CBNA FFA
Members Participate At State FFA Dairy Evaluation
The CBNA Dairy Evaluation team at the recent NH FFA
Interscholastic Competition.
The Coe-Brown Northwood Academy Dairy
Evaluation team of Preston Bethke, Olivia Pittman, Bailey
Travers, Madeleine Lounsbury, Nicole Anthony, Elizabeth Ward,
Hannah Mattson, Anna Prescott-Nichols, Alyssa Ames, and Jordan
Bell recently competed in the State FFA Dairy Evaluation event
at the University of New Hampshire dairy barns. The purpose of
the State and National FFA Dairy Cattle Evaluation and
Management Career Development Event is to provide a competitive
event for agricultural education students which emphasizes
skills in dairy cattle management and evaluation.
This event helps to provide practical
experience to students enrolled in agricultural education with
an interest in dairy cattle to help prepare for industry
positions or in management of a modern dairy herd. The event
also helps to develop students’ skills in observation, analysis,
communication and team collaboration as well as providing
experience in the evaluation of dairy cattle type, production
records and dairy herd management.
As a result of this state event, the
top four finishers from the CBNA FFA Much-to Do Chapter, the
team of Preston Bethke, Olivia Pittman, Bailey Travers,
Madeleine Lounsbury will travel to Indianapolis, IN to compete
in Dairy Evaluation, representing NH in the fall of 2017.