Paulding FFA Students Compete at District Soils Contest
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Makenna Manz
On September 29th, 9 members from the Paulding FFA Chapter competed in District 4 Soils CDE at Kaleidoscope Farms. These students either choose to focus on urban or agriculture soils judging. Students survey soil pits, take a general knowledge test, and take a test over the soil survey for the area.
When the students are at the pits, they are judging the pit on the soil texture, structure, slope, drainage class, and compaction. The urban team must answer questions about whether the soil is good for building structures and the agriculture soils team answers questions about how suitable the soil is for agricultural use.
The Ag soils team placed 17th in the district. The team was made up of Tucker Stoller, Balan Miller, Piper Pease, Hudson Spangler and Gavin Parrett. Standout among the team was Tucker Stoller who placed 48th. The urban soils team placed 17th, top finisher from this team being Nolan Schlatter who placed 57th.
The team was made up of Weston Manz, Nolan Schlatter, Kendall Kohart, and Darcy Taylor. This was the first CDE of the year and we want to applaud both teams for their efforts and for representing Paulding FFA proudly at the district competition.
