Katee Johnson and Allie Norton, members of the Lake Hamilton FFA Chapter were recently named national finalists in the 2020 National FFA Agriscience Fair during the 93rd National FFA Convention & Expo held virtually. Katee and Allie were awarded Gold and placed 5th Overall in Social Systems Division 6. A full list of results from this event can be found here: www.ffa.org/agrisciencefair
The National FFA Agriscience Fair is a competition for FFA members who are interested in the science and technology of agriculture. It is held each year during the National FFA Convention & Expo and sponsored nationally by Cargill, John Deere and Syngenta.
FFA members compete in the national agriscience fair in one of six categories:
• Animal Systems
• Environmental Services/Natural Resource Systems
• Food Products and Processing Systems
• Plant Systems
• Power, Structural and Technical Systems
• Social Science
To qualify for the National FFA Agriscience Fair, students must be in grades seven through 12, conduct a scientific research project pertaining to the agriculture and food science industries and present their findings to a panel of judges with a display and report. All national participants are selected as the state winner at their state agriscience fairs and earn national competition eligibility after being placed in the top 10 within their respective categories.
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