FREDERICKTOWN — A seven-member Fredericktown FFA squad placed 11th in the recent State Forestry Competition.
Team members included: Participating members in this contest were (L to R) Austin Robinson, Maddie Bartlett, Allissya Dugan, Lane Dugan, Lauren Neighbarger, Izzy Broerman, and Jordyn Neighbarger.
First, students had to take an online general knowledge test to test them over everything that they should know for forestry.
This year’s practicums were equipment ID, leaf ID, topography map reading practicum, compass course, timber cruise, and forest products at the state contest.
Equipment ID required the members to identify pieces of equipment used in forestry from a list of possible answers.
Leaf ID required the members to identify what kind of tree the leaves were taken from just from the leaves.
Members must complete a compass course to determine the Azimuth reading and the distance between each location.
For the Forest Products, members must identify the type of lumber used to produce that product.
Timber cruise is when the members will use a DBH tape to figure out the diameter of the tree and then figure out how many 16-foot logs can be made out of that tree and then later calculate the total board feet from the tree using a table.
The Fredericktown FFA Advisor is Debra Burden.