FREDERICKTOWN — The Fredericktown FFA Urban Soils Team has qualified for the National competition.
Participating members were Lane Dugan who placed 6th place individual in the state, Chloe Wells who placed 9th, Jessica Cummings who placed 11th and Lauren Neighbarger who placed 22nd overall.
The Fredericktown FFA Advisor is Debra Burden.
Participants are required to judge a soil out of a soil pit to determine how well it will work for a home site.
Participants determine the structure and texture of the soil along with being required to shoot slope, depth of restrictive features and depth to water table and also be able to know the landform that the soil pit is on.
Members must also know the best management practices or BMP’s for buildings with basements, sewage treatment systems, driveways and local roads and lawns, gardens and landscaping.
Participants must also take a general knowledge test and take a soil survey test where they have a soil survey book and they use that to fill out the test.
To even qualify for the State Contest team members must have been the top 5 team members from the County level Contest and be one of the top 5 teams in the District 7 competition.
District 7 is made up of 22 schools ranging from Richland, Knox, Licking, Fairfield, Franklin, Pickaway, and Ross Counties.
Once they qualify for the State then the top 4 team members advance to the State competition.
The Fredericktown FFA took 2nd place in the state and was only trailing by four points in the contest.
They will be competing in the National Contest in May at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.