
Congratulations to all teams competing in the 2023 State Ag Business Management, Ag Mechanics, Parliamentary Procedure, and Conduct of Chapter Meetings Career and Leadership Development Events.
A special thanks to Cargill for serving as our Ag Business Management Career Development Event sponsor. Many thanks go out to our Ag Mechanics, Parliamentary Procedure, and Conduct of Chapter Meetings contest host, Illinois Central College, Grant Grebner, Pete Fandel, Blake Lehman, Steve Flinn, Zachary Flinn, Colin Campbell, Tyler Smith, Curt Rippey, Jeffrey Joos, Rick Polanin, Rich Lessen, Don Lockwood, Megan Coy, Jennifer Waters, Dr. Lucas Maxwell, faculty, staff, and students of Illinois Central College and judges for Parliamentary Procedure and Conduct of Chapter Meetings for their support of the Ag Mechanics, Parliamentary Procedure, and Conduct of Chapter Meetings contests.
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Please let us know of any feedback from this week’s events. Click here to submit a short Google form with the positives, negatives, and things that could/should be changed with the IL Ag Business Management, Ag Mechanics, Parliamentary Procedure, and/or Conduct of Chapter Meetings CDE/LDEs. We value and thank you for your input!
Ag Business Management
In the State Ag Business Management CDE, 21 schools, 21 teams, and 97 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
Rank
|
Chapter Name
|
Score
|
1
|
Unity-Tolono
|
542
|
2
|
Seneca
|
512
|
3
|
Olney
|
504
|
4
|
Maroa-Forsyth
|
488
|
Rank
|
Chapter
|
Student
|
Score
|
1
|
Unity-Tolono
|
Olivia Shike
|
185
|
2
|
Maroa-Forsyth
|
Luke Aubry
|
184
|
3
|
Seneca
|
Colin Collet
|
184
|
4
|
Olney
|
Colleen Steber
|
180
|
5
|
Unit-Tolono
|
Raena Stierwalt
|
179
|
6
|
Unity-Tolono
|
Sophia Stierwalt
|
178
|
7
|
Taylorville
|
Cole Paulek
|
170
|
8
|
Greenview
|
Alexander Wilcoxon
|
166
|
9
|
Olney
|
Trenton Payne
|
166
|
10
|
Seneca
|
Calvin Maierhofer
|
165
|
*Questions 14, 23, and 36 were used as tiebreakers respectively.
Ag Mechanics
In the State Ag Mechanics CDE, 53 schools, 20 teams, and 141 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
Rank
|
School
|
Team Total
|
|
1
|
Eureka
|
389
|
|
2
|
Prairie Central
|
368
|
|
3
|
Newton
|
351
|
|
4
|
Paxton-Buckley-Loda
|
326
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank
|
School
|
Name of Carpentry Individual
|
Carpentry Subtotal
|
1
|
Paxton-Buckley-Loda
|
AlexSwanson
|
91
|
2
|
Mendota
|
AveryPierce
|
85
|
3
|
Tri-Valley
|
John Bierman
|
84
|
4
|
Prairie Central
|
EliSchaffer
|
82
|
5
|
Blue Ridge
|
LillianEnger
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
Rank
|
School
|
Name of Electricity Individual
|
Electricity Subtotal
|
1
|
Stillman Valley
|
JeremiahBogner
|
84
|
2
|
Brimfield
|
AlexZimmermann
|
84
|
3
|
Cissna Park
|
CarterFerguson
|
82
|
4
|
Eureka
|
TrevorHasselbacher
|
81
|
5
|
Olney
|
PeterRudolphi
|
77
|
|
|
|
|
Rank
|
School
|
Name of Welding Individual
|
Welding Subtotal
|
1
|
Eureka
|
LukeRinkenberger
|
80
|
2
|
Newton
|
LandenMcClure
|
79
|
3
|
Serena
|
MichaelMarshall
|
79
|
4
|
Stillman Valley
|
GavinHarrolle
|
77
|
5
|
Sparta
|
EliSieberg
|
77
|
6
|
St. Elmo
|
DamenConnour
|
76
|
|
|
|
|
Rank
|
School
|
Name of Ag Power Individual
|
Ag Power Subtotal
|
1
|
Mt. Pulaski
|
AndrewLiesman
|
84
|
2
|
Eureka
|
MasonKieser
|
82
|
3
|
Prairie Central
|
CalebKnauer
|
80
|
4
|
Flora
|
Coy Beard
|
79
|
5
|
Griggsville-Perry
|
JackShoemaker
|
78
|
|
|
|
|
Rank
|
School
|
Name of Surveying Individual
|
Surveying Subtotal
|
1
|
Mt. Zion
|
NicholasScherer
|
73
|
2
|
United
|
AidanJenks
|
72
|
3
|
Midland
|
Madeline Wallington
|
72
|
4
|
Newton
|
AlexanderKaufmann
|
72
|
5
|
Paxton-Buckley-Loda
|
AnnaLayng
|
70
|
Parliamentary Procedure
In the State Parliamentary Procedure LDE, 10 schools, 10 teams, and 60 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
Top Teams

Top Chairs
1
|
Marcus Ray
|
MARENGO
|
132.00
|
2
|
Kristin Partlow
|
NEOGA
|
127.50
|
Top Floor Members
1
|
Megan Baker
|
Neoga
|
137
|
2
|
Colleen Steber
|
Olney
|
135.33
|
3
|
Victoria Rudolphi
|
Olney
|
131
|
4
|
Macy Moran
|
Neoga
|
129.33
|
5
|
James Ballinger
|
Neoga
|
128.33
|
6
|
Ayden Herrmann
|
Princeville
|
125.33
|
7
|
Madison Freed
|
PBL
|
122
|
8
|
Trenton Payne
|
Olney
|
121.67
|
9
|
Cameron Crump
|
Waterloo
|
121.67
|
*Debate score used as tiebreaker for Floor Members
*Ability to preside used as tiebreaker for Chair
Conduct of Chapter Meetings
In the State Conduct of Chapter Meetings LDE, 10 schools, 10 teams, and 70 individuals competed.
Congratulations to the superior teams and individuals that competed in this year’s contest!
Top Teams
|
Rank
|
Team
|
Score
|
1
|
Olney
|
850.8
|
2
|
Cisne
|
837.3
|
Top President
|
Rank
|
Individual
|
School
|
Score
|
1
|
Natalie Zwilling
|
Olney
|
88.2
|
2
|
Addie Jewett
|
Cambridge
|
85.8
|
Top Floor Member
|
Rank
|
Individual
|
School/Position
|
Score
|
1
|
Ashley Cook
|
Cisne
|
88.3
|
2
|
Owen Kocher
|
Olney
|
84.2
|
3
|
Kylie Kocher
|
Olney
|
81.8
|
4
|
Hannah Gehring
|
Williamsfield
|
78.0
|
5
|
Kadence Hyder
|
Cisne
|
77.2
|
6
|
Claire Cannon
|
Cisne
|
76.2
|
7
|
Jolene Balckert
|
Cambridge
|
75.8
|
8
|
Courtney Thomas
|
Cambridge
|
75.8
|
9
|
Asher Lambird
|
Olney
|
75.3
|
10
|
Jake Isermann
|
Streator
|
73.7
|
**Ties Broken by Discussion, then Oral Question, then Test Score
Full anonymous results for the Ag Business Management contest can be found here.
Full anonymous results for the Ag Mechanics contest can be found here.
Full results for Parliamentary Procedure and Conduct of Chapter Meetings contests will be shared directly with coaches this evening.
Results posted in this email are to be considered tentative at this time. Any discrepancies found in the results must be submitted in writing to the Illinois FFA Center within 3 days from electronic notification of results. Results will become official with the mailing of ribbons in the coming weeks.
Thanks again to everyone who helped to make these events a success!
--
John Edgar
Illinois FFA Center
Phone: 217-753-3328 Cell: 618-318-5776
Email: jedgar@illinoisffa.org
Address: 3221 Northfield, Springfield, IL 62702