By Jessica Cramer
On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Buckeye Central FFA chapter competed in county soil judging against Wynford and Colonel Crawford.
The competition was put on by the Crawford County Soil and Water Conservation District, and was held at the Mike Zender farm on the corner of State Route 602 and Henry Cooper road.
Soil judging is a competition that judges multiple characteristics of the soil, including texture of the soil, depth of the soil, and slope of the land.
There are two types of soil judging contests, rural and urban.
The rural contest determines if the land is suitable for farmland and to plant crops on.
BC placed third in the rural contest. The top four scorers from each school will move on to districts. Moving on to districts from BC are Paul Heydinger, Amy Rietschlin, Peter Keller, and Austin Wurm.
“I think we all did pretty well,” Rietschlin said. “I am excited about going to districts this year.”
The urban contest determines if the land is suitable for buildings with basements, driveways and local roads, septic tank and absorption fields, and lawns and gardens.
BC placed first in the urban contest, holding seven of the top ten urban scoring spots. Jaret Shook, Sam Robertson, Ray Stahl, and Derek Kalb will be the urban team moving on to districts for BC.
“I think we have great potential to make it to state for the third year in a row,” Robertson said. “Our team this year is probably the best it has ever been.”
Districts will be held on Thursday Sept. 26 in Richland County.