News : FFA Vegetable Exhibitors Win State Fair Honors

70 exhibitors showed nearly 700 vegetables in the FFA Horticulture competition judged Thursday, August 8, at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.

Dakota Lopata of the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA won the High Point Exhibitor award and Evan Lopata of the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA claimed the Reserve High Point Exhibitor Award.

Additional results follow:

Table Vegetable

Champion: Dakota Lopata (cabbage,) Vinton-Shellsburg FFA, Vinton

Reserve Champion: Evan Lopata (eggplant,) Vinton-Shellsburg FFA, Vinton

Vegetable Container Display

Champion: Dakota Lopata, Vinton-Shellsburg FFA, Vinton

Reserve Champion: McKenna Worrell, West Branch FFA, West Branch

School Grown

Champion: Agri-Power FFA, Eddyville

Reserve Champion: Linn-Marr FFA, Marion

Jumbo Vegetables

Champion: Taylor Miller, Fairfield FFA, Ottumwa

Reserve Champion: Taylor Miller, Fairfield FFA, Ottumwa

Chapter Award

1) Vinton-Shellsburg FFA, Vinton

2) Calamus-Wheatland FFA, Wheatland

3) West Branch FFA, West Branch

4) Agri-Power FFA, Eddyville

5) North Scott FFA, Eldridge

6) Fairfield FFA, Fairfield

7) Central Plains FFA, Gowrie

8) West Marshall FFA, State Center

9) North Linn FFA, Troy Mills

10) I-35 FFA, Truro