestock Judging Team competed at the Section 9 and State Dairy Cattle Judging CDE’s on March 31st and April 9th. The Section 9 dairy contest took place at two rural farms outside of Tremont, and the state contest was a virtual event this year. For the virtual state contest, participants met in Mr. Hoffman's classroom to judge classes of cows and heifers that were shown on a video.

At the Section 9 CDE, Olympia placed 2nd out of 7 teams. Senior Tyler Miller led the Olympia team placing 3rd overall. The other team members included: Kassidy Tacket (4th), Shelby Lynch (5th), Ethan Davis (6th), Nate Olsen (9th), Isabelle Forrest, Tarah Hilt, Anna Sanders, Brooke Rogers, and Blake Buatte.

At the state dairy judging CDE, the Olympia team placed 9th out of 29 teams. Four FFA members competed in the state CDE. Those who competed included: Tyler Miller, Ethan Davis, Kassidy Tacket, and Nate Olsen. Every individual represented Olympia well, but Ty Miller had the best performance from the Olympia team. He placed 7th overall. Ty Miller commented, “It was great to be able to judge in-person at our section contest. Judging cattle on videos is a real challenge, but we have all had to adapt this year. I’m really proud of how well our team did at both the Section 9 and State contests!”

Olympia FFA Members Anna Sanders and Brooke Rogers compete at the Section 9 FFA Dairy Cattle Judging CDE.

L-R: Kassidy Tackett, Shelby Lynch, Isabelle Forrest and Tarah Hilt.

L-R: Nate Olson, Ethan Davis, Ty Miller, and Blake Buatte.

This is a Holstein heifer from class #1 of the Section 9 FFA Dairy Cattle Judging CDE.

[Bryce A. Hoffman
Ag Teacher/FFA Advisor
Olympia High School]