On June 5-9, the 88th Kentucky FFA State Convention was held in Lexington, Kentucky. The theme for this year’s convention was ‘This is Home’. Our Logan County High School officer team called the convention ‘home’ for this week. Our officers competed in Senior Parliamentary Procedure, Speeches, Ag Sales, Proficiency, Reporter Corps, and the Agriscience Fair.
The 2016-2017 President and Vice-President, Andrew Milam and Zach Brinkley, also attended, competing in Star Farmer and Star Placement. Each of these contests proceeded to state after winning at the Barren River Regional level.
Ag Sales: Jessalyn Robey, Meleea Reno, Caroline Baker, and Kennedy Campbell
Senior Parliamentary Procedure: Andrew Milam, Zach Brinkley, DJ Price, Blake Taylor, Luke Davenport, Ann-Meguiar Bouldin, Paige Brown, Jessalyn Robey, Meleea Reno, and Hannah Price
Speeches:
Poultry Impromptu: Mathew Edgar
Greenhouse Impromptu: Meleea Reno
Turf and Lawn Care Impromptu: Zach Brinkley
Public Speaking: Ann-Meguiar Bouldin
Extemporaneous Speaking: Rachel Taylor
Proficiency:
Grain Production-Entrepreneurship: Adam Wright
Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication- Entrepreneurship/Placement: Blake Taylor
Wildlife Production and Management-Entrepreneurship/Placement: Zach Brinkley
Outdoor Recreation-Entrepreneurship/Placement: Zach Brinkley
Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production-Placement: Luke Davenport
Forage Production- Entrepreneurship: Andrew Milam
Forest Management and Products-Entrepreneurship/Placement: Blake Taylor
Agriscience Research-Animal Systems: Meleea Reno
Agricultural Services Entrepreneurship/Placement: Kameron Higgins
Agriscience Research-Integrated Systems: Dru Brown
Beef Production- Entrepreneurship: Andrew Milam
Dairy Production-Entrepreneurship: Jessie Collins
Diversified Agricultural Production-Entrepreneurship/Placement: Dru Brown
Grain Production-Placement: Luke Davenport
Environmental Science and Natural Resources-Entrepreneurship/Placement: DJ Price
Diversified Crop Production-Entrepreneurship: Adam Wright
Star Placement: Zach Brinkley
Star Farmer: Andrew Milam
Reporter Corps: Hannah Price
Agriscience Fair: Rachel Taylor
During State Convention, our chapter attended sessions throughout the week. Motivational speakers such as Dr. Rick Rigsby spoke, as well as the retiring state officers. Not only this but our competitions kept us extremely busy and proactive throughout the week with June 6 being speech contest and Senior Parliamentary Procedure, as well as Ag Sales on the following day.
Our teams have worked hard preparing for these contests and were rewarded in Andrew Milam and Zach Brinkley finishing in the top 5 in the state.
Ag sales placed third with Jessalyn Robey earning top individual score.
Matthew Edgar won the Poultry Impromptu Speech and Meleea Reno earned third in the Greenhouse Impromptu Speech.
Senior Parliamentary finished with a Superior rating, and Adam Wright finishing second in his Grain Production Entrepreneurship. He will move to the national level in October.