National FFA dairy winners announced

Last week, about 55,0000 attendees descended on Indianapolis, Ind., for the 82nd National FFA Convention. Included in the week's activities was a variety of dairy-related competitions, including dairy judging, dairy foods evaluation, dairy showmanship, and proficiency awards for dairy placement (working on a dairy farm) and dairy entrepreneurship (owning your own dairy herd.) We are pleased to announce the following winners and offer our sincere congratulations:

Dairy Cattle Evaluation (Dairy Judging)
High Team: Prairie Central FFA, Ill.; Trent Kilgus, Samantha Ropp, Lyle
Schaffer, and Micah Zehr
High Individual: Trent Kilgus, Prairie Central FFA, Ill.

Dairy Foods Evaluation
High Team: Fair Play FFA, Mo.; Mason Gjerde, Cody Rash, Jacob Wallen,
and Caleb Whaley
High Individual: Jacob Wallen, Fair Play FFA, Mo.

Dairy Cattle Handlers Activity (Dairy Showmanship)
High Individual: Matthew Stanton of North Bedford FFA, Pa.

Dairy Placement Proficiency National Winner
Tanner Bradley, Fort Atkinson FFA, Wis.
We would like to give a special congratulations to Tanner, a Hoard's Dairyman Farm employee — way to go Tanner!

Dairy Entrepreneurship Proficiency National Winner
Jason Hartschuh, Wynford FFA, Ohio