Sixteen members of The Nashville FFA Chapter headed to Benton on March 12 to compete in the District V Proficiencies.  To advance to District members had to place in the top at Section proficiencies in January.  The Agricultural Proficiency Awards honor FFA members who, through their Supervised Agriculture Experience, have developed specialized skills that they can apply toward their future careers. Students can compete for awards in 49 areas covering everything from Agricultural Communications to Wildlife Management.  Each award area has two categories, placement and entrepreneurship. Placement proficiency awards are given to those whose SAEs are related to employment, apprenticeships, or internships at an agribusiness or agriculture-related organization. Entrepreneurship proficiency awards are given to those whose SAEs are related to ownership of an agribusiness or agriculture-related organization. Proficiency awards are given out at the section, district, state and national levels. This year twelve members placed 1^st or 2^nd these members include: Morgan Dodson-1^st in Ag Communications, Brayden Barnett-2^nd in Ag Mechanic Design and Fabrication, Kyle Schnitker-1^st in Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintenance, KaeLynn Lamczyk-2^nd in Ag Processing, Ana Harrison-2^nd in Ag Sales, Kane Lamczyk-1^st in Dairy Production Entrepreneurship, Josh Rynski-2^nd in Diversified Crop Production Placement, Tricia Herrmann-1^st in Diversified Horticulture,  Mark Dalman-2^nd in Fiver and Oil Crop Production, Clark Wisely-1^st in Forage Production, Bryce Paszkiewicz-1^st in Poultry Production and Patrick Suchomski-1^st in Swine Production Placement. Members who placed 1^st will compete at state this June at the Illinois FFA State Convention.