MOULTRIE — Clayton Joseph Sellers of Colquitt County FFA Chapter was named a national finalist in the Beef Production - Placement Proficiency award program.
Sellers was among four finalists who competed for the title of national winner during the 82nd National FFA Convention, Oct. 21-24, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Proficiency awards recognize FFA members who excelled as agricultural entrepreneurs, employees or volunteers while they gained hands-on career experience. Beef Production - Placement is one of 47 FFA proficiency award categories offered at local, state and national levels. Beef Production - Placement Proficiency award program is sponsored by Fort Dodge Animal Health and Midwest PMS, as a special project of the National FFA Foundation.
Each of the four finalists received a plaque and $500. The national winner of the Beef Production - Placement received an additional $500 during a special ceremony at the national FFA convention.
Sellers, of Hartsfield, works as a herdsman at C&C; Farm, and it is a job the Colquitt County FFA member enjoys thoroughly. He is kept busy with feeding chores, monitoring the heard health and reproduction management, as well as basic farm maintenance. Over the past few years, he has become skilled in beef husbandry.
His pursuits are supported by his parents, Denny and Kayla Sellers, and his FFA advisors, Shawn S. Collins, Steve Bass, Stacey Beacham, Gene Hart and Stephanie Summerlin.
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