South Dakota FFA Foundation, Inc.


SD FFA Production Career Development Events (CDEs)

livestock judging     Dairy foods team

Sponsorships for Production Career Development Event awards are $150 per event.  This covers plaques for the top three teams, pins for the top ten individuals and a plaque for the high individual in each event.  Travel Scholarships are provided for for State-winning teams and individuals to compete at the 2008 National FFA Convention.

2008 South Dakota Production Career Development Events include:

Event Awards Sponsor Travel Scholarship Sponsor
Ag Business Management CDE Wells Fargo Wells Fargo
Ag Mechanics CDE* CHS, Inc. CHS, Inc.
Ag Sales CDE SD Department of Agriculture Norm and Mary Cooper
Agronomy CDE SD Seed Trade Association Croplan Genetics
Walt and De Johnson
Dairy Foods CDE Land O'Lakes Production Division, Volga The Family of Justin Maass
Floriculture CDE Gerri and Shon Eide, Madison; Brian and Gretchen Sharp, Bath SD FFA Foundation, Inc.
Food Science and Technology CDE Londa Vander Wal, Rome and  Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Milbank SD FFA Foundation, Inc.
Horse Evaluation and Selection CDE Paradise Creek Paints, Len and Cathy Ivey, Aberdeen K Bar J Leather, Co., Newell
Livestock Evaluation CDE SD Pork Producers Council Dakotaland Feeds, Huron
Scotland FFA
Meats Evaluation and Technology CDE John Morrell, Sioux Falls SD FFA Foundation, Inc.
Natural Resources CDE SD Grasland Coalition SD Grassland Coalition
Nursery/Landscape CDE ** SD FFA Foundation, Inc. SD FFA Foundation, Inc.
Dairy Cattle Evaluation CDE SD Division of the Midwest Dairy Assoc. Sharp's Inc, Bath
Range Plant ID SDSU Range Club  

* CHS Inc. also sponsors cordless drills for the top 10 individuals in the Ag Mechanics CDE

** National sponsor, Intermountain Stihl, awards a chainsaw to the high individual in the Nursery/Landscape CDE


For more information, please contact gretchen@sdffafoundation.org. or call 605-225-8904
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