Sleepy Eye FFA wins the Chapter Demonstration Competition at the Minnesota State Fair! Pictured l to r: front- Daniel Armstrong, Chloe Howe, Carter Lazatin, Alex Confer, Noah Rossbach, Andrew Ramos. Back- Kyle Capacia, Marcus Martinez, Antonio Ruiz, Kayden Klein, Mateo Hornsby.
Sleepy Eye FFA had a great Minnesota State Fair with Jasmine Petermann showing this Purebred Holstein Summer Yearling Heifer and earning 1st place in her class.
Sleepy Eye FFA Members earned several Champions at the Minnesota State Fair including: Live Construction Build Off, Crops, and Chapter Demonstration. Pictured here: l to r- Lily Kallevig and Nolan Weicherding (with their champion bench and tools they won), McKenzie Kuschel (MN State FFA Sentinel), and Carter Lazatin (chapter member).
The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter was once again well represented at the State Fair in 2023. Jasmine Petermann showed livestock at the fair. 11 members participated in the Chapter Demonstration Competition. Over 150 members participated in exhibiting over 700 entries for the Ag. Technology, Ag. Literacy, and Crops Competitions at the Minnesota State Fair.
The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter earned the first place Premier Chapter Award for the Minnesota State Fair Crop Show with a total of 2164 points. Jackson was awarded 2nd place with 605 points. This was the 14th year that Sleepy Eye has won the Minnesota State Fair Crops Competition in the past 16 years.
The Crop Show Exhibitors earned the following placings:
- Conor Strong was the Champion Organic Exhibitor.
- Top Ten finishers for Overall Individual at the MN State Fair were: Adam Johnson- 4th Place, Isaac Lendt- 6th Place, Winsten Nienhaus- 8th Place, and Caleb Oscarson- 10th Place.
- Top 5 Finishers for First Time Exhibitors at the MN State Fair were:
Caleb Oscarson- 2nd place, Callie Evers- 3rd place, and Braylon Nelson- 4th place.
FFA Chapter Demonstration Competition:
- Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter was the Grand Champion Winner with their Safety Carnival earning a $1000 premium. The eleven members presented farm safety demonstrations for this competition in the Chapter Leadership House and on the Christensen Farms Stage at the Minnesota State Fair.
FFA Live Ag. Mechanics Competition:
- Lily Kallevig and Nolan Weicherding – Wood Construction Build Off Champions (winning the bench they made and the Milwaukee tool set they used to build it)
- Winsten Nienhaus and Nathan Rathman – 3rd place Wood Construction Build Off
FFA Dairy: Jasmine Petermann
- Purebred Holstein Winter Heifer Calf – 6th place
- Purebred Holstein Summer Yearling Heifer – 1st place
- Purebred Holstein Winter Senior Yearling Heifer – 2nd place
- Purebred Holstein Best Three Females – 3rd place
- Purebred Holstein Produce of Dam – 1st place
- Contestant in the Dairy Evaluation Contest
FFA Ag. Literacy and Technology (Mechanics) Exhibits:
- Nolan Weicherding – Champion Project
- Other Exhibitors included- Cole Eckstein, Jacob Fulmer, Jony Flores, Yuridia Fernandez, Noemi Rodriguez, Kennedy Braun, Nathan Rathman, Kaleb Butenhoff, Mateo Moreno, Emerson Johnson, Noah Rossbach, Jaelynn Schauman, Emma Weilage, Jacob Mellen, Manuelle Poplow, Gavin Strong, Caleb Suess, Makayla Strong, Jax Como, Gavin Fischer, Jace Schauman, Logan Ludewig, Andrew Ramos
- The chapter placed 2nd overall in the Ag. Literacy Contest.
- The chapter placed 4th overall in the Ag. Technology Contest.
Congratulations to the Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter on their accomplishments at the Minnesota State Fair!