Sleepy Eye FFA won the Grand Champion Demonstration Competition at the Minnesota State Fair.

The eleven members presented farm safety demonostration for this competition in the Chapter Leadership House and the Christensen Farms Stage at the Minnesota State Fair.

Sleepy Eye FFA also earned first place Premier Chapter Award for the Minnesota State Fair Crop Show with a total of 2,164 points. This is the 14th year Sleepey Eye has won state fair crops competition in the past 16 years.

The Crop Show Exhibitors earned the following placings:

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.

·       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.

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).

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:

Sleepy Eye FFA member Jasmine Petermann showed livestock in multiple division placing:

·       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.