Creekview High FFA Teams Win Cattle Competition

CANTON, GA — The Creekview High School Future Farmers of America Dairy Cattle Team, under the direction of advisor teacher Pauline Benton, placed first in the Senior and Junior FFA Dairy Cattle Evaluation Career Development Event at the Chattahoochee Fair in Clarkesville on Sept. 11.

The competitive event tests agriculture education students’ skills in dairy cattle evaluation, selection, and dairy herd management. Students must evaluate four classes of dairy heifers and provide their placing. After placing the animals, they must explain their placement to the judge using appropriate terminology.

They now advance to compete at the Future Farmers of America State Dairy Cattle Evaluation in Tifton in December.

Founded in 1928, the former "Future Farmers of America" brought together students, teachers and agribusiness to solidify support for agricultural education. The name of the organization was changed to the National FFA Organization in 1988 to reflect the growing diversity of agriculture.

Today, more than 650,000 student members are engaged in a wide range of agricultural education activities.