Pennsylvania Farm Safety & Health Quiz Bowl State Finals Results

The quiz bowl is designed to motivate youth to increase their awareness and knowledge of agricultural safety and health issues. During the competition, students are asked a sampling of more than 1,000 questions. Categories include machinery, equipment and tools, occupational health, environmental hazards, pesticides and other chemicals, confined spaces, farm shops, special populations, and animals and livestock management.

Four teams each from 4-H and FFA competed in the Quiz Bowl State Finals at the 2013 Pennsylvania Farm Show.  The teams were winners from the semi-final contest held during Penn State’s 2012 Agricultural Progress Days.  The Agricultural Safety and Health Program at Penn State University and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture manage the quiz bowl. Westfield Insurance, CNH North America, Inc., AgChoice Farm Credit, Mid-Atlantic Farm Credit and Farm Family Insurance Company sponsored the safety quiz event.  Awards include a team certificate and prize money of $650 for 1st place; $550 for 2^nd place, $450 for 3^rd place and $350 for 4^th place.

Winners of the 4-H Farm Safety and Health Quiz Bowl were: 1^st place Cumberland County 4-H Team A; 2^nd place Union County 4-H; 3^rd place Snyder County 4-H; and 4^th place Cumberland County 4-H Team B.

Winners of the FFA Farm Safety and Health Quiz Bowl were: 1^st place Mifflinburg FFA; 2^nd place Cumberland Valley FFA; 3^rd place Midd-West FFA; and 4^th place Chambersburg SHS FFA.