Northeast Nodaway and Jefferson high schools each won two judging categories during NCMC Ag Contest Day in Trenton yesterday.
Nine other schools, including Trenton and Chillicothe, won first place in other career development events. Because of the sheer volume of teams and individuals, we’ve pared the list to recognize those finishing at the highest level in the competition.
A Trenton FFA team captured first place in meats. Emily Kasinger took 1st with Hannah Persell 3rd and Jayden Roeder 4th individually. Princeton FFA had a team take second place and Grundy R-5 was sixth in meats.
Chillicothe FFA won first place in farm management with Sarah Mason of Chillicothe taking first place individually.
Hamilton won first place in forestry; led by Sarah Hartley’s 1st place finish.
Trenton was fifth in forestry with Okla Fitzpatrick placing 3rd.
Braymer FFA had a team win first place in the nursery-landscape category.
Shelby Davies of Braymer ranked 1st individually.
Northeast Nodaway captured first in both dairy cattle and dairy foods.
For dairy cattle, North Harrison of Eagleville was second and Princeton third.
Mardee Sadowksy of North Harrison was the top individual; Trenton’s Teresa Burkholder was 5th in the judging of dairy cattle.
Jefferson won first place in FFA knowledge and entomology.
For knowledge, Princeton was second, Milan third, and Trenton seventh.
Juan Mejia of Princeton was the high individual.
Conner Christensen of Winston took 1st in entomology.
Other schools taking home first place honors at NCMC ag contest day were Cameron in agronomy; Maysville in horses; West Nodaway in floriculture; Mid-Buchanan in soils; and Columbia in poultry judging.
Braymer was second in agronomy. North Mercer was second and Milan fourth in horses. Meadville was second, Princeton third, and Gilman City fifth in soils judging. Hamilton was second, Princeton finished third, and Jamesport fifth in poultry.
