West Plains FFA

Career Development Event Season is in full swing!!!
Poultry Evaluation Team, traveled to Katy March 3rd leaving at 5am. They are learning and getting better every contest.
March 3rd Freeman Poultry Invitational
Team Placing: 13th
March 4th Houston Stock Show Contest
Team Placing: 51st of 105

March 7th, the Applied Agriculture Engineering Team competed at the Area 1 State Qualifying Contest.
Team Placing 9th
Top 20 Individual Mentions:
Jace Riley - 17th
Kaden Duffendack - 19th

In Honor of National FFA Alumni Day, we want to say Thank You!!

Day 1 Amarillo District FFA LDEs Completed
Congrats to these FFA Members
Results for West Plains FFA, are as follows.
Senior Chapter Conducting Team:
Team Members; Payton Schuster, Vivian Risko, Bently Hampton, Lawson Robinson, Cadence McKinley, Kaden Orcutt, Acesa Wilkins.
Placed 3rd, they will compete for Area 1 FFA LDEs Wildcard on November 20th.
Spanish Senior FFA Creed.
Kevin Martinez

🚜 30 teams of high school students competed in United Ag and Turf’s Central Texas tractor technician competition, highlighting the younger generation’s interest in combating the technician deficiency in the agriculture industry. STORY: https://www.kwtx.com/2025/11/05/trading-textbooks-toolboxes-tractor-technician-competition-ignites-student-interest-agricultural-industry/

Congrats West Plains Alum Luke Blackwell

45!! Area 1 FFA members have fulfilled the requirements to receive the American FFA Degree for 2025! This will take place next week at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Join us in congratulating these students who will be awarded the highest degree by the National FFA Association. We are proud of you!

Fundraiser Reminder:
If you have Seitz Orders to turn.
Turn the order into Mr. Roberson tomorrow morning first thing. I will be there by no later than 7:45am. They need to be turned in tomorrow morning before 1st period.

Now that Tri State Fair is official completed.
West Plains FFA Livestock Judging teams are official off to a start.
We did not have the out come that we had hoped for, but sometimes it’s good to get out of the classroom for a good change of pace.

Congrats to Kaleb and Triston representing West Plains FFA and West Plains High School last night at the Tri State Fair Calf Scramble during last nights rodeo performance. Both were two of the ten kids that caught last night and won themselves a $500 Scholarship.
Thank You Tri State Fair and Rodeo, Texas Farm Bureau and West Texas A&M University for your support of our local AG Youth.