High School Agriculture
FFA Shines at State Convention
Congrats to our outstanding Mineral Point FFA Chapter members and their recognitions at the Wisconsin Association of FFA State Convention this week! — Morgan Vondra who will receive her American Degree at the National FFA Convention in October. — State Champion Livestock Judging team: Annie Robinson, Jimmy Tibbits, Joey Robinson, and Payton Heins. — Daniel… Continue Reading FFA Shines at State Convention
State Livestock Judging Champions
State Champs! Congratulations to our Wisconsin FFA State Livestock Judging Champions! The team has also qualified for the National FFA Competition to be held in October. Joey Robinson placed 5th individually, Annie Robinson 11th, Payton Heins 30th, and Jimmy Tibbits 31st. Good luck at Nationals!
FFA Accomplishments Celebrated
The Mineral Point Chapter of the Future Farmers of America held its 92nd annual awards ceremony Tuesday, May 11 in the high school gym under the leadership of Advisor Mike Robinson. A video from the event is available here: https://youtu.be/j1_vTloyPsU A photo album is here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11l8qryaTtvHpBrGMH1nbo-W49fpdSp-Y?usp=sharing Awards were presented as follows: Discovery Degree The FFA Discovery Degree… Continue Reading FFA Accomplishments Celebrated
FFA District Speaking Contest
On March 23rd and 24th, Mineral Point FFA hosted the District 12 FFA Speaking Contest virtually. There were 11 participants from Mineral Point competing against FFA members from seven other schools. Nine of the 11 MP speakers qualified to move on to the next level which is the Sectional competition! The 8th grade Quiz Bowlers… Continue Reading FFA District Speaking Contest
Heisner Qualifies for National FFA
Sara Heisner is the State Champion in Veterinary Science proficiency! Her application will advance to nationals for competition. Other results have Daniel Nordstrom 2nd in Turf Grass Management, Morgan Vondra 4th in Swine Production and 5th in Beef Production, and Danny Pittz 5th in Swine Production. Danny also competed in Extemporaneous Speaking in the semifinals,… Continue Reading Heisner Qualifies for National FFA
Livestock Judging Team Places 2nd at State
Congratulations to the Mineral Point FFA Career Development teams that competed at State on April 26th at UW-Madison. The Livestock Judging team of Ryan Schubert, Joey Robinson, Emma Steffes, and Kyle Vondra placed 2nd at the State FFA contest. Individually, Ryan placed 8th, Emma 17th, Joey 18th and Kyle 22nd. This team continued the tradition… Continue Reading Livestock Judging Team Places 2nd at State
Pittz Advances to Sectional FFA Speaking Contest
On February 6, the Mineral Point FFA attended the District 12 FFA Speaking Contest at Darlington High School. There were 20 participants from Mineral Point competing against FFA members from seven other schools The 8th grade quiz bowlers that competed were: Team Blue–Joey Robinson, Carson Kroll, Ryan Schubert, Regan Suddeth, and Kennedy Wenger; Team White–Jimmy… Continue Reading Pittz Advances to Sectional FFA Speaking Contest
MP FFA Places 2nd & 3rd in Livestock Judging
The Mineral Point FFA attend the River Ridge Livestock Judging Contest on Sept. 21 st and came away with second and third placing teams. Mineral Point Team 2 placed second in the contest as a team–members of the team are Joey Robinson, Kyle Vondra, Emma Steffes, and Ryan Schubert. Joey placed 2nd and Kyle 3rd… Continue Reading MP FFA Places 2nd & 3rd in Livestock Judging
FFA Livestock Judging Team Qualifies for Nationals
Congratulations to the Mineral Point FFA Livestock Judging team of Brady Palzkill, Danny Pittz, Logan Schmitz, and Morgan Vondra for winning the State FFA Livestock Judging contest on Friday, April 27th. Brady placed 1st, Danny 5th, Logan 9th, and Morgan 25th as individuals. They will move on to National competition in October at the National… Continue Reading FFA Livestock Judging Team Qualifies for Nationals
FFA Career Development Events Qualify for State
At the FFA District Career Development Events held at UW-Platteville, Mineral Point had several teams compete with two of the teams qualifying for state competition to be held on April 27th at UW-Madison. The Wildlife team of Brady Roberts, Jacob Moellers, Larry Steffes, and Blake Wendhausen placed 1st and will head to state. Individual highlights for Wildlife… Continue Reading FFA Career Development Events Qualify for State