Nicholas FFA members finalist at Agriscience Fair

Kamilya Applegate and Brianna “Bre” Hutchison

More than 20 agricultural teachers, state leaders and college professors from throughout the U.S. recently met in Indianapolis to determine what FFA members and teams will compete for top honors in the 2018 National FFA Agriscience Fair.

Kamilya Applegate and Brianna “Bre” Hutchison of the Nicholas County FFA chapter in Carlisle, been named a national finalist this year in the Environmental Services/ Natural Resource Systems category in division 6 of the competition.

The National FFA Agriscience Fair is a key competition that is part of the annual National FFA Convention & Expo, Oct. 24-27 in Indianapolis. To qualify, FFA members working as individuals or teams in grades seven through 12 are required to conduct a scientific research project pertaining to the agriculture or food science industries and win their state’s FFA agriscience fair.

Individuals or teams compete in one of six categories – animal systems; environmental services/natural resources systems; food products and processing systems; plant systems; power, structural and technical systems; or social science – in six divisions – individuals in grades 7-8, teams grades 7-8, individuals grades 9-10,teams grades 9-10, individuals in grades 11-12, and teams grades 11-12.

First-place winners in each state have qualified for the national pre-qualifying judging. The panel of judges reviewed entries and selected a maximum of 12 in each category and division to move on to the national competition. For a complete list of results, check here: https://ffa.box.com/s/erhzjl6me35v1nst14ir8ltvahfthoih

Kamilya and Brianna will represent the state of Kentucky and were named national finalist along with California, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Montanta, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Washington. They will compete at the 91st National FFA convention in October.

The Advisors of the Nicholas County FFA chapter are Ashley Rogers and Cameron Earlywine.

The 2018 National FFA Agriscience Fair is sponsored by Cargill, Chevrolet, John Deere and Syngenta.

The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 653,359 student members who belong to one of 8,568 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The organization is also supported by 344,239 alumni members in 2,051 alumni chapters throughout the U.S.