VERSAILLES – On Thursday, Feb 20th the Versailles FFA placed 1st out of 17 teams in the District 5 FFA Ag Sales Contest at Covington High School. The Versailles FFA Ag Sales team consisted of Colin Batten, Jayna Luthman, Rhylan Broerman, and Paige Gehret. Individually Colin Batten placed 1st overall, Jayna Luthman placed 2nd overall and Paige Gehret placed 4th overall in the contest out of 67 individuals.
The District 5 Ag Sales contest consists of an online test, an individual sales presentation and a team-oriented sales presentation.
Versailles FFA members sold commercial John Deere lawn mowers as part of their presentation which is the district and state topic of the year. Versailles FFA will advance to the state contest.
The Versailles FFA would like to thank Ryan Langenkamp of Farm Credit-Versailles for helping coach the team and Koenig Equipment consisting of Levi Stump, Dave Oakley and Brittany Walford for helping the team learn about the commercial John Deere lawn mowers and practicing sales with them.
Congratulations and good luck at state!