Thousands of FFA members in their Blue and Gold will be descending on downtown Tulsa this week for the 97th Convention of the Oklahoma FFA.
Ahead of that- the past few days have been filled with competitions in a variety of skill sets for FFA members.
One of the contests held was the 2023 FFA Agriscience Fair- and Stillwater built on the success of last fall when they had a dominant performance at the National level-According to the Stillwater FFA Facebook page- “the State Agriscience Fair Contest involved a record 15 State Champion Projects (22 students), 6 State Runner Up Projects (9 students), and the Champion Oil and Gas Project. Overall, All 39 Stillwater FFA Members placed in the Top 5 of their divisions!
“For the amazing accomplishments of all 39 of these outstanding leaders, we were named the State Champion Agriscience Fair Sweepstakes for only the second time in program history.” (Stillwater Agriscience participants are pictured above)
Meanwhile in two of the more competitive judging team contests- the Tuttle FFA Chapter won the state championship Livestock Judging Contest on Saturday- Guthrie was runner up and Hartshorne placed third at the state level. FFA and 4-H Livestock Judging Placings available here.
In the Meats Judging Contest- The State champions for 2023 is the Porter FFA Chapter- State Runner ups were the Dover FFA Chapter and third was Ok Union. FFA and 4-H Placings Available Here.
Other Interscholastic Champion Chapters named over the weekend: (Contest Placing Details Available Here)
Ag Communications- Champion: Weatherford , Reserve: Fairview
Ag Sales- Champion: Amber Pocasset, Reserve: Elgin
Ag Tech and Mechanics- Champion: Edmond Reserve: Strother
Agronomy- Champion: Afton Reserve: Sterling
Electricity- Champion: Strother Reserve: Jenks
Entomology- Champion: Silo Reserve: Morrison
Environment and Natural Resources- Champion: Byng Reserve: Silo
Farm Business Management- Champion: Amber Pocasset Reserve: Morrison
Floriculture- Champion: Byng Reserve: Silo
Food Science- Champion: Cache Reserve: Sterling
Homesite- Champion: Vian Reserve: Whitesboro
Land Judging- Champion: Vian Reserve: Stratford
Milk Quality- Champion: Broken Bow Reserve: Calumet
Milk Quality DQ- Champion: Kingfisher
Nursery and Landscape- Champion: Byng Reserve: Edmond
Poultry Evaluation- Champion: Westville Reserve: Coweta
Rangeland- Champion: Roland Reserve: Gans
Soil and Water Management- Champion: Gans Reserve: Sallisaw
Turfgrass- Champion: Silo Reserve: Edmond
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