Arcanum MVCTC FFA Banners in Farm Business Management

04/08/2021

Arcanum MVCTC FFA members recently competed in the Ohio FFA Farm Business Management Contest.  The top placing individuals who’s scores made up the team score were Blayne Hess, Brody Williams, Isaac Smith, Cael Gostomsky, Landon Haney and Caleb Hartman.   The team from Arcanum placed 3rd overall in the State out of over 80 school.   Cael Gostomsky placed 3rd overall as an individual out of over 700 participates. The purpose of the Farm Business Management Contest is to provide students with the opportunity to make a practical application of the knowledge and skills learned in the production agriculture curriculum in solving typical farm management problems.  The online written test is designed to test the team members’ understanding of economic principles in farm business management.  The problem solving portion of the CDE is designed to determine the team members’ ability to apply economic principles of farm business management to actual problems and to define the decisions that need to be made.   Team member Isaac Smith stated that “the principles and problems accessed in the contest directly related to those real life scenarios that we currently use and will use in our daily farm lives.”   Landon Haney added that “it was a great opportunity to represent our school and community and to reach such a high level of success in such a challenging and applicable contest”.