PBL FFA

PBL FFA 2nd in State Ag Sales CDE

Members of the PBL FFA Ag Sales team competed in the Illinois FFA Ag Sales CDE on Saturday, November 14th at Parkland College.  The team finished in second place behind Midland FFA.

Mershon Caissie was the 1st place individual in the state Sales Presentation event.  Clayton Glazik took 1st place honors in the host choice segment.  Ben Magers was 5th place in Customer Relations, while Billy Masco and Cade Moritz placed 6th in their events - Customer Service and Prospecting. 

This team has earned the privilege of representing Illinois FFA in the National FFA Marketing Plan CDE at the 2010 National FFA Convention. 


Agronomy Team Wins State

PBL FFA Agronomy Team took top honors in the 2009 Illinois FFA Agronomy CDE.  The team was made up of  Dallas Glazik, 1st place individual; Allie Donnelly, 8th place; Clayton Glazik and Julian Geiken.

The team is now qualified to compete in the 2010 National FFA Agronomy CDE in Indianapolis.


Poultry Team Wins State Poultry CDE

PBL FFA garnered first place at the Illinois State Poultry Evaluation Career Development Event, March 2, 2010 at the University of Illinois. PBL members took 2nd through 5th individual places as well. Top Individuals included Jennifer Boberg, 2nd; Zack Hoopingarner, 3rd; Billy Masco, 4th; and Kirsten Blackford, 5th. Erin Lemley completed the PBL Team.

Students were asked to utilize USDA standards to grade the interiors and exteriors of eggs and ready to cook fryers. In addition students identified ready to cook chicken parts and defects present in poultry meat products. Students also completed a poultry management test.

As a result of their 1st place finish in the state event these students will have the opportunity to represent Illinois in the 2010 National FFA Poultry Evaluation CDE at Indianapolis in October. They join the PBL Agronomy and Market Plan teams who have also advanced. 
 


Hort Team Wins State CDE

PBL FFA members were recently named the 1st Place team at the State FFA Horticulture contest.

Jon Hustedt was the top individual in the event; Jennifer Bober was 3rd place individual.

Kirsten Blackford, Megan Coady, and Mershon Caissie completed the team.

This team now qualifies to represent Illinois in the National FFA Nursery/Landscape CDE at the National FFA Convention in October 2010. 


State Ag Business Team Wins State!

The PBL FFA Ag Business Management team competed in the Illinois FFA State Ag Business Management Career Development Event on May 6, 2010.  The team was the 1st place team in the state event.

Monica Jarboe was the top individual in the state, while Austin Schumacher was 3rd.  Clayton Glazik, Mike Shively and Dallas Glazik completed the team.

The Ag Business Management  event included a 40 question test that was problem based, a 50 question multiple choice section and 25  true-false questions.  The test assessed students understanding of business organization, finance, taxes, insurance, commodity marketing, economics and law.

This team will represent Illinois FFA in the National FFA Farm Business Management CDE in Indianapolis during October of 2010.  This team joins PBL's Agronomy, Marketing Plan, Nursery/Landscape, and Poultry teams to compete at nationals.  In all, 19 PBL students will be competing at the national level this fall.


PBL FFA Summer Schedule

Please visit the Forms/Applications portion of our site to locate the calendars for June-August 2010.