Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years
WORLAND — While the proficiency applications may have been judged in late March, proficiency results were not announced until the Wyoming State FFA Convention this past week and it was well worth the wait for the member of the Chief Washakie FFA chapter with 12 members earning state championships.
WORLAND — While the proficiency applications may have been judged in late March, proficiency results were not announced until the Wyoming State FFA Convention this past week and it was well worth the wait for the member of the Chief Washakie FFA chapter with 12 members earning state championships.
The chapter has been working hard at increasing the number of proficiency applications submitted to the state level for the past four to five years, according to advisor Grace Godfrey.
“We set a goal each year of how many we want to submit. Last year was 75 and this year was 80. We ended up submitting 95 applications by 34 different FFA members,” Godfrey said.
She explained that proficiency applications are based off of the records that members keep on the online record keeping system: AET. They are about 20 pages long and include learning outcomes and efficiency factors, skills, competencies and knowledge, a resumé, six photos and captions that represent the project, accomplishments or findings, challenges, roles, responsibilities and management. Applications can fit into one of 46 proficiency areas and are at times divided into entrepreneurship (owning your own project), placement (working for someone else) or exploratory. SAE’s (Supervised Agricultural Experiences) in the placement area require the help from community members who employ students.
Those community members include: Chubby Cheeks BBQ, Haun Farms, Country Bloomers Greenhouse, Jack Nielsen, NAPA, Cloud Peak Vet Services, Jordan Farms, Ace Hardware and JaNell Donley.
Results are as follows:
Tyler Schrage — State Champion, Ag Processing
Ivan Perez — State Champion, Vegetable Production
State Runner Up, Beef Production, Placement
State Runner Up, Diversified Ag Production, Placement
3rd place, Diversified Crop Production, Placement
Elizabeth Voss — State Champion, Agricultural Research , Animal
State Runner Up, Goat Production
JT Klinghagen — State Champion, Outdoor Recreation
Kendrick Kapptie — State Champion, Wildlife Management
State Runner Up, Outdoor Recreation
State Runner Up, Fruit Production
State Runner Up, Vegetable Production
State Runner Up, Diversified Horticulture
State Runner Up, Ag Sales Entrepreneur
3rd place, Landscape Management
3rd place, Nursery Management
3rd place, Ag Mechanics Design and Fabrication
3rd place, Grain Production, Placement
Talon Andersen — 3rd place, Sheep Production, Entrepreneurship
Breann Swing — State Champion, Ag Mechanics Repair, Placement
Dani Warner — State Champion, Vet Science
State Runner Up, Swine Production — Entrepreneurship
State Runner Up, Diversified Livestock Production , Entrepreneurship
State Runner Up, Ag Services
3rd Beef Production, Entrepreneurship
3rd, Ag Education
Olivia Scheuerman — State Champion, Diversified Crop Production, Placement
State Runner Up, Home and Community Development
State Runner Up, Specialty Crop Production, Placement
State Runner Up, Nursery Management
State Runner Up, Grain Production, Placement
State Runner Up, Landscape Management
3rd, Forage Production
3rd, Ag Services
3rd, Ag Sales
Raylee Salinas — State Champion, Food Services
State Runner Up, Ag Processing
State Runner Up, Ag Sales
3rd, Swine Production, Entrepreneurship
Siobhan Myers — State Runner Up, Equine Entrepreneurship
Rudy Sanford — 3rd Agricultural Research, Plant
Regan Schmeltzer — State Runner Up, Agricultural Research, Plant
Pudge Hofmann — State Champion, Diversified Ag Production, Placement
State Runner Up, Crop Production , Placement
State Runner Up, Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintenance, Placement
3rd, Home and Community Development
3rd, Ag Processing
3rd, Specialty Crop, Placement
Meg DeBolt — State Runner Up, Beef Production, Entrepreneurship
Cameron Michel, State Champion, Ag Sales, Placement
State Runner Up, Food Services
State Runner Up, Forage Production
Ashley Schrage — State Champion, Ag Education
3rd, Swine Production
3rd, Agricultural Research, Integrated
Brody Hernandez — State Runner Up, Ag Mechanics Design and Fabrication, Placement
Luke Mortimer — State Runner Up, Agricultural Research, Plant
Cole Venable — State Champion, Agricultural Research, Plant
Jada Timmons — State Champion, Agricultural Research, Integrated
Katie Baumstarck — 3rd Agricultural Research, Animal
Chief Washakie FFA had 60 applications in the top 3 and won a total of $7,150 that went directly back to the students. FFA members won $250 for first place, $100 for second and $50 for third place.
Members may win only one area so at times they may have gotten bumped to second place because they already won an area, Godfrey said.
State winning proficiency applications will be edited and then submitted to the National FFA in June. They will be judged among other state winners in their area and then awarded bronze, silver or gold status. Applications in the top 4 will be invited back to Indianapolis, IN for interviews and final 4 placings in late October at the National FFA Convention. Chief Washakie FFA also won the Proficiency Sweepstakes Award for having the most proficiency applications in the top 3. This is the first time that the award has been given.