MANCHESTER – The 2025 Iowa FFA Milk Quality & Products Career Development Event was held at Manchester on Friday, Sept. 5, with 25 teams including La Porte-Dysart FFA and 95 individuals participated in this year’s Career Development Event designed to provide students an opportunity to display their knowledge and skills in the area of milk quality and dairy foods.

The Postville FFA was named the Iowa Champion FFA Milk Quality & Products Team. The champion team will compete in the National FFA Milk Quality & Products Career Development Event during the National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis this October.

The Reserve Champion Team in Dairy Foods Judging was the Northeast FFA, Goose Lake.

Isabelle White from Postville FFA was the Champion Individual. Brandon Frush from La Porte-Dysart FFA, La Porte City was the Reserve Champion Individual.

The Iowa FFA Milk Quality & Products Career Development Event was made possible with support from Crystal Farms through the Iowa FFA Foundation. The Milk Quality & Products samples were prepared by faculty and staff with the Iowa State University Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition in Ames.

Listed below are the top teams and individuals in the various parts of the career development event.

Top 10 Teams

1 Postville FFA

2 Northeast FFA

3 Central Community FFA

4 Western Christian FFA

5 La Porte-Dysart FFA

6 Ames FFA

7 Beckman Catholic @Dyersville

8 Maquoketa Valley FFA

9 Calamus-Wheatland FFA event

10 Lansing FFA Chapter

Top 10 Individuals

Isabelle White, Postville FFA

Brandon Frush, La Porte-Dysart FFA

Madelyn Connell, Postville FFA

Mckayla Weber, Maquoketa Valley FFA

Willow Guernsey, Ames FFA

Raelyn Schroeder, Northeast FFA

Talja VanNiejenhuis, Western Christian FFA

Hull Kristy Schaffer, Central Community FFA

Roman Schuster, Beckman Catholic @Dyersville

Irey Mettille, Lansing FFA Chapter