Making the "Dirt"

Senior Success!

In her senior year, Bridgeport FFA member Emily Green has made the "dirt" at the Fort Worth Stock show with her Southdown Lamb.  Only the animals who are kept in the show ring are placed and this is considered making the "dirt". She finished the class in 16th place.  GREAT job Emily and the Green family!

Market Goat Show, Fort Worth Stock Show

Evan Hunter and his 8th place class 3 goat.  Congratulations to Evan and the Hunter family!  Hard work is continuing to pay off at the Fort Worth Stock Show!

Clint Demmitt: Placed 13th with his goat.  This is a goat that the Demmitt family raised.  Congratulations! Now lets get ready for youth fair!

Breeding Goat Results from Fort Worth Stock Show

Congratulations Kara and Clint Demmitt for the following results in the Breeding and Dairy Shows.

Clint Demmitt: Grand Champion Dairy Weather, and a 1st and 2nd place Dairy Weather, 4th Place Lamancha Doe, 7th Place Fullblood Boer Doe Kid.

Kara Demmitt: 3rd Place Dairy Weather, 2nd Place Jr. Nubian Doe, 2nd Place Jr. Lamancha Doe, 10th Place Fullblood Boer Doe Kid, 1st Place Commercial Two-Toothed Doe.

Congratulations Demmitt Family! Hard work does pay off!

Jr. FFA Members Compete in Speed Events at Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo

Cassady Craddock Competed in the POA Show at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. She finished 1st in the 9-12 year old Pole Bending, 2nd 9-12 year old Barrel Racing. Please congratulate Cassady if you see her around.

FFA members gear up for Fort Worth Stock Show

Many of our Bridgeport FFA Members are currently showing or getting ready to show at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.

Results So Far:

Lauren Stowers - Champion Limousine Heifer Jr. Show, Reserve Champion Limousine Heifer Open Show

Hunter Garcia - 9th Place Beffmaster Heifer.

Fort Worth is one of the largest and most prestigious cattle show's in the Nation. This is quite an accomplishment for both of these young people.  Please congratulate them if you see them.  The Sheep and Goats move in today!  Good luck to all the sheep and goat kids!

Area Tractor Tech. BRIDGEPORT STATE BOUND!!!!

Bridgeport FFA Tractor Team!

In their first year and only second time to compete, the Bridgeport FFA Tractor Technician team has qualified for the state contest.  Members of the team; Dace Grooms, Evan Hunter and Tyler Thieme finished 3rd out of all 4 area's present, and 2nd in our own area to advance to the state contest to be held at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in March.  This team took an exam, answered questions over various tractor components, and had 30 minutes to debug a tractor by finding 5 issues and correcting them in order to start the tractor.  Additionally, Tyler Thieme finished as the 7th high Individual in the entire contest.

Tractor Technician Contest, Decatur High School

Three members of the Bridgeport FFA competed in their first ever Tractor Technician contest in Decatur.  Dace Grooms, Evan Hunter and Tyler Thieme finished 5th as a team with Thieme finishing 11th as an individual! GREAT job, go get em at area!

District FFA Banquet, Bridgeport Success

Members of the Bridgeport FFA attended the District I FFA Banquet where we brought home all our awards from the 2010 year!  Congratulations for a GREAT year!  Lets go make it even better in 2011!




Results:

District Treasurer: Nikki Harris


District Star Greenhand in Agribusiness Evan Hunter

First: Ag Issues, Jr. Skills, Farm Business Management, Sr. Prepared Public Speaking, Extemporaneous Public Speaking

Second: Poultry Judging, Jr. Chapter Conducting (Parliamentary Procedure)

Third: Sr. Skills, Public Relations, Land Evaluation, Radio Broadcasting

BRIDGEPORT PLACES 7TH AT STATE!

The Bridgeport FFA Ag Issues team took home the 7th place banner from our state leadership development event contest.  Over half the ag issues teams trained in the Nation are from Texas, and Texas has won the national contest more times in the past 10 years than any other state!

Our kids did an excellent job!

MADE THE FINALS

Ag Issues team made the finals and will present tomorrow around 9:30 AM... Results around 5:00 PM.

Thanks everyone!

MUST READ NEW INFO ON THE TESTER AMENDMENT

#S.510 MUST READ! The Hidden Agenda of the Tester-Hagan Amendment: Hint, It Has to Do with NAIS (Remember That?) CLICK HERE FOR LINK

Our final stop took us to the Texas Department of Agriculture where we met with various members of TDA and Texas Animal Health Comission. Thanks to Sarah Riggins for getting this group of industry professionals together! Sarah is the state marketing coordinator for food for the Go Texan program through TDA. Also present were the Director of Government Affairs for TDA, The Advisor for Policy and Special Projects from TDA, The Deputy Assistant Comissioner for Pesticide Programs, and the Director of Public Information from the Texas Animal Health Commission. What a FANTASTIC group to work with and learn from!

All in all, our kids did a great job explaining the issue of food safety legislation and learned copious amounts from all the industry and political professionals we met with throughout the year and today. Additionally, they represented Bridgeport extremely well in Austin. Only a little time left for a few parting pictures and then we hit the road for Huntsville!

Tomorrow we will speak in the semi-finals. If we are in the top 5, we will advance to the finals! Thanks to everyone around the country, state, and back home in Bridgeport and Wise county for your support. We will keep you updated on our progress!

Our next stop took us to Kay Bailey Hutchison's Office where we met with John Etue, the Regional Director for Central Texas. Our students were given a special treat when they were invited to present in Lyndon B. Johnson's Dallas Office Apartment. Original furniture, carpet, and fixtures were present as was the table where many "insider" meetings took place with the President. The apartment was complete with bullet proof glass and a steel bomb shelter vault. Additionally, there was a place in the restroom where an aid would sit to take notes while the president was otherwise disposed! What a great presentation!

Pictures below are of LBJ and other "insiders" meeting in the same room where we presented! At the same table! In the same chairs!

Next we traveled to the Capitol where we met with Ren Nance. She is the director of Agriculture and Rural Development for Senator Craig Estes.

Senetor Estes is the Chair of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee for the Texas Senate!

Bridgeport FFA Ag Issues Team made their first presentation today to a group of industry professionals from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Thank you to Susan Tennyson for putting together a very knowledgeable group of EXPERTS in the area of food safety and food recalls. This organization mandates recalls for companies in the state of Texas. Many of the reacalls we address in our presentation were actually conducted by this agency! They were full of great information and questions for our students!

Today's events...

S510 passed the senate today and is sent to the house for action... If they like the bill they can vote to pass it and it could go to the president for approval within the week...

Insert cog here...the house passed their own food safety bill...H.R. 2749 which is much more comprehensive than S510...so if the house likes their bill better, which they probably do... then the bills have to go to reconciliation... This could take weeks or months to accomplish anything!

Most House democrats appear to be mostly satisfied with the senate version and want to push this through during the lame duck session... Republicans do not feel as if this bill is dire enough to consider at this time and will fight to keep it out of the lame duck session so it can be taken up by the much more conservative house next session...

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THANKS!!!

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Google Alert - S. 510

Blogs 5 new results for S. 510

Adrienne's Corner: Call your Senator - S 510 Up for vote today... By Adrienne S. 510 is basically Obamacare for the food industry. It will create 17000 new bureaucrats, whose job is going to be to harass small farmers. It will create huge regulatory burdens for small family farms and even for those who want to ... Adrienne's Corner - http://adriennescatholiccorner.blogspot.com/

Urgent call for action, last chance to defeat S 510 Food Safety ... By Truth is Contagious The intentions behind S 510 are well-meaning, of course: Lawmakers want to do something about e.coli and salmonella contamination of fresh produce. No US Senator wants to face their constituents without being able to claim they "voted ... Truth is Contagious - http://truthiscontagious.com/

Country Living in a Cariboo Valley: Take action to stop S.510 ... By Annie Your help is needed to halt the tyrannical new "S.510" U.S. Senate bill that could criminalize saving seeds and outlaw backyard garden food production. It is being called "the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States of ... Country Living in a Cariboo Valley - http://countrylivinginacariboovalley.blogspot.com/

Lupus Hope: Call to Action Stopping GMO Foods Bill S510 from ... By Toni (P.S. To all those NaturalNews readers outside the USA, thanks for putting up with all this domestic nonsense here in the USA. We will return to more traditional news coverage as soon as this S 510 saga is concluded...) ... Lupus Hope - http://lupushope.blogspot.com/

American's Journey: Video: Senate Bill S 510 vote PASSED ... By Jack Rabbit Video: Senate Bill S 510 vote PASSED! - procedural vote passes 74-25. by Jack Rabbit at Sunday, November 28, 2010 · Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz. Labels: s510. 0 comments: Post a Comment ... American's Journey - http://americansjourney.blogspot.com/

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Food Safety Discussion Question Today:

1. Are you concerned with the safety of your food supply?  Why or why not?

2. Are you willing to pay more for food if there is better labeling, and inspection of food?

3. Do you think legislation can actually make our food supply safer?

Bridgeport FFA Ag Issues YouTube Channel Developed

YouTube channel to help you keep track of food safety legislation:

Bridgeport Ag Issues YouTube Channel Link