Brokaw FFA Members Compete in Soils Judging Competition
Four Brokaw FFA members of Clarinda recently competed in the Iowa FFA State Soils Evaluation Career Development Event at Iowa State University on Saturday, October 9, in Ames, Iowa. The team of Allyson Johnson, Owen Johnson, Nathan King, and Phoebe Garrett received a Gold rating and placed 1st out of 30 teams from across Iowa. Allyson placed 2nd overall and Owen placed 3rd overall out of a total of 119 individuals. Because of the first place finish, the Brokaw Soils team qualified to compete in the National Land & Range Judging competition in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in May of 2022. This marks the twelfth time in the last nineteen years that a soils team from Clarinda has qualified for the national competition and the second time in the last four years that a Brokaw Soils team has won the state competition.
The soils event included the judging of four soil pits, plus a written test on soils in Iowa. The score card used to judge the soil pits is divided into five parts: Surface Features, Soil Features- The Profile, Land Capability Classification and Productivity Potential, Evaluation of Management Practices, and Suitability of Soils for Non-Agricultural Uses.
Caption for picture: Members making up the 2021 Iowa FFA State Soils CDE Champion team were, from left to right: Nathan King, Phoebe Garrett, Allyson Johnson, and Owen Johnson.