Escondido FFA students go to the fair

Tori Pedersen, Head Sheep Intern. She is a junior at EHS.

This week FFA and 4-H students from all over the county traveled to the San Diego County Fair with their livestock projects. Escondido was well represented among them. These students were from Escondido High School.

Future Farmers of America, otherwise known as FFA, is a national organization that

Escondido FFA at the awards ceremony for Livestock Week 2015.

promotes agriculture and leadership in middle school, high school, and college students. 629,367 students in 7,757 chapters in all 50 states have adopted the FFA program.

Escondido High School is only one of the chapters that is very dedicated to the FFA department. With two advisors, more than

Cassandra Coffey, sophomore, giving a presentation about lambs to elementary school students.

300 students, 75 livestock exhibitors, and 91 swine, lambs, goats, and steers, it has been a very adventurous year in the EHS FFA department.

Over the past five months, we have been at our school farm twice daily, feeding and caring for our animals, and cleaning our

Sierra Takacs, sophomore, showing elementary school students her lamb, Marley.

pens and facilities. Our student livestock interns have been there for many hours of the days helping other students take care of their animals, teaching them the dynamics of caring for livestock, and getting tack ready for the fair.

Livestock week at the San Diego County Fair

Verenice Garcia, Head Goat Intern a EHS junior, at the fair.

is June 27 through July 4. At the fair, we will be competing in market competitions that judge the qualities of our animals. The swine market show will be Tuesday, June 28 at 11 a.m., lambs and goats on Wednesday, June 29 at noon, and beef on

Three Escondido FFA students waiting to show for Master Showmanship 2015.

Thursday, June 30 at 11 a.m.

There will also be showmanship competitions that judge how well the exhibitor can handle their animal. The goat showmanship will be Friday, July 1 at 11 a.m., lambs on Friday, July 1 at 1 p.m., and beef on Friday, July 1 at

Hailey Baldwin ~ Escondido FFA Chapter President and a junior at EHS.

4 p.m.

The livestock auction will be on Saturday, July 2 at 10 a.m. Escondido FFA has worked very hard all year for this one week at the San Diego County Fair, and we would love to get as much support as we can. Future Farmers of America

One of the steers at the Escondido Farm.

is an amazing program that teaches students responsibility, time management, and work ethic, so come down during Livestock Week and see Escondido FFA as we spend the week at the fair with our animals!

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Tori Pedersen is chapter reporter of the FFA department at Escondido High School.

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