Garden County Schools Science & Agriculture

Our annual fruit sales will be kicked off on Monday, October 23rd, with sales ending on November 16, 2023. We will have a variety of fruits, meats and cheeses, and popcorn. All the goodies you may need for a fall evening or a little something extra around Thanksgiving. Please reach out to one of our FFA members or order online https://forms.gle/YtYj4t3jjK5wfYXZ7. In other exciting news, Todd Filipi, the Resource Conservation Coordinator of North Platte Natural Resource District, received grant money to donate trees to all the counties, and Garden County was fortunate enough to be one of the counties where trees would be placed. Sarah Paisley, Assoc Extension Educator, asked the Garden County FFA Officers to help plant the trees at the Garden County fairgrounds in Lewellen. The Garden County Ag Society asked that the trees be planted in the tree row West of the 4-H cattle barn. A Hackberry tree, Honey Locust tree, Kentucky Coffeetree, and a Northern Catalpa tree were all successfully pl...

       The 6th annual Ag safety day was held on October 18. The Garden County 3rd graders were the second group to attend this event on the Farm. This event is hosted by the Garden County Extension Office and the Garden County FFA Chapter. The FFA members were in charge of cooking the meal and presenting and creating sessions for the 3rd graders to go through.       Starting the day off, Extension Educator, Sarah Paisley, gave a presentation on sun safety, afterward the 3rd graders would go on to rotate through the following Ag topics: Animal Safety, with the help of a chicken, horse, dog, and feedlot calves; environmental safety, learning about wildlife and how to be prepared in the outdoors; and personal protective equipment where youth talked about chemical safety while bleaching their own Ag Safety Day t-shirt. To help them learn more about where the food we eat comes from, the lunch was full of Garden County ag products.      A...

Seventeen members of the Garden County FFA Chapter competed in the Nebraska FFA District 12 Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event at the Box Butte Fairground in Hemingford, Nebraska. The junior team placed fifth place, qualifying for the Nebraska FFA State Event in April 2024 while receiving a white ribbon. Javis Underwood, Jase Roberson, Kole Fornander, Cable Larsen, Chris Clark, Kelbi Cooper, Natalie Coss, Jana Spencer, and Carolina Schwab competed in the junior division.  Kelbi earned a blue ribbon, Javis a red ribbon, and Kole earned a white ribbon. Wyland Lobner, Kyan Kramer, Carver Corfield, Breanna Yates, Oakley Larsen, Wilsie Lobner, Kyle Rote, and Branson Anderson competed in the senior division. Carver earned a blue ribbon and Wilsie earned a white ribbon.

Loomis and Dehning go to State By: Chanley Loomis and Kenley Dehning  On April 20th 2023 Chanley and Kenley went to State Science Fair. They left the night before and stayed at a hotel. They then got up the next morning and headed to the Weary Center on the Wesleyan College campus in Lincoln. When they got there, they set up their displays and got judged by three judges. After they got done, they went to the cafeteria and had lunch. They then went back to the weary center where the public could view their projects. They also go to do some team activities with the Lincoln zoo. Furthermore, they saw a 5-year-old salamander that is native is western Nebraska! At the very end of the day awards were handed out, Chanley got a blue ribbon and Kenley got a red ribbon as well as a plant award. Kenley says, “I am so glad that I got to attend the science fair, it was a good experience that I won’t forget. I tested which manure grows corn the best! I loved getting to see other people’s project...

 2023 Garden County FFA Banquet Summary By Karma Peterson, Garden County FFA Reporter On Friday, April 21, 2023, the Garden County FFA chapter celebrated all the success they have had throughout the year at their annual banquet. First-year FFA participants are eligible to earn the Greenhand FFA Degree. To earn the Greenhand FFA Degree, a member must have a Supervised Agriculture Experience, memorize the FFA Creed, answer basic FFA knowledge questions, and participated in one FFA competition throughout the year.  Participants who received their Greenhand FFA Degree were Branson Anderson, Kade Collins, Carver Corfield, Kyan Kramer, Logan Levick, Wilsie Lobner, Karma Peterson, Gauge Potts, Ridglyn Stanczyk, and Breanna Yates. Receiving the Star Greenhand Award was Carver Corfield.  The Star Greenhand Award is awarded to an outstanding first-year member.  This member actively participates in events and excels in competitions. To earn the Chapter FFA Degree, members must ...

  This year, for the 95th Nebraska State FFA Convent, nineteen out of twenty-two Garden County FFA members attended. The Environmental and Natural Resources CDE team earned a blue ribbon. Individually, Zeke Christiansen earned a purple ribbon, Gunner Roberson and Kyle Rote both earned blue ribbons, and Wyland Lobner earned a white ribbon.  The Ag Sales CDE team earned a red ribbon as a team. The team consists of Karma Peterson, Logan Levick, and Carver Corfield who received a white ribbon, and Jenason Spady received a purple ribbon.  The Food Science CDE Team received a white ribbon.  Individually, Jenason Spady and Taylor Fornander received a blue ribbon and Ridglyn Stanzyck and Gavin Hunt received a white ribbon. The Agriscience CDE Team consisted of Lacey Reyman, Branson Anderson, Breanna Yates, and Kade Collins, who earned a red ribbon.  Carter Dormann, Wade Dodge, and Morgan Ross developed and presented our Hall of Chapters display.  Jenason Spady rece...

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