Future farmers put the skills they have learned to the test today during the Agriculture Engineering Contest at Texas AM Kingsville.The Future Farmers of America organization held the contest, which featured over 100 local high school students and 50 volunteers from the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture and Natural Resources."These kids learn how to cut. They learn welding. They do all these things through high school and they do these fantastic events. This just kind of gives them an opportunity to showcase those events and showcase their skills compared to other Area 1010 schools," Colton Allen said.Allen, a master's student of agricultural science, volunteered at the event.The teams who finish in the top three will move on to the state competition on April 10.This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.For the latest local news updates, click here, or download the KRIS 6 News App.Catch all the KRIS 6 News stories and more on our YouTube page. Subscribe today! ...read more read less