Hutchinson FFA triumphs at SMSU Ag Bowl
Hutchinson FFA returned from Southwest Minnesota State University's 13th Annual Ag Bowl Scholarship Invitational Feb. 2 with success in their bags.
The invitational is a contest for FFA members to pick from 18 career development events, such as crops, floriculture and employment skills. Students can compete alone or as a team to win monetary prizes and scholarships to SMSU.
The team won the Ag Issues contest about treated seed, while individual members Paisley Vonberge won first place in prepared public speaking and Clayton Moore won fourth place in the soils judging contest.
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