The Heartland FFA Chapter recently traveled to Nelson to compete in land judging. The event was coordinated by Marlene Faimon and the Little Blue NRD from Davenport. 216 area Agricultural Education students, making up 58 teams, participated in the event.
In land judging, a student must determine the depth of a soil’s topsoil and subsoil. They must also calculate erosion, slope, permeability and surface texture of the soil. After deciding the soil’s characteristics, a student must determine the land capability class of the soil and select recommended land treatments for that particular soil. This is done to four different sections of land.
Leading the way and receiving a purple ribbon for the Heartland FFA Chapter was Matthew Hiebner, who placed 14th overall. Rick Siebert received a blue ribbon. Members receiving reds were Aaron Jensen, Brenan Erb and Abigail Bechtel. White ribbons went to Jon Dean, Andrew Spader and Brandon Boardman. Overall, 109 students received ribbons with eight of them being from Heartland.
Heartland also had a team that placed eleventh overall. Team members were Rick Siebert, Andrew Spader, Michael Brune and Matthew Hiebner.
Also participating for Heartland was: Stephanie Stamp, Kim Stort, Leah Friesen, Jeffery Fhuere, Michael Brune, Casey Goertzen, Brent Regier, Megan Boardman, Kelli Bergen, Cort Regier, Mary Beth Manson and Deit Driewer.
Cole Blomendahl
