Sleepy Eye FFA at Brown County Fair

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The Best in Show Beef Exhibit for the FFA Show at the Brown County Fair was exhibited by Isaac Lendt (left). He is pictured with Chapter President, Morgan Hoffmann (right).

Chase Beltz, of the Sleepy Eye FFA, earned Champion Soybeans and Overall Best in Show in the Crop Show at the Brown County Fair.

Sophie Portner (right) earned the Best in Show Dairy Exhibit Award at the FFA Dairy Show. Pictured with her are other FFA exhibitors – Gracie Sellner (left) and Rachel Portner (middle), Reserve Champion exhibitor.

Carmen Lendt (left) is pictured with the piglet and fair-goers at the swine exhibit in the FFA Kiddy Barn.

Winsten Nienhaus (right) earned the Best in Show Poultry Exhibit Award at the Brown County Fair. He is pictured with Chapter President, Morgan Hoffmann (left).

Sleepy Eye FFA chapter members had many different roles at the 2021 Brown County Fair from August 11-15. The members showcased their crop, mechanics, and livestock projects and also helped run the FFA Kiddy Barnyard and FFA shows at the Brown County Fair.

Livestock exhibitors included: Dairy- Sophie Portner, Rachel Portner, Gracie Sellner, Sophie Kyllonen, and Lucia Martinez. Beef- Isaac and Carmen Lendt, Poultry- Winsten Nienhaus.

The Sleepy Eye FFA chapter was very successful with their projects. The following are their placings and the resulting champions for exhibitors at the Brown County Fair.

FFA Dairy Show:

Sophia Portner: Junior Champion, Senior Champion, and Overall Best in Show

Rachel Portner: Reserve Junior Champion, Reserve Senior Champion

FFA Beef Show:

Isaac Lendt: Champion and Best in Show

Carmen Lendt: Reserve Champion

FFA Poultry Show:

Winsten Nienhaus: Champion, Champion Pen, and Overall Best in Show

FFA Crops Show: The crops show was a very large competition with nearly 400 samples. All of the crops will be displayed at the Minnesota State Fair from August 26^th until September 6^th.

CROP SHOW CHAMPIONS:

Ear Corn: Jacob Schultz

Miscellaneous: Jacob Schultz

Oats: Alex Confer

Shelled Corn: Carmen Lendt

Soybeans: Chase Beltz

Wheat: Corey Freestone

CROP SHOW RESERVE CHAMPIONS:

Ear Corn: Carmen Lendt

Miscellaneous: Jacob Schultz

Oats: Riana Hernandez

Shelled Corn: Jacob Schultz

Soybeans: Jon Petermann

Wheat: Vanessa Goblirsch

Overall Crops Best in Show – Chase Beltz

Reserve Overall Best in Show – Jacob Schultz

FFA Ag Mechanics:

The Ag Mechanics division had several entries this year including woods, metals, and fishing pole projects. Morgan Hoffmann, Lydia Huiras, Winsten Nienhaus and Sophie Kyllonen had exhibits for Sleepy Eye FFA. Morgan Hoffmann was the Overall Best in Show Winner.

The FFA chapters within Brown County also conducted the FFA Kiddy Barn during the five days of the fair. It was a huge success thanks to the many FFA members from Sleepy Eye, Springfield, and New Ulm who worked shifts during the fair as well as the people who donated animals for the Kiddy Barn. Nearly thirty members of the Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter participated in helping children have a great experience with baby animals and learning about farm safety and agriculture while at the fair.

The FFA Kiddy Barnyard exhibited newborn farm animals donated by several families including: Roseview Dairy (Holstein Calf) and Port Haven Dairy (Brown Swiss Calf).

The FFA Kiddy Barnyard also had an agriculture coloring & activity station as well as a safety carnival. At the safety carnival, FFA members conducted several games with safety questions covering grain, ATV’s, tractors & machinery, animals, and chemicals. The members of the Sleepy Eye chapter had a great time teaching youth at the Kiddy Barnyard about animals and safety as well as showcasing their FFA projects during the Brown County Fair.