(Left to Right) Morgan Robb, Riley Schaal, Eli Arenas, Max Magnus, Alec Langley, Mitchell Brauer, Brandt Hiestand.
On November 18th, South Central FFA participated in the Section 19 Virtual Agronomy Career Development Event hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The team members were tested on many different areas of agriculture including weed identification, crop identification, insect identification, and farm equipment identification. They were also tested on other aspects of the agriculture industry of today. The South Central FFA Section Agronomy team included seven FFA members. Four of the members were on the varsity team and three of them were on the Junior varsity team. The varsity team included Eli Arenas, Alec Langley, Brandt Hiestand, and Morgan Robb.
Individually, Eli Arenas placed 2nd, Morgan Robb placed 7th, and Alec Langley placed 8th in the Section. The JV team included Riley Schaal, Max Magnus, and Mitchell Brauer. Both Teams placed 1st in the Section.