Ethan Lulich of the Mauston FFA Chapter is the 2023 National FFA Agricultural Proficiency Award winner in the Landscape Management – Entrepreneurship/Placement category.
Lulich works for his father’s landscaping business, which includes a retail garden center, landscaping installation crew, and a lawn care maintenance crew. He helps design outdoor living spaces including patios, firepits, sitting walls, walkways, stairs, lighting, irrigation systems, and water features. Lulich is supported by his parents, Lori and David, and his FFA advisor, Beth Babcock.
Cody Hudziak of the Weuaywega-Fremont Chapter also came home a winner. Hudziak is is the 2023 National FFA Agricultural Proficiency Award winner in the Vegetable Production – Entrepreneurship/Placement category.
He has two placements for his supervised agricultural experience (SAE): one at the aquaponics system in his agriculture classroom and the other at Del Monte Foods. He was manager of the aquaponics system, growing buttercrunch lettuce in the system that is grown in water with fish waste. At Del Monte, he worked to grow green beans, potatoes, carrots and beets. Hudziak is supported by his parents, Kimberly and Duane, and his FFA advisors Sandra Dykes, Connie Peterson and Jessica Magdanz.
