Future farmers gaining skills

Trinity County FFA and 4-H members competed at the Houston County Houston County Champion’s Prep Beef Skillathon on Saturday. Courtesy photo
Special to the News-Standard
CROCKETT — Groveton FFA and 4-H students competed in the Houston County Champion’s Prep Beef Skillathon Contest on Jan. 7.
The contest consisted of a beef knowledge test and skill stations to identify beef breeds, diseases that affect beef cattle, forage and plant identification, feed identification, tool identification and use, reading medication labels, and bull selection through the use of EPDs.
In all, the team posted two first-place winners, a second, two fourths, a fifth, sixth and seventh and a 12th and 15th.
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