2022 State FFA Convention Results

 2022 Nebraska State FFA Conventions Results


The Garden County FFA Chapter traveled to Lincoln on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, to participate in the Nebraska FFA Competitions.  Nineteen members participated in Leadership Development Events and Career Development Events, attended convention sessions, and explored the career fair.  



Wednesday, April 6, 2022, was a day of competition, attending the Husker Welcome on UNL East Campus and exploration of the career fair at Pinnacle Bank Arena.  The welding team competed Thursday morning while the Garden County FFA Chapter was recognized on stage at the Pinnacle Bank Arena for their participation in the Nebraska Farm Bureaus Connecting Chapters program.  In the afternoon the chapter traveled to Omaha for a back scene tour of the Giraffe Barn at Henery Doorly Zoo.  The tour was funded by the Turner Board.  Friday was a day of celebration the chapter attended three sessions at the convention to cheer on our chapter’s award winners.


The Parliamentary Procedures team received a Silver Medal.

Left to Right Back Row: Trey Kirch, Nick Alworth, Zeke Christiansen

Left to Right Front Row: Kyle Rote, Kamry Kramer, Jena Spady



Taylor Fornander and Wyland Lobner received a second-place silver medal in Agriscience Fair Food Processing Systems in Division 6.   They investigated how COVID-19 affects food identification.


Left to Right: Wyland Lobner & Taylor Fornander


The Food Science earned a blue fifth place ribbon the team members include:

  • Jena Spady - blue ribbon

  • Trey Kirch - blue ribbon

  • Kamry Kramer - blue ribbon

  • Taylor Fornander - red ribbon

Left to Right: Jena Spady, Trey Kirch, Taylor Fornander, and Kamry Kramer


The welding team earned a seventh-place blue ribbon with Kenzee Moffat placing in the top ten in shield metal arc welding with a sixth-place purple ribbon.  Team members include

  • Kenzee Moffat - SMAW - purple ribbon

  • Carter Dormann - MIG - blue ribbon

  • Gunner Roberson - OA - blue ribbon

  • Wade Dodge - TIG - white ribbon

Left to Right: Carter Dormann, Gunner Roberson, Kenzee Moffat, and Wade Dodge


The Agricultural Communications team has been preparing for state science in early February.  They submitted their media plan to promote former FFA State Officer Jill Brown as a keynote speaker then.  At state, they presented a twelve-minute presentation about their plan and completed an ag communications test and proofreading test.  The team received the second-highest score on their media plan in the competition.

Left to Right: Oakley Larsen, Morgan Ross, Madie Rauch, and Emily Levick


Also competing in the Environmental and Natural Resource contest are:

Left to Right: Jordon Underwood, Madie Rauch, Josie Marquez, and Kaylee Leach


At the last session, our Nebraska FFA State Degree winners were recognized, they include:


Left to Right Back Row: Trey Kirch, Jordan Underwood, and Nick Alworth

Left to Right Front Row: Madie Rauch, Kamry Kramer, Josie Marquez, and Kaylee Leach




While at UNL East Campus Trey Kirch signed his intent to major in wildlife biology at UNL.


Big thank you to Jayson Peetzke and Sarah Paisley for chaperoning and chauffeuring.  Sarah also coaches our Parliamentary Procedure team.  We would also like to thank the Garden County School Board, Administration, and Staff for supporting our efforts throughout the school year.  Jerad Peterson and Zane Vapenik also spend time helping coach our welding team.  Our success is a team effort.


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