Big Sandy FFA competed on Wednesday at the Area VI Career Development Events held at Texas A&M-Commerce.  Teams that competed were Livestock Judging, Nursery/Landscape, Dairy Products, Dairy Cattle, Farm Business Management, and Poultry.  Big Sandy had 3 teams place in the top ten in area.  The Nursery/Landscape team stood 8^th, the Farm Business Management team stood 9^th and the team pictured above with a plaque stood 4^th out of 54 schools and they have qualified for the State Contest which will be at Texas A&M College Station April 24^th.  The livestock event is a complicated contest.  Students judge all species of livestock and have to determine qualities to place them based on the animal.  They also judge feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, keep/cull performance classes and are given a written exam.  This is the 3^rd year in a row for the livestock team to qualify to the state contest where they will compete among the top 50 teams in the state.  Pictured above L-R.  Cameron Hitt, Bailee McDonald, Justin Robertson (received 10^th high individual award overall), and Hannah South.