Land Judging
Land Judging is an exciting 4-H and FFA contest in which Middle and High School students observe and interpret the soil inorder to make wise land use decisions.
The skill the teens use at the contest involve principles that can be valuable in career fields like environmental and agricultural management, natural resources conservation, home buliding, engineering, and construction. Students can compete at the local, state, and national levels.
The Chipola River Soil and Water Conservation District offers support to the local middle and high school students in FFA and 4-H test their knowledge by judging soils from four pits hat are selected by a Soil Scientist with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
In each Class (Middle 4-H, High 4-H, Middle FFA, and High FFA) the local county winner may compete at eh state contest in that respective class.
Top placing teams in the state contest are elibible to compete at the National Land Judging Contests held at the end of April.