Thursday, September 14, 2006

063 MTSU FARM LAB WILL HOST BE SITE FOR FFA, 4-H LAND JUDGING CONTEST

SEPT. 15 AT GUY JAMES PROPERTY


Date: Sept. 13, 2006


Editorial contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-2919
MTSU faculty contact: Dr. Warren Anderson, 615-898-2480



(MURFREESBORO) — Seven high school Future Farmers of America chapters and the Rutherford County 4-H will participate in the Rutherford County Land Judging Contest that will be held from 12:30 until 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15 at the Guy James farm, 3009 Halls Hill Pike.
FFA members from Oakland, Riverdale, Blackman, Siegel, Eagleville, Smyrna and La Vergne high schools will compete, said Dr. Warren Anderson, professor, MTSU Department of Agribusiness and Agriscience, and an event organizer along with MTSU colleague Dr. Cliff Ricketts and Larry Robison of Rutherford County Soil Conservation.
Anderson said a number of MTSU alumni are vocational agriculture teachers for the local teams.
He added the regional contest would be held later this month at the University of Tennessee experimental station in Spring Hill. The state contest will be held in October.

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