Youth Crop Scouting Winners

Youth Crop Scouting Winners

UNL Crops Specialist Roger Elmore discusses corn growth development with one of the teams during the 2015 Youth Crop Scouting Competition.

Youth Crop Scouting Winners Named

August 21, 2015

Earlier this month eight teams of youth competed to diagnose insects, diseases, and other factors affecting crop production during the 2015 Nebraska Youth Crop Scouting Competition. Congratulations to the winning teams (pictured below) and all who participated.

  • 1st Place Colfax County 4-H
  • 2nd Place Humphrey FFA
  • 3rd Place Amherst FFA

For more information on the Youth Crop Scouting Competition and other youth events visit the CropWatch Youth section. This educational program is coordinated by UNL Extension Educator Brandy VanDeWalle. External sponsors were DuPont Pioneer and the Nebraska Soybean Board. The 2016 contest will be Aug. 2.

Colfax County 4-H 1st Place Youth Crop Scouting Team2nd place Humphrey FFA 2015 Youth Crop Scouting Competition

(Left) Winning 1st Place in the 2015 Nebraska Crop Scouting Competition was the Colfax County 4-H Team. Winning 2nd Place was the Humphrey FFA Team.

3rd Place Crop Scout Winners Amherst FFA Team

Winning 3rd place was the Amherst FFA team.

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