FFA CDE Days

The Oregon FFA CDE Days were held May 7-8 in Corvallis Oregon. This event is encompasses many different contests, or "Career Development Events", which range from Agricultural Mechanics to Livestock Judging. The Baker FFA Chapter was very competitive this year in several of these CDEs. Taking center stage for Baker this year was the Ag Mechanics team who their contest and will now be representing Oregon at the 2012 National FFA Convention! The team, consisting of Talon Colton, Mickayla Hall, Mark Voboril, Joel Rohner and Cameron Kerns showcased their abilities of welding, tool indentification, electrical wiring and many other agriculturally related tasks to the judges who decided to award them the blue banner. Congratulations and good luck at nationals! The chapter also had Meats Evaluation, Horse Judging, Dairy Judging, Dairy Foods and Livestock Judging teams competing this year. The Meats team took 9th place and the Livestock Judging team placed 6th. Many of the these teams were composed of younger members so next year is going to be GREAT! Let's get 'em Baker!