INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) would like to extend congratulations to our Indiana chapters and members who represented Indiana so well at last week’s 84th National FFA Convention.
 

“All of our FFA participants are to be commended,” said Indiana FFA Director of Leadership Development, Steve Hickey. “Our teachers and students work hard all year to prepare for these competitions.” 

National Proficiency Finalists

·Clayton L. Goodnight from Clinton Prairie–Swine Production Entrepreneurship

·Ben Ice from Eastbrook – Turf grass Management

·Kayleigh Warner from Dekalb – Environmental Science and Natural Resources

·Andrew Helming from Forest Park-Nursery Operations

National Officer Candidate

Final Round- Morgan Gadd, Hamilton Southeastern FFA

National Chapter Awards –Models of Innovation

Chapter Development Finalists- Clinton Central FFA, Owen Valley FFA

National Chapter Awards 

3 Star

Clinton Central, Dekalb, Jay County, Owen Valley, Prairie Heights, 

Rossville, Southmont, Western Boone

2 Star

Carroll @ Ft Wayne, Carroll @ Flora, Caston, Churubusco, Eastbrook, 

North Montgomery, Switzerland County, Tri-County, Woodlan

1 Star

Shenandoah

Career Development Events

Gold Emblem

·Dairy Cattle Judging-2nd Overall Team North Miami

·7th Place Individual-Kyleigh See

·Dairy Handlers- Hanna Klopfenstein, John Glenn FFA

·Farm Business Management-10th Overall team, Orleans FFA

•4-H Place Individual – Andrew Johnson

·Horse Evaluation-5th Overall Team Columbus FFA

•2nd Place Individual-Meredith Harrison

·Livestock Evaluation-1st Overall Team Eastern Hancock

•1st Place Individual-Sarah Mueller

•2nd Place Individual-Kale Hensley

•4th Place Individual-Breanna Lawyer

•9th Place Individual-Jacob Mueller

Silver Emblem

·Agriculture Communications-Clinton Central FFA

·Agriculture Mechanics-Prairie Heights FFA

·Creed Speaking-Taylor Durbin, West Washington FFA

·Environmental Science & Natural Resources-Prairie Heights FFA

·Food Science Technology-DeKalb FFA

·Forestry-Rossville FFA

·Job Interview- Fallon Jackson, Danville FFA

·Marketing Plan-Tri County FFA

·Nursery & Landscaping- Heritage FFA

Bronze Emblem

•Ag Issues-Shenandoah

·Agriculture Sales- Clinton Central FFA

·10th Place Individual-Chaz Evans

·Dairy Foods-Warsaw FFA 

·Extemporaneous Public Speaking- Cameron Mann, Cloverdale FFA

·Floriculture- DeKalb FFA

·Meat Evaluation and Technology-Clinton Prairie FFA

·Parli-Pro-Shenandoah FFA

·Poultry Evaluation-Bellmont

·Prepared Public Speaking- Layne Lumley, McCutcheon FFA

Agriscience Fair Results

Gold Emblem

·Paoli FFA, Jordan Cadle-Botany, Division 1

·Triton Central, Alexis Stover-Engineering, Division 1

Silver Emblem

·Triton Central, Tim Riley & Christine Kuhn-Botany, Division 3

·Triton Central, Erika McKee & Shelby Lannan-Zoology, Division 3

·Columbus, Kaylan Daily & Lynsey Daily-Zoology, Division 4

Bronze Emblem

·Carroll @ Ft Wayne, Ashley Lewis-Biochemistry/FoodScience/Microbiolog-y, Division 2

·Pendleton Heights, Chase Rogers & Shawn Crisler-Botany, Division 4

·Tri-County, Josie Douglas & Sean Harrington-Engineering, Division 3

·Tri-County, Shelby Babcock & Heather Lehe-Engineering, Division 4

·Cloverdale, Katie Arnold-Zoology, Division 3

Honorary Degree

·Greg Curlin, Switzerland County

Chorus/Talent

·Daniel Epperson, South Spencer FFA-National Talent

·Andrew Thieme, Hamilton Southeastern FFA-National Chorus