Northeast Colorado ag students compete in range contest
High school agriculture students from across northeast Colorado competed in the FFA Range Judging and Plant Identification event held on Sept. 23 at the Prairie School in New Raymer. The event was hosted by the New Raymer FFA chapter. Peyton Kloberdanz, agriculture teacher at Prairie High School in New Raymer, coordinated it.
The West Greeley Conservation District and Pawnee Buttes Seeds, Inc. provided the funding to support it. The Colorado section of the Society for Range Management provided individual awards as part of its youth activities program. The event involved 162 agriculture students representing 15 FFA chapters in northeast Colorado.
The advanced team results were Idalia – Gold; Hi Plains – Silver; and Yuma – Bronze. Beginning team winners were Akron – Gold; Hi Plains – Silver; and Holyoke – Bronze.
Jenae Moberly, Idalia FFA, was recognized as having the high individual score for combined site judging and plant identification. Tyler Wise, Liberty FFA, was recognized as having the highest individual score on plant identification.
