
CDE's & LDE's
Career Development Events
Leadership Development Events
"Through Career and Leadership Development Events, participating FFA members in grades 7 to 12 are challenged to develop critical thinking skills and effective decision-making skills, foster teamwork and promote communication while recognizing the value of ethical competition and individual achievement. CDE and LDE events occur at the local, state and national levels."(FFA.org)
Current Sargent CDE teams include: Ag Mechanics, Ag Sales, Employment Skills, Farm and Agribusiness Management, Field Crops, Floriculture, Horse Judging, Livestock Judging, Meat Evaluation and Technology, Milk Quality & Products, and Veterinary Science

2022 Regional CDE's Update
Sargent FFA members went to Lamar Community College to compete in Regional CDE's on March 29th. We brought 31 members to compete. Nearly 800 students were registered for these competitions. We are very proud of our members! Check out some of our awards below:
Ag Mechanics
Individual- Evan Watts 8th/76
Ag Sales
Team: Region 6th of 16
Team: District IV 1st
Field Crops
Team: Region 2nd of 9
Team: District IV 1st
Floriculture
Team: Region 3rd of 22
Team: District IV 1st
Food Science
Team: Region 8th of 12
Team: District IV 1st
Horse Evaluation
Team: Region 9th/18
Team: District IV 2nd
Livestock Evaluation
Team: Region 9th/26
Team: District IV 1st
Meats
Team: Region 9th of 12
District: District IV 1st
Milk Quality & Products
Gold Team
Gold Individuals
1st- Corbyn Wright
6th- Jaycian Sierra
Vet Science
Team: Region 24th of 26
Team: District IV 3rd
We are incredibly proud of all competitors and are excited to see how we do at the state competitions in May!
2023 District LDE's Update
February 8th 2023
Sargent FFA had a very succesful day at District IV LDE's. We had 2 Creed Speakers, 3 Quizbowl teams, and 3 Extemporaneous Speakers compete. We came home with 4 placings and Westen Burkhart will go on to compete in Extemporaneous Speaking at the state level in June! Great job!

1st Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Westen Burkhart

2nd Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Ellaree Rockey

3rd Place Extemporaneous Speaking
Jessica Buser

2nd Place Creed Speaker
Jayce Capron
Range Judging Workshop and Competition 2022
District IV
Five Sargent FFA members attended a Range Judging Workshop and Competition on September 21st, 2022. This event was held at Berlinger Farms and was hosted by Sangre FFA. The workshop session helped students to understand the significance and human benefits of well-managed, healthy rangelands in the SLV and allowed students to meet natural resource career professionals. The contest tested students' plan ID skills and ability to determine rangeland condition, site type, forage amount, and animal capacity from landscape observations. At the end of the day Sargent came home with a first place team score and two individuals placing. Freshman student Mitchell Peterson placed silver category and Junior student, Trenton Paskett placed gold category and was the high scoring individual for the competition. We want to thank Mr.Sinclair and Mr. Berlinger for their efforts in putting this competition/workshop together. It was a great learning experience for all!

High Scoring Individual 2022
Trenton Paskett

Gold and Silver Category Winners
Trenton Paskett and Mitchell Peterson

Rangeland Judging Competition
Salt Flats Ecological Site
2022 State CDE's Update
Sargent FFA brought 33 students to the State Career Development Event competitions at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO on May 1st-3rd. Nearly 1700 FFA members competed in these events. We are extremely proud of these members and their accomplishments. Awards are as follows:
Ag Sales
Bronze Individual
Rusch Pepper
Employment Skills
Silver Category
Ashlyn Rockey
Field Crops
Silver Team
Bronze Individuals
Trenton Paskett
Jordan Rockey
Floriculture
Silver Team
Silver Individuals
Taylor Rockey
Jessica Buser
Horse Evaluation
Silver Individual
Madison Kyffin
Livestock Evaluation
Bronze Team
Bronze Individual
Saige Hostetter
Milk Quality & Products
Silver Individual
Corbyn Wright
Vet Science
Silver Individual
Lindsey Temple
2022 Regional CDE's Update
Sargent FFA members went to Lamar Community College to compete in Regional CDE's on April 6th. We brought 35 members to compete. Over 700 students were registered for these competitions. Though the vast majority of our chapter had never competed in these in person events before, we did extremely well! Check out some of our awards below:
Ag Mechanics
Bronze Team
Employment Skills
Gold Individual
1st place- Ashlyn Rockey
Field Crops
Bronze Team
Gold Individual
3rd- Trenton Paskett
Floriculture
Silver Team
Gold Individuals
3rd- Taylor Rockey
11th- Megan Peterson
14th- Jessica Buser
Horse Evaluation
Bronze Team
Gold Individual
6th- Madison Kyffin
Livestock Evaluation
Silver Team
Gold Individual
11th- Saige Hostetter
Vet Science
Bronze Team
Gold Individual
11th Lindsey Temple
Milk Quality & Products
Gold Team
Gold Individuals
1st- Corbyn Wright
6th- Jaycian Sierra
We are incredibly proud of all competitors and are excited to see how we do at the state competitions in May!