{"id":50527,"date":"2026-10-30T11:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=50527"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:10:13","slug":"south-central-ffa-members-participate-in-land-use-career-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/50527-south-central-ffa-members-participate-in-land-use-career-development\/","title":{"rendered":"South Central FFA Members Participate in Land Use Career Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><div>South Central FFA members participated in a Land Use Career Development Event on October\u00a07th, putting their soil evaluation skills to work! Participants analyze and evaluate soil pits during a Land-Use Career Development Event. The event components are associated with landscape characteristics, soil profile characteristics, soil structure, and evaluation of both agriculture and nonagricultural use.\u00a0 We want to thank Kaskaskia College for hosting and providing this learning opportunity for our students<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Central FFA members participated in a Land Use Career Development Event on October\u00a07th, putting their soil evaluation skills to work! 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