Eight Mineola FFA teams have qualified for state at the Area 6 CDE Contest at East Texas A&M University recently.

State contests are held April 24-25 and May 3.

Career Development Events build on what is learned in agricultural classes and encourage members to put their knowledge into practice. These events are designed to help a member prepare for a career in agriculture by testing and challenging the student’s technical, leadership, interpersonal and teamwork skills as well as their knowledge of the subject matter. CDEs answer the question, “When will I use this knowledge in the real world?”

The teams that have qualified for state are as follows: 

Floriculture 

Area Champions

Jaidyn Short - She was the high point individual in the entire area

Shiloh Fowler - 5th high individual

Sophia Mullins

Journie Wilson

Farm Business Management - Area Champions 

Eddie Guerra - He was the high point individual in the entire area

Davis Pierce - 5th high individual 

Daniel Delapaz

Andres Martinez

Ag Sales

Area Champions 

Sarah Smith - She was the high point individual in the entire area

Clara Marlow - 4th high individual 

Gracie Lindley - 5th high individual 

Clara Marlow - 10th high individual 

Dairy Judging Team 

2nd Place Team 

Andres Martinez - 4th high individual

Hector Rodriguez - 8th high individual 

Hunter Ballard

Gabriel Bardwell

Milk Quality Products

2nd Place Team

Jessenia Paredes - 2nd high individual 

Ayden Burciaga - 5th high individual 

Caroline Anders - 9th high individual

Isaac Acevedo

Entomology

2nd Place Team

Carie Adair - 3rd high individual

Laurenz Cooksey - 10th high individual

Joshua McClain

Eva Cruz Caro

Nursery Landscape

3rd Place Team

Emma Black - 3rd high individual

Lizzie Jones - 6th high individual

Jerimiah Black

Vanessa Anaya 

Forage Judging

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Cayden Jones

Azalea Perez

Karen Marquez

Tania Villeda