UF/IFAS Okeechobee County Extension Service

458 Highway 98 North

Okeechobee, FL 34972-2578

Phone: (863) 763-6469

Okeechobee County Fair Vegetable Identification & Judging Contest

Quick Links:     sponsor/donor   registration/rules    study guide   Results   2012 results  2011 results    2010 State Results   2007 contest results   

For information on Okeechobee County Fair Vegetable Exhibits:   County Big Vegetable Contest Records        2011 Horticulture exhibit  Results

Okeechobee FFA Alumni first sponsored a Vegetable ID & Judging contest at the 2007 Okeechobee Co. Fair, and held another local contest in  2009. In 2010, local students also participated in regional contests and the 2010 state FFA Vegetable judging contest. Local contests was held again in 2011, and plans are to have a similar event in 2012.

Upcoming Invitational Contest Dates:

Friday February 17 at the Osceola County Fair in Kissimmee - start time 10 AM.  

Friday March 16 at the Okeechobee County Fair - start time TBA

The 2012 state contest is scheduled for Friday April 27, 2012 on the UF Campus in Gainesville.  Team registration deadline is Friday April 13, 2011.

Florida FFA Career Development Event (CDE)  rules :  High School    Middle School

Students may find the study guide materials below helpful - let  the  webmaster  know if you find better references or  bad  links! 

 

       

Specimen List    Study List with links to pictures  - opens a new webpage!

      Cheap Heirloom Vegetable Seeds

 Suggested study materials: 

Vegetable Kinds and Varieties

Florida Master Gardner Plant Identification Learning Module:    VegetablesFlorida Master Gardener Plant Identification Webpage 

Quiz: Test your Florida vegetables knowledge  (Quiz will open in new window)

Seeds

        Seed Biology Program: Seed ID index - Ohio State University

Vegetable Seed Images Index - Purdue University, Dept. of Horticulture

Weeds

Weeds in Florida (SP 37)   University of Florida

Rutgers (NJ) Weed Gallery Common Names 

Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

Insects

Harmful

BeneficialVegetableMD Icon

    Growing Small Farms: Pests & Beneficials - Debbie Roos, North Carolina State Univ. 

Diseases 

UF/IFAS Vegetable Pathology Fact sheets 

Cornell Plant Pathology Vegetable Disease Web Page. Cornell University, NY

Vegetable Disease Identification  and Potato Diseases in Pennsylvania  Penn State

Nutrient Deficiencies

     The Diagnosis of Mineral Deficiencies in Plants by Visual Symptoms - University of Bristol

(Potato Defects)    Detection of Potato Tuber Diseases & Defects  - Cornell University (NY)  Bulletin 205

Vegetable Judging

Scoring vegetable placing classes can be done with the Hormel Calculator; an on-line link to this tool is:  https://www.judgingcard.com/Resources/Hormel.aspx 

 

General Knowledge Exam

Vegetable Gardening in Florida –1999 – Dr. Jim Stephens. http://ifasbooks.ifas.ufl.edu/p-185-vegetable-gardening-in-florida.aspx 

Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide  SP-103  J.M. Stephens, et al. (rev. 2009)  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vh021 

Vegetable Contest results: 

2012               

South Florida Fair    WPB 

download pdf files:

Results 

  Judging Classes  (a good team practice exercise!)

2011

3/18/2011 Okeechobee County Fair       Results: 

Awards:   Plaques for top three teams and individuals.  Appreciation is expressed to the following sponsors:  Okeechobee FFA Alumni Association;  Jason Ferrell, Eagle Island

Team placing

 Chapter team members Team score
1 Colonial 1 Kaitlyn Yawt, Kelly Yawt, Mike Sardinas   2125
2 Colonial 2  Joemarie García, Carolyn Ratter, Erin Harvill 1907
3 Okeechobee HS 1 Jennifer Jaenz, Denise Holmes, Calixtro Villalpando  1832
4 Okeechobee HS #2  Karyna Villalpando, Jaymee Johnson, Katie Brummett, Ashley McDuffie  1710
5 Yearling Middle School:  Jessica Drawdy, Kristen Dryden, Rebecca Corby  1491
6 Osceola Middle School Zach Hunter, Jonathan Hedrick, Hunter Sills     1314
7 Umatilla HS:  Bradley New, Dalton Parks, Garret Smith, Mitchell Berube  1183

Individual Total scores*    
1  Mike Sardinas, Colonial  730 12  Zac Hunter, Yearling  MS 567
2 Kelly Yawt, Colonial  703 13 Karyna Villalpando, Okeechobee  556
3 Kaitlyn Yawt, Colonial  692 14  Ashley McDuffie, Okeechobee   536
4 Carolyn Ratter, Colonial   689 15 Rebecca Corby, Yearling MS  464
5 Jennifer Jaenz, Okeechobee 645 16 Jessica Drawdy, Yearling 446
6 Erin Harvil, Colonial     650 17 Katie Brummett, Okeechobee  437
7 Jaymee Johnson, Okeechobee  618 18 Garrett Smith, Umatilla   427
8 Denise Holmes, Okeechobee  610 19 Hunter Sills, Osceola MS   402
9 Kristen Dryden, Yearling MS  581 20 Bradley New, Umatilla    385
10 Calixtro Villalpando, Okeechobee 577 21 Mitchell Berube, Umatilla  371
11 Joemarie García, Colonial    568 22 Dalton Park, Umatilla  364
*Note: “perfect individual score” would be 815: 665 for item ID + 3 x 50 for judging classes      23 Jonathan Hedrick, Osceola MS  345

 

 

 

 

 

                                       

 

 

    

 

 

 

2/18/2011 Osceola County Fair           Results (pdf file)     Placing Classes - 1.1 MB pdf file on legal sized page

1/12/2011   South Florida Fair   Results (pdf file)    Placing Classes - 1.4 MB pdf file on legal sized page

2010

2010 State Vegetable Evaluation Career Development Event Results    GAINESVILLE, FL – Florida FFA Vegetable Evaluation event was held Friday, April 23, 2010 at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Ninety (90) teams from throughout Florida gathered to compete for the state championship. The purpose of the Vegetable Evaluation CDE is to stimulate interest in learning activities related to vegetable identification, production, and management. Florida FFA is very appreciative of the support of our event coordinator Lynn Nobles.

High School Team Results Middle School Team Results Middle School High Individuals
7. OKEECHOBEE BRAHMAN      2524 points 3. Okeechobee Osceola MS      1816 points 2.  Denise Holmes / Okeechobee Osceola MS    641 points
5. Okeechobee Yearling MS     1777 points

2007 County Fair 

 Friday March 16, 2007  OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AGRI-CIVIC CENTER    4200 Highway 70 East - Okeechobee, FL 34972

Team Awards Junior Senior
First Place Team Okeechobee Yearling FFA 823 Jupiter FFA 791
Second Place Team Hidden Oaks FFA   710 Pahokee 4-H 769
Third Place Team

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 Moore Haven FFA 648

First Place Individual Jose Orezeo  286 Jim Barton 306
Second  Place Individual Cindy Cortez   283 Stephanie Kirchman 284
Third  Place Individual Pablo Nunez  254 Patrick Oleary 271

Thanks to our Trophy sponsor: Okeechobee FFA Alumni Association

and Muchas gracias to our product donors:

 Eagle Island  Farms

Varri Green Farms

 Okeechobee Publix

Dr.  Rick Raid, UF/IFAS Everglades REC\

                            

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