E-Town dominates FFA agronomy
ELIZABETHTOWN Members
of the Elizabethtown Chapter of
Future Farmers of America
dominated the Lancaster County
FFA Agronomy Contest held
Tuesday at the Elizabethtown High
School.
Competitors from Elizabethtown
captured four of the five top team
placmgs and seven of the ten top
individual placings.
The contest, which extended
over an hour and a half, included
the identification of weeds, various
legumes and grasses, insects and
diseases; questions based on the
Agronomy Guide and the judging
of several hay samples.
The winning Elizabethtown
team, which was presented a
trophy by Guy Braxton, field
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representative for Monsanto,
included Jay Garber, Kevin Noll,
Randy Greenly and Tracey Stowe.
Garber and Noll also finished first
and second respectively in the
individual competition.
Team finishings included
Elizabethtown A Team, first;
Manheim A team, second;
Elizabethtown D team, third;
Elizabethtown C team, fourth;
Elizabethtown B team, fifth;
Pequea Valley A- team, sixth;
Manheim C team, seventh;
Manheim B team, eighth; and
Pequea Valley B team, ninth.
The order of individual finishers,
behind Garber and Noll, who took
first and second respectively, were
Tracey Stowe, Elizabethtown,
third; Barry Geib, Manheim,
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fourth; Joe . Brandt,
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Lehman, Elizabethtown, sixth;
Bandy Greenly, Elizabethtown,
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Lancaster County FFA Agronomy Contest include, clockwise
from the left, Tracey Stowe, Jay Garber, Randy Greenly and
Kevin Noll. Garber finished first in individual scoring and Noll
was second.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 16,1981—021