Gatlinburg, Tenn.–Cora Ogg and Spencer Davis of the Dresden Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter were named the state winners in the Environmental and Natural Resource System competition at the 93rd Tennessee FFA State Convention in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
They presented on Worms on Herbicides and are now eligible to represent Tennessee at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, this October.
The agriscience fair recognizes student researchers studying the application of science principles and emerging technologies in agricultural contexts and enterprises. Participants must conduct a scientific research project pertaining to the agriculture, food, and natural resources industries and present their findings to a panel of judges with a display and report. Students can compete in the agriscience fair in the following categories: animal systems, environmental services/natural resource systems, food products and processing systems, plant systems, power, structural, and technical systems, and social science.