Jacob Dudley of the Dyersburg FFA Chapter earned first-place honors in the Tennessee Association FFA Turf Grass Management Proficiency Award area during the 84th Tennessee State FFA Convention on April 3.
The turf grass management proficiency award is designed to recognize students who are involved in a supervised agricultural experience in which the student owns the enterprise or works for a business that involves that planting and maintaining of turf for outdoor beautification, providing a lawn mowing service; improving recreational areas, sod produced for sale and sport field or golf course management.
The Dyersburg FFA member’s agricultural education instructors and FFA advisors are Brett Butler, Chris Cummins and Jessica Smith. This award is sponsored on the state level by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture- Ag Tag Fund.
