The North Miami FFA senior team won the state dairy judging contest at Purdue University last Saturday. The second senior team placed fourth with the junior team placing third.
Top ten individual honors were earned by Olivia Kuhn, Sarah Eckrote, Jeff Eckrote, Anna Eckrote, Hannah McVay, Eilee Deniston and Lincoln Wildermuth.
The contest allowed students to place eight classes of cows and heifers and to give oral reasons to the officials to justify their placings on each of the cow classes.
There were 205 FFA and 4-H members competing in this state finals event. The teams had qualified for this contest by placing in the top five in their respective area contests held in April. This marks the third consecutive year that a North Miami team has been named state champion in this event.
The first-place senior team will represent Indiana at the National FFA Convention in October. The fourth-place team will compete at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. in the fall.
The teams are coached by Glen and Chris Jones and Jim Wildermuth.