South Prairie FFA
March Newsletter 2023
Chapter Reporter, Gracie Rauschenberger
Turtle Lake CDE Contest
South Prairie brought its Ag Sales and Agronomy Teams to compete at the Turtle Lake contest. Adam Newman participated in the Agronomy contest. The Ag Sales team finished in 3rd place! Individually, Jacob Kramer finished 5th overall, and Joshua Lindbo finished in sixth place, both receiving Gold. Brylee Beeter finished Bronze, Logan Hanneman and Taylor Weber also participated.
Final Practice
On March 19th, the South Prairie FFA and Alumni hosted the “Final Practice”. The Final Practice is for teams heading to state to get in one final workout the day before their state competitions. The chapter sets up mock contests in Agronomy, Ag Sales, and Livestock Judging for participants to go through and allows them a chance to get direct feedback from judges.
The Final Practice takes a lot of people to put on, there were judges who volunteered and helped give feedback to students, as well as people working behind the scenes with setup and planning. We could never have done it without our Alumni and volunteers, so thank you to all who helped with putting on the event this year!
Figure 1: Volunteers working concessions at the Final Practice
State Career Development Event
State CDE season has officially come to an end! On March 20th, South Prairie took its Agronomy, Livestock Judging, and Ag Sales teams to the All-Seasons Arena in Minot for the State Competition! Below are the results from the three contests.
In the Agronomy contest, Annaliese Rauschenberger finished gold, Adam Newman finished Silver, Miranda Novodvorsky also participated. The team placed silver overall. Amber Braasch finished silver in the Livestock Judging contest.
In Ag Sales, Brylee Beeter, Gracie Rauschenberger, Joshua Lindbo, and Jacob Kramer all finished Gold, and Natalee Becker finished Silver! The Ag Sales team received Gold and placed fifth in the state!
Great job and congratulations to all members who participated this year!
Figure 2: Back:Jacob Kramer, Adam Newman, Natalee Becker, Miranda Novodvorsky, Gracie Rauschenberger.Front: Joshua Lindob, Annaliese Rauschenberger, Amber Braasch, and Brylee Beeter.
March FFA Meeting
At this month’s meeting, members moved to purchase a chapter photo printer! Officer applications have been collected and interviews were held during the last week of March for the 2023-2024 officer team. Following the meeting, FFA members played against one another in a pickleball tournament!
Announcements:
· April 5th: Contest Sign-Up for State Convention Due
· April 6th: FFA Meeting @ 6:30
· April 14th: FFA Banquet @ 6:30
· April 26th: State Convention Workout in Garrison
· May 1st: Registration Fees for State Convention Due