Hallettsville FFA

06/10/2026

06/01/2026

TWO Top 10 banners @ Texas FFA State Speaking Development Events!!
Great job Jake and Payton! We’re very proud of your accomplishments.
Public Speaking is a tough skill and this event offers FFA members the opportunity to learn, grow, and practice what many people are terrified of doing! Congrats Jake & Payton!

05/31/2026

Great Day 1 at the Texas FFA State SDE contest! Both Payton and Jake advanced to FINALS tomorrow morning!
Payton is competing in the Extemporaneous Public Speaking contest.
Jake is your State Champion Agribusiness Senior Prepared Speaker and advanced to the overall Senior Prepared Finals.
We are proud of both of these FFA members wrapping up their careers on a high note!

05/13/2026

Last Friday, 10 members of the Hallettsville FFA competed at the Area XI Speaking Development Events. Congrats to all the students on their success and good luck to our 2 STATE qualifiers at the State Speaking Contest in Stephenville on May 31st and June 1st. Individual results are below.

🥇Hallettsville FFA- SDE Area Sweepstakes!

Extemporaneous Speaking
🥇Payton Mathison- 1st place and advancing to STATE!!
⭐️Reese Temple- 10th place

Sr. Prepared- Ag Business
🥇Jake Ressler- 1st place and advancing to STATE!!

Sr. Prepared- Ag Policy
⭐️Ashlyn Pustka- 8th place

Sr. Prepared- Ag Tech & Comm
⭐️ Aubrey Freytag- 4th place

Sr. Prepared- Animal Science
⭐️Abby Ressler- 7th place
⭐️Laney Bludau- 8th place

Sr. Prepared- Plant Science
⭐️Mallory Maes- 7th place

Soil Stewardship
🥉Kenley Kalmus- 3rd place

Jr. Prepared
⭐️Heidi Grahmann- 5th place

05/01/2026

Congrats to these FFA members on a good day at the Mustang Invitational Welding Competition. Thank you to Ezzell FFA for hosting and the great sponsor prizes!

04/25/2026

The Meats Judging Team competed in the Texas FFA State CDE Contest at Texas A&M University today. Congrats on a great season to team members Jake Ressler, Ashlyn Pustka, Darby Phillips and Mason Grahmann.

04/25/2026

🚨Top 10 in the State Alert! 🚨

Congratulations to the Ag Sales Team and the Farm Business Management Team for both placing in the Top 10 at the Texas FFA State CDE Contests at Sam Houston State University today!

🥉Ag Sales- 3rd in the State!
- Sophia Etzler- 10th high individual
- Other team members: Payton Mathison, Gabriel Dodson, Peyton Pasak and Hunter Bomar

⭐️ Farm Business Management- 9th in the State!
- Jake Ressler- 6th high individual
- Other team members: Aubrey Freytag, Ashlyn Pustka and Darby Phillips

04/23/2026

The Dairy Cattle and Range Teams competed at the Texas FFA State Contest today at Tarleton State University! Congratulations to both teams on a great year!

Dairy Cattle Team- Nathan Henke, Wyatt Kram, Dylan Orsak and Kyle Svetlik

Range Team- Jessie Whitley, Abby Ressler, Reese Temple and Emma Baker