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Centreville’s Future Farmers of America judging team successfully competed at the Michigan 4-H/FFA meat-judging contest at Michigan State University July 25.
The FFA team from Cen treville placed first overall in the contest, earned a gold award and the right to rep resent Michigan at the Na tional FFA Meat Evalua tion competition in Louisville in October.
Members of the team were Clay Decker of Leonidas; Ty Cool of Mendon; Macken zie Eling, of Colon; and Casey Clementz of Sherwood.
With the assistance of the Michigan Livestock Expo, participants were able to see the animals at the show and watch them win before viewing and evaluating them in the meat cooler.
As a collaborative effort between the MSU Meat Lab, MSU Extension, Michi gan 4-H and Michigan FFA, youth competed in the con test that included three beef classes, three pork classes, identification of 20 retail cuts, yield and quality-grade three beef carcasses.
