Portner takes 1st place in Region VI Dairy Competition. Team earns second. Pictured l to r: Sophie Portner, Gracie Sellner, Sophie Kyllonen.
Three Sleepy Eye FFA members competed in the Region VI Dairy Evaluation Career Development Event on Thursday, March 18. The team members included: Sophie Portner, Gracie Sellner, and Sophie Kyllonen.
Sophie Portner placed first in the contest with 41 individuals competing. The team placed second out of 11 teams.
For the Dairy Evaluation competition, the team members evaluated 6 classes of Holstein and Jersey dairy cows or heifers. Two of the classes had questions to answer based on the class of animals. They also judged a pedigree class where they judged cows based on their records and did sire selection where they picked bulls based on their data. The final part of the contest was a dairy management and trivia test.
The Dairy team advanced to State Competition. All State FFA Competitions will take place virtually this year between April 19 and 30, 2021.