Arcanum's Alex Weiss takes 10th in State

03/29/2017

Arcanum MVCTC FFA members recently competed in the Ohio FFA Farm Business Management Contest.  The team consisted of members Alex Weiss, Samantha McAllister, Jacob Osswald, Braden Garbig, Cole Spitler, and Zach Smith.  The team from Arcanum placed 20th overall in the State with Junior Alex Weiss placing 10th overall as an individual out of 724 participates.  The purpose of the Farm Business Management Test 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.