By Anthony Even
Trojan Tribune Staff
Photo courtesy of West Central FFA
West Central’s FFA team traveled to Brookings for the 84th South Dakota FFA State Convention. West Central sent their best and brightest teams to compete against hundreds of other FFA members from across the state. One of the teams that competed in the convention was Ag Communications, which consisted of Melinda Knuth, Liz Renner and Rachel Schartz.
The three-member team is challenged in all areas of the agricultural communications field. Participants attend a press conference, utilize information gathered in a team activity and complete individual practicums in web design, broadcasting, graphic design and writing. Students are also tested on their editing and other communications skills. 
Knuth said, “We worked really hard on the media plan and the presentation, and all of our collective ideas came together during the creation of the project. Because we worked together as a team, we won first place.”
The West Central Ag Communications team will compete at the 85th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, and will face off against the best in the nation.
