The Pierce County High School FFA Land Judging Team recently placed second in the Area Six FFA Land Judging Career Development Event. The event was held in Tifton at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The area winners advance to the State Competition in Watkinsville November 2.
Sam Chesser was the overall individual winner in the region while Garrett Page finished 7th, Matthew Panning finished 8th, and Jesse Crews finished out the scoring.
The Land Judging Career Development Event provides students the opportunity to determine land classification, use and treatment practices for selected sites. The students must consider topsoil texture and thickness, effective depth, permeability of subsoil, slope, erosion, drainage and land capability.
The Land Judging CDE Team was trained by John Ratliff, one of the PCHS FFA Advisors. The Land Judging Career Development Event is sponsored by Georgia Farm Credit Associations as a special project of the Georgia FFA Foundation. FFA is a national organization of over 501,000 members preparing for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture.
FFA is an integral part of the agricultural education program in public schools. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
