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Pictured left to right: Ashley Lindberg, Brekka Kuss, Wyatt Neuman, Karlee Lesmann, London Davis, Trisa Schroeder, Hayden Somsen and Molly Hansen.
The Carrington FFA Range Management Teams competed at the State Range Judging event in Medina on Thursday, September 23.
The team consisting of Wyatt Neuman, Karlee Lesmann, Brekka Kuss, Molly Hansen and Trisa Schroeder placed sixth, earning a silver team award. Individually, Hansen and Neuman earned gold awards. Lesmann, Kuss and Schroeder earned silver individual awards.
The team consisting of London Davis, Hayden Somsen and Ashley Lindberg placed 12th, earning a bronze award. Individually, all team members received silver awards.
The Range Management Career Development Event consists of judging three sites to determine the range site and similarity index. Contestants then evaluate the site for beef cattle production by determining forage value, degree of use, slope, terrain, wood canopy cover, and stocking rate. Sharp-tailed grouse site evaluation follows, in which the contestants determine nesting cover, food habitat, and protective cover. Contestants complete the site evaluation by recommending beef cattle and sharp-tailed grouse management practices.
The contest also consists of two sites in which students identify fifteen range plants at each site and determine life span, season of growth, grazing response to cattle, plant origin, food resource for sharp-tailed grouse, cover for sharp-tailed grouse, and food resource for cattle.
