Tarleton to host more than 10,000 Texas FFA members this week for annual Invitational Career Development Event.
Updated: 18 minutes ago
TSU Media Relations
Special to Beneath the Surface News
Tarleton State University will welcome more than 10,200 Texas FFA members from across the state for Invitational Career Development Event judging contests on Thursday, March 27.
This marks the 53rd year for Tarleton State’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources to host the statewide FFA invitational — the largest in the United States — organized by Michelle Damerau, contest coordinator.
Approximately 1,800 ag science teachers representing 525 Texas high schools will accompany the FFA members. Several hundred Tarleton State students are assisting as group leaders and contest mentors.
“We are honored to serve the youth of Texas by providing an opportunity to practice what they learn in the classroom at various Career Development Events coordinated by our faculty, staff and students.” said Dr. Barry Lambert, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
The invitational is a practice round, preparing students for team judging in a variety of categories.
FFA members compete in 18 contests: ag sales, dairy cattle, entomology, environmental and natural resources, farm business management, floriculture, homesite evaluation, horse, land, livestock, meats, milk quality and products, nursery/landscape, poultry, range, veterinary science, wildlife, and wool.
The top 20 in each judging category will receive a plaque and other prizes. Several $1,000 scholarships will be awarded, along with a $2,000 sweepstakes agricultural scholarship.
The invitational is the largest of four CDE contests Tarleton State will host this spring. The university will welcome high school students again April 9 for area FFA contests, April 24 for state FFA and May 8 for national FFA.
For more information, call 254-968-9020 or email damerau@tarleton.edu.
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