Santa Maria Future Farmers of America student wins Top Showman
Hundreds of Future Farmers of America students from Santa Maria Joint Union High School Districttook home awards from the Santa Barbara County Fair.One student even got thetitle of Top Showman.
Josh Mendez took home the Round Robin Showmanship, showed the Supreme Champion Meat Goat and the FFA Reserve ChampionMarket.Awards require exhibitors to show species of swine, beef, sheep, goats and dairy goats.
Mendezsays, “Belt buckles may tarnish and ribbons may fade, but the friends that I have made in the FFA are the most important things to me.”
Mendez will be a junior at Santa Maria High this year.