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George
Skidmore (Left) and Tim Rank (Right) evaluate the
soil pits for the 2014 Darke County Land
Judging Contest at Kenton
Arnett’s farm near Pitsburg.
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County FFA Land
Judging Contest Held in Monroe Township
On September 16, 2014 the Darke SWCD held their annual land judging
contest for Darke County FFA Chapters as they prepare for the District
Contest. This year’s contest was held at Kenton Arnett’s Farm off
Red River West Grove Road near Pitsburg. This year 14 teams from
six schools – Ansonia, Franklin Monroe, Greenville, Mississinawa
Valley, Tri-Village and Versailles – participated in the event.
The land judging contest consists of a rural and an urban test.
Each test challenges the students to not only identify soil types, but
also consider other soil characteristics when making recommendations
for use of that area. The contest consisted of four stations,
three soil pits and a written test. The students had 15 minutes
to finish the test at each station. Upon completion of the
contest, students were asked to hand in their answer keys before Darke
SWCD staff would go over the answers and reasoning for each station.
This year Versailles Team #1 finished with the highest team score on
the rural test, followed by Tri-Village Team #1 and Versailles Team
#2. The highest individual score was Dean Heitkamp from
Versailles FFA. Tri-Village brought the only team to compete in
the urban test this year, the team score was 1,073 out of a possible
1,398 points. The highest individual score was Ethan Deneski.
“Darke SWCD would like to thank the Kenton for graciously hosting this
year’s competition, George Skidmore for helping Tim Rank evaluate the
soil pits, Jeff McMiller and Darke County Ditch Maintenance for digging
the pits and all the schools for participating in the event. The
participation and enthusiasm from the students and teachers is what
makes this competition great,” said Jared Coppess, District
Administrator for Darke SWCD.
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FFA
students analyze a soil pit during the 2014 land judging contest held
in
Monroe Township at Kenton Arnett’s farm.
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