Warsaw FFA Dominates at State Dairy Foods Contest

On Saturday, January 29th, 16 FFA members traveled to Purdue University to compete at the Indiana FFA State Dairy Foods Contest. The Warsaw FFA Chapter came out very successful! Our Gold team consisting of Lauryn Steffe, Maryssa Hawley, Kyle Quick and Rheann Weaver placed 1st in the state. They will now have the opportunity to compete in the National Dairy Foods Contest at National Convention this coming October. Our Silver team consisting of Lindsey O'Hara, Madison Dobbins, Bryce Owens, and Mikalea Conley placed 2nd in the state with only being 1 point away from 1st! Placing 7th in the state was our "Young Cheese" team with Mitchell Hall, Bryce Sands, Ashley Bryer, and Mary Bonheimer.

For our individual results, we had three members place in the Top 10. They were as follows:

Lauryn Steffe - 1st place

Lindsey O'Hara - 2nd place

Madison Dobbins - 9th place

Congratulations to our top individuals!

Other Warsaw FFA participants were Morgan Ancil and Derrick Carelson.

In the Junior division, Danielle Olds placed 7th in the state. Andrea Hartman also competed on Saturday.

We are very proud of the performance from our members! Congratulations.

Dairy Foods is a Career Development Event that focuses on getting members more familiar about dairy food products. In this contest, members learn how to identify popular types of cheese based on appearance, texture, taste, and smell. They also learn how to identify non-dairy products from real dairy products, look for defects in milk, and detect problems with milker unit parts. In addition, members take a test that requires knowledge of all aspects of the dairy industry.