Newton County FFA Teams were very successful in competing at this year’s Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia. The Newton County Beef Show Team won Second Place Beef Livestock Herdsman Award for its division and Newton High School received Honorable Mention for its Chapter Forestry Display.
Newton High School students exhibited projects ranging from beef livestock, floral designs, landscape plans, horticulture research, plant materials, forestry display, and plant identification. Alcovy and Eastside students exhibited beef livestock projects.
"We had very good representation from Newton County at the Georgia National Fair. I am very pleased with the way that students placed," stated Ben Brand. "It was good to see the different number of projects from the county. The cattle and the horticulture projects did very well. We are very excited to see the number of students that have the caliber to have this type of work at the Georgia National Fair," Ryan Talton said. The cattle show was held at the fairgrounds Oct. 7 through Oct. 10.
Agriculture Advisors, Justin Bennett and Ryan Talton of Newton High School, Abbey Brown of Alcovy High School and Ben Brand and Robert Cobb of Alcovy High School, are extremely proud of their students and their accomplishments at this year’s fair. The following are the results from the Fair.
Beef Heifer Show
Aleah Hill, Newton High School – Ninth place
Jenna Lawson, Newton High School - Fourth place
Dillon Parker, Alcovy High School - Third place in Charolais Class and Fifth place in Commercial Class
Lacy Powell, Eastside High School – Eighth place
Beef Steer Show
Baltazar Alvarez, Newton High School - Fifth place
Skyler Crawford, Newton High School - Fifth place
Jenna Lawson, Newton High School - Fourth place
Robert Murphy, Newton High School - Fourth place
Ben Richardson, Newton High School - Sixth place
Josie Stamps, Newton High School - First place
Bryan Vasquez, Newton High School - Eighth place
Dendrology (Leaf) Notebooks
Mia DeLuca, Newton High School - First Place
Anna Grace Ellis, Newton High School - First Place
Brianna Galloway, Newton High School - First Place
Delayney Henry, Newton High School - First Place
Floral Design
Kayla Eason, Newton High School - First Place
Floriculture Plant Identification Team
Horticulture Research
Alexis Duffey & Omar Scruggs (How Morning Glory Plants Respond to Touch), Newton High School - Second Place
Britani Simmons (County Water vs. Rain Water Tomatoes), Newton High School - Third Place
Landscape Plans
Baltazar Alvarez, Newton High School - Honorable Mention
Dalton Hegwood, Newton High School - Second Place
Blake McDonald, Newton High School - Second Place
Chris Pollett, Newton High School - Second Place
Bryan Vasquez, Newton High School - First Place
Plant Materials
Baltazar Alarvez (Benjamin Fig), Newton High School - Third Place
Kayla Eason (Variegated Wander Jew), Newton High School - Honorable Mention
Anna Grace Ellis (Macho Fern), Newton High School - Second Place
Bryan Vasquez (Spider Plant), Newton High School - Third Place
Sixth place team out of 18 teams competing
Kayla Eason, Newton High School - Twentieth out of 42 participants
Anna Grace Ellis, Newton High School - Fifteenth out of 42 participants
Brianna Galloway, Newton High School - Eighteenth out of 42 participants
