GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida FFA is pleased to announce the results for the 2026 Agriscience Fair. The purpose of the Agriscience Fair provides recognition to students engaged in outstanding experimental immersion SAEs. Students in this award area use scientific principles and emerging technologies to solve complex problems related to agriculture, food, and natural resource systems. State winners will represent Florida at the upcoming National FFA Convention. Participants who placed 1st – 3rd will be recognized during the 98th Florida FFA State Convention at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando.
| Animal Systems | |||
| Division 1 | 1 | Beulah Middle FFA | Piper Flory |
| 2 | Wilkinson Middle FFA | Reese Cohen | |
| 3 | South Sumter Middle FFA | TY Jackson | |
| Division 2 | 1 | Wilkinson Middle FFA | Woodruff Carter & Payelyn Carter |
| Division 3 | 1 | Dixie FFA | Cayla Miner |
| 2 | South Sumter FFA | Jaylynn Cadle | |
| 3 | West Florida FFA | Callie Coleman | |
| 4 | South Sumter FFA | Meghan Maharrey | |
| Division 4 | 1 | Academy at the Farm FFA | Thompson Burney & Chezney Burney |
| 2 | Okeechobee Brahman FFA | Bishop Johns & Hannah Johns | |
| Division 5 | 1 | Fort Pierce Westwood FFA | Madison Curtis |
| Division 6 | 1 | Sickles FFA | Diaz Goede & Isabella Goede |
| Environmental Services & Natural Resources Systems | |||
| Division 1 | 1 | South Sumter Middle FFA | Landry Watson |
| 2 | Hill Gustat Middle FFA | Jonathan Reser | |
| Division 2 | 1 | Beulah Academy of Science Middle FFA | Robinson Howell & Colton Howell |
| 2 | Bok Academy Middle FFA | Merson Fisher & Jackson Fisher | |
| Division 3 | 1 | South Sumter FFA | Samantha Sommersdorf |
| 2 | South Sumter FFA | Olivia Davenport | |
| 3 | Okeechobee Brahman FFA | Hannah Butler | |
| 4 | South Sumter Junior FFA | Kathena Brown | |
| 5 | Leesburg Junior FFA | Sapphire Powers | |
| Division 4 | 1 | West Florida FFA | Driver Armendariz & Kensington Armendariz |
| Division 5 | 1 | Orlando Colonial FFA | Deanna Treuren |
| 2 | Fort Pierce Westwood FFA | Kyra Burton | |
| 3 | Brandon FFA | Jacob Hardesty | |
| Division 6 | 1 | Brandon FFA | Warren Rabell & JulianRabell |
| 2 | Lecanto FFA | Ewing Elias & David Elias | |
| Food Products & Processing Systems | |||
| Division 1 | 1 | Academy at the Farm Middle FFA | Bella Gonzalez |
| Division 2 | 1 | Bronson Middle FFA | Rimes Blake & Caidynce Blake |
| Division 3 | 1 | Okeechobee Brahman FFA | Paisley Daschke |
| 2 | Brandon FFA | Indichon Claveus | |
| Division 4 | 1 | South Lake FFA | Gano Foskey & Olivia Foskey |
| Division 5 | 1 | Durant FFA | Ashlyn Demanovich |
| 2 | Lake Wales FFA | Sarah McNutt | |
| 3 | Brandon FFA | Amelia Kellam | |
| Division 6 | 1 | South Lake FFA | Miller Murphy & Alexis Murphy |
| 2 | Brandon FFA | Atie Cortes & Nivae Cortes | |
| Plant Systems | |||
| Division 1 | 1 | Avalon Middle FFA | Phinehas Chau |
| 2 | Hardee Middle FFA | Jillian Keen | |
| 3 | Lake Placid Middle FFA | Kaleb Casanova | |
| Division 2 | 1 | Redland Middle FFA | Salet Fuentes & Dayra Lopez |
| 2 | Fort White Middle FFA | Zaragoza Alejan McCall & Patrick McCall | |
| 3 | Hill Gustat Middle FFA | Rosado Deshar & Trishna Deshar | |
| Division 3 | 1 | Hardee FFA | Caroline Cornell |
| 2 | Branford FFA | Calyssa Dicks | |
| 3 | Zephyrhills FFA | Izzie Philipsen | |
| 4 | South Sumter FFA | Ella Mowry | |
| 5 | Fort Pierce Westwood FFA | Brayden Smith | |
| Division 4 | 1 | Parrish Community FFA | Arrant Gagliano & Sophia Gagliano |
| 2 | Orlando Colonial FFA | Tiberio Gil & Mycaella Gil | |
| Division 5 | 1 | Okeechobee Brahman FFA | Brady Williamson |
| 2 | Durant FFA | Karisa Sheldon | |
| 3 | Deane Bozeman FFA | Nicole Stanquist | |
| 4 | Leesburg FFA | Christopher Hunt | |
| 5 | West Orange FFA | Jordan Molnar | |
| 6 | Apopka FFA | Tiffany Kron | |
| Division 6 | 1 | Deane Bozeman FFA | Commander Buchenhorst & Hannah Buchenhorst |
| 2 | Brandon FFA | Flannagan Votaw & Cassidy Votaw | |
| Power, Structural and Technical Systems | |||
| Division 1 | 1 | Inverness Middle FFA | Cassidy Swartzfager |
| 2 | Wilkinson Middle FFA | Cody Baxley | |
| Division 3 | 1 | South Sumter FFA | Darren Searles |
| Division 5 | 1 | Okeechobee Brahman FFA | Tyrin Langley |
| Division 6 | 1 | Bronson FFA | Meeks Vlacos & Antaeus Vlacos |
| Social Science | |||
| Division 1 | 1 | Beulah Middle FFA | Cheyenne Armstrong |
| 2 | Sunridge Middle FFA | Mackenzie Church | |
| 3 | Bronson Middle FFA | Zoey Cannon | |
| 4 | Academy at the Farm Middle FFA | Aspen Bahr | |
| 5 | Academy at the Farm Middle FFA | Mackenzie Groner | |
| Division 2 | 1 | Frostproof Middle FFA | Williams Brown & Lyric Brown |
| 2 | Academy at the Farm Middle FFA | Poe Hedgecock & Abigale Hedgecock | |
| Division 3 | 1 | Parrish Community FFA | Savannah Primrose |
| 2 | Fort Pierce Westwood FFA | Macy Phillips | |
| 3 | Okeechobee Brahman FFA | Riley Thomas | |
| 4 | Brandon FFA | Josiah Rodriguez | |
| Division 4 | 1 | Williston FFA | Hardy Miranda & Nerimar Miranda |
| 2 | Dixie FFA | Sapp Fox & Braiden Fox | |
| 3 | Orlando Colonial FFA | Cuartas Munevar Hernandez Torres & Alejandra Hernandez Torres | |
| 4 | Brandon FFA | Cooper Gonzalez & Karla Gonzalez | |
| Division 5 | 1 | Lafayette FFA | Harrison Jackson |
| 2 | Apopka FFA | Jonathan Small | |
| 3 | Strawberry Crest FFA | Emma Fagnan | |
| 4 | West Florida FFA | Kayley Ramswell | |
| 5 | Brandon FFA | Jacqueline Ibarra-Guillen | |
| Division 6 | 1 | West Florida FFA | Driver Baker & Suzie Baker |
| 2 | West Orange FFA | Coburn Rybicki & Elizabeth Rybicki | |
| 3 | Lecanto FFA | Dahl Wright & Kelsey Wright | |
ABOUT THE FLORIDA FFA STATE CONVENTION & EXPO
The Florida FFA State Convention & Expo brings together nearly 6,000 FFA members, advisors, alumni, parents, and industry leaders for an unforgettable celebration of leadership, achievement, and opportunity. It’s where hard work pays off, jackets hit the big stage, and future leaders rise in front of thousands.
From electric keynotes and emotional award moments to intense Career and Leadership Development Events and a high-energy Expo floor packed with career connections, state convention is nonstop momentum. Every hallway conversation, every handshake, every name called across the stage is part of something bigger.
ABOUT THE FLORIDA FFA ASSOCIATION
The Florida FFA Association is a premier youth, leadership organization with nearly 60,000 middle and high school student members – as part of over 300 local FFA chapters across the state. FFA members participate in nearly 50 leadership and career development events each year. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
The Florida FFA Association is a resource and support organization that does not select, control, supervise or approve local chapter or individual member activities except as expressly provided for in the Florida FFA Association Constitution and Bylaws.
THE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION MISSION
Agricultural education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber and natural resource systems.
THE FFA MISSION
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
For more information about Florida FFA and agricultural education, visit flaffa.org.
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