Linn County assists with soil judging contest
WATERLOO — It’s too bad “soggy” wasn’t one of criteria that several hundred FFA members from throughout the mid-valley could use to describe soils at Waterloo County Campground on Oct. 11.
The FFA members were competing in the annual soil judging contest sponsored by the Linn Soil & Water Conservation District. District Administrator Debbie Paul said she and soils technician Kevin Seifert appreciate holding the contest at one of the Linn County parks, because they include amenities such as vault toilets, potable water, picnic shelters and county staff like Tristan Davis, who digs a practice pit and three judging pits.
Each contestant is looking for information about type of soil, colors, depth, consistence, clay percentage, shape, structure and presence of metals.
“The State Soils Judging contest is to be held in Dallas Oregon at 8 a.m. on October 16” District Technician Kevin Seifert said. “The teams will meet at the Polk County Fairgrounds, then head to an undisclosed location 10 minutes away for the actual contest.”
Contestants came from Harrisburg, Pleasant Hill, Lebanon, Sweet Home, Scio, Mohawk, Creswell
This year’s individual and team winners are:
Advanced Teams: 1st – Lebanon; 2nd – Central Linn; 3rd -Harrisburg.
Novice Teams: 1st-Central Linn; 2nd – Sweet Home; 3rd – Mohawk.
Advanced Individuals: 1st – Brook Glaser, Central Linn; 2nd – Taryn Cornell, Lebanon; 3rd – Devon Keene, Lebanon; 4th — Kendra Glaser, Central Linn; 5th – Jayden Keene, Lebanon; 6th – Tryston Majors, Lebanon; 7th – Teagan Cornell, Lebanon; 8th – Hunter Jacobsen, Lebanon; 9th – Zoe Fair, Lebanon; 10th -Karleen Jacobsen, Lebanon.
Novice individuals: 1st – Maddie Duringer, Central Linn; 2nd – Trenton Satterlee, Central Linn; 3rd – Angus Smith, Central Linn; 4th- Grant Wahl, Central Linn; 5th Arlyn Birkholz, Scio; 6th Tayler Carr, Sweet Home; 7th Mia Fiorito, Central Linn; 8th Annabell Bingham, Mohawk; 9th Ania Bremner, Central Linn; 10th – Eden Browning, Central Linn.
