October

Spanish Fork FFA Happenings

Snow College Field Day
Spanish Fork FFA took 39 students to FFA Snow College Field Day. There students competed in multiple competitions including Dairy Evaluation, Livestock Evaluation, Floriculture, Agronomy, Horse Evaluation, Farm Business Management, and Veterinary Science.
Our Livestock Evaluation teams did great. The Junior High Team consisting of Tanner
Voorhees, Porter Olsen, Jessica Olsen, and Brooke Sorensen won the contest. The High
School team consisting of Payton Redd, Colton Stulce, Mallory Sorensen, and Amanda Olsen received third. There were approximately 75 teams competing. In addition Tanner
Voorhees was named the top individual with Jessica Olsen receiving second. They each received a trophy and a scholarship to Snow College.
Congratulations to all our students who competed. We look forward to starting practices
and having more success at future competitions.

Look for a special National Convention

edition coming soon

October
Spanish Fork FFA Happenings
Farmers Cooperative Quiz
Three members from Spanish Fork were able to go and participate in the Utah Council of
Farmers Cooperatives quiz. Students were competing for a partial payment of a trip to
Washington Leadership Conference. Our three students: Porter, Amanda, and Lindsey Olsen
all did well, but did not place in the top three. They spent the evening getting to know those
in the council and mingling with industry professionals.

Project Pig
Currently Spanish Fork FFA is raising 50 pigs
to be sold. The money raised will help to support local students as they go to livestock
shows throughout the state. Students have
been caring for these pigs by cleaning pens,
filling feeders, and doing overall welfare
checks. This is a great way to show students
that not all pigs are stock show animals and
that you market them in different ways. Classes
will be going to the animal lab to help with
medical procedures to help with hands on
practices.

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Spanish Fork FFA Happenings
State Officer Visit
Wyatt McDaniel the state FFA sentinel from Payson, Utah spent three days at Spanish Fork
High School mingling with students. He visited classes where he taught students more about
the opportunities available to them in FFA. He shared his knowledge with the students and
helped each person learn more about what FFA has to offer them.

Swing Dance Social

The swing dance social was a major hit. Students were able to learn three new line dances, learn how to
swing dance and practice. Thanks to the Utah State Officers, Wyatt McDaniel, Sabrina Sage and Kaci
Goodrich for coming and helping teach.

SAE Spotlight
Tell O.: Wildlife, Dairy, and Beef Management
Tell has a diversified operation that he work on. He raises beef cattle for
show, works at a dairy and has beetles that he uses for European mounts.
Tell works hard at a variety of different things. The newest of his adventures
is European mounts. After receiving a grant to get beetles he has been able
to use them to clean off a variety of skulls and heads including the badger
skull pictured. He also works at the dairy milking and feeding. In addition he
has show steers and heifers that he is raising for next years show season.

Jaylee M.: Equine Science and Swine Production

Jaylee is currently working with three different horses. These horses she
uses for competitive barrel racing and pole bending. She has been competing all summer and doing well. She plans on continuing rodeoing
throughout her high school career. She also had a few pigs on feed. They
feed the pigs scraps from the food business that they run in Fruitland,
Utah. These pigs are harvested and sold through the store or through
private treaty. She also helps in the business where they are selling their
cattle by making hamburger and selling it at the store.

Gavin J: Wildlife and Dairy

Gavin works for Orton Dairy where he is one of the main milkers. His job is
to milk the cattle each afternoon. This includes corralling them, walking them
into the milking parlor, and using the milking machines. In addition Gavin has
started his own taxidermy company. He has mainly been working with European mounts, but has also done ducks and other waterfowl. Gavin also shows
lambs and hogs at the Utah State Junior Livestock Show

Wyatt C: Diversified Production

Wyatts main job is helping with the production of corn and other crops on his
families farm. He does the planting, watering, cutting or combining needed. In
addition Wyatt helps with custom cutting others in the areas fields. His family
also raises cattle and he spends time feeding these cattle during the winter. Wyatt
has also helped with building of houses and other agricultural buildings by roofing. He has a lot of different projects going on but he works to make sure that
each one gets the care and attention it deserves.

Classroom Happenings

Students work to label the parts of

the horse. Horse Management

Roadside Arrangement. Floral and Greenhouse

Students label the individual

bones Veterinary Assisting

Students dissect a chicken leg

Veterinary Assisting

Pumpkin Floral arrangements sold to teachers. Floral and

Greenhouse

Students from
DFJHS learn about
the FFA creed. This
lesson was taught by
one of our students
Kalli who is doing an
internship to learn
more about becoming
an agricultural education teacher.
Students from DFJHS participate in the ropes
course as part of t Agricultural Science I