(Morrisville, NY \u2013 Sept. 2014) Morrisville State\u2019s dairy judging team recently took home honors from the 46th annual Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held during the 2014 All-American Dairy Show, in Harrisburg, Pa.<\/p>\n
The contest included dairy cattle evaluation and the delivery of oral reasons in defense of those evaluations. Awards were given to individuals and teams in each division for oral reasons, breed-specific results and overall results.<\/p>\n
The Morrisville State dairy judging team won the contest\u2019s Junior College division, and took first place in the reasons component, overall results (judging and reasons), as well as in the Brown Swiss, Holstein, and Jersey breeds.<\/p>\n
The following second-year dairy science students were individual winners:<\/p>\n
Drew Hill, of Cattaraugus, second in the individual results for All Breeds<\/p>\n
Evan Castrogiovanni, of Montrose, Pa., third in the individual for All Breeds<\/p>\n
Logan Martin, of Salamanca, fourth in the individual for All Breeds<\/p>\n
Morrisville State\u2019s Dairy Judging Team is comprised of Hill, Castrogiovanni, Martin, Alton Rudgers, of Attica, and Eric Shelmidine, of Adams, (alternate).<\/p>\n
The team is led by Matthew Bruno, assistant professor of dairy science. Also playing a vital role in the judging team\u2019s training are: Chris Smithgall, a Morrisville State alumnus and dairy farmer in Western; Jenny Mills, associate consultant-dairy marketing at Elanco Animal Health, Canada; and Doug Waterman, director of dairy technology application at Shur-Gain.<\/p>\n
Additional dairy news:<\/p>\n
The following students in the college\u2019s ag business and dairy science programs recently participated in \u201cSundae on the Farm,\u201d an educational dairy event held in Montgomery County:<\/p>\n
Logan Martin, of Salamanca<\/p>\n
Drew Hill, of Cattaraugus<\/p>\n
Veronique Krohn, of Amsterdam<\/p>\n
Adam Bates, of Cobleskill<\/p>\n
Shannon O\u2019Sullivan, of Wappinger Falls<\/p>\n
Stephanie Luders, of Bliss<\/p>\n
Carissa Troxell , of Lehighton, Pa.<\/p>\n
Naomi Kenny, of Panama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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