Tag Archives: Agriscience Research- Plant Systems
Danae Westra of California Named American Star in Agricultural Placement Finalist
Danae Westra of the Visalia-Central Valley Christian FFA in central California has a supervised agricultural experience (SAE) focused on researching cattle. She has measured growth, protein levels, milk production rates and more in several long-term experiments through the years, starting … Continue reading
Brennan Elszy of California Named Agriscience Research- Plant Systems Proficiency Recipient
Brennan Elszy of the Hanford FFA Chapter in California has conducted two research projects in plant and soil sciences. His first project tested the effectiveness of Chloropicrin soil fumigation on managing nematode populations in orchard soils that were previously planted … Continue reading
2021 Agriscience Research – Plant Systems Winner George Frees
George Frees of the Cass Career Center in Missouri conducted two experiments which examined the physical, chemical and genetic effects of the application of gibberellic acid on the productivity of agriculturally important commodities from the sugarcane species Saccharum offinarum. Frees’ … Continue reading