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:  2007 contest results    sponsor/donor   registration/rules  study guide

 

Okeechobee FFA will be sponsoring a FFA Vegetable ID & Judging contest at the 2009 Okeechobee Co Fair. 

It will be held on Friday March 20, 2009 (in the morning) at our Agri-Civic Center.  Exact time and other particulars will be posted here as the information becomes available.

Students may find the study materials below helpful - let the webmaster know if you find and bad links! 

For information on Fair Vegetable Exhibits, click HERE.

RESULTS

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 Okeechobee Publix
Varri Green Farms Dr.  Rick Raid, UF/IFAS Everglades REC

Date and Location:  Friday March 16, 2007  Registration: 9:30 a.m.   Contest 10:00 a.m. 

Location: OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AGRI-CIVIC CENTER    4200 Highway 70 East - Okeechobee, FL 34972

Pre-Registration Form:   in Word  or    as Adobe pdf  Pre-registration Deadline:  Monday, March 5, 2007

Contest Rules - as pdf document - download here.    Florida FFA CDE rules        

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

      Cheap Heirloom Vegetable Seeds

Suggested study materials:

Vegetable Kinds and Varieties

Plant List for Identification and Judging - Vegetables - National Junior Horticultural Association

SUGGESTED SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONTEST ELIGIBLE VEGETABLES  - Texas AM Univ.

Handbook of Minor Vegetables - Jim Stephens, University of Florida

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

    Vegetable & Field Crop Pests - UF/IFAS Featured Creatures

     Vegetable Garden Insect Sheet 1 & 2  - UF/IFAS Publications SP92 & SP93

    Individual (Vegetable) Insect Biology  menu for UF/IFAS fact sheets

    Vegetable Insects & their Mgt. - Purdue University 

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

CRITERIA FOR A GOOD VEGETABLE EXHIBIT - TAMU

USDA Produce Standards pdf document list

 

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