On Thursday, December 1st, Versailles FFA participated in the 1st ever Middle School Career Development Events at Ohio FFA Center in Columbus, Ohio with 8th grade Versailles FFA members. At the Middle School CDE Versailles FFA participated in the Ag Career Quiz Bowl, Ag Career Conservation and Ag Career Exploration.
Versailles FFA placed 2nd in the state in the Ag Career Quiz Bowl, the team consisted of Hank Smith, Greta Broering, Rhylan Broerman and Brady Rogers.
As part of the quiz bowl the team answered questions about ag careers and statistics related to agriculture.
Versailles FFA won the 1st round and 2nd round and placed 2nd overall in a close 3rd round. In the area of ag career conservation Lucy Schmitmeyer placed 4th in the state and Lucy was in charge of conducting a conversation with an agriculture professional with her selected career as an agriculture education instructor.
Patrick McGlinch and Adam Rauh competed in the Ag Career Exploration in which they each wrote and delivered 4 to 6 minute speeches on an agriculture career. Patrick McGlinch placed 3rd overall in the state and Adam Rauh placed 6th overall in the state. Patrick gave a speech about a career in Precision Ag Specialist and special thanks to Justin Goubeaux for providing Patrick’s with quotes. Adam Rauh spoke about being an agriculture lawyer and a special thanks to Ryan Conklin for sharing quotes with Adam.