Zane Trace FFA Meats Evaluation Team Places 8th in State What do ribeyes, racks and round steaks have in common? They are all among the cuts that members of the ZT FFA Meats team learned how to identify and evaluate for the state contest held on Saturday, April 29th at Ohio State University.
The five members of this year’s team included Charley Clyne, Elise Depugh, Isaac Detty, Zach Naumovski and Wyatt Vick. The team placed 8th out of 26 chapters in their first year participating in the contest.
During the competition members graded beef carcasses for quality and yield, placed classes of pork and beef cuts and pork carcasses, formulated a meat product and identified the species, wholesale cut, retail cut and cookery method for 40 cuts of lamb, pork and beef.
The students were excited to earn a plaque for their efforts and returning team members are excited to see what they can do in the competition next year.