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Farm News: UW-River Falls In Top 3 At Dairy Challenge

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Posted: 04.04.2011

The team of dairy students from UW-River Falls represented the state well during the 19th anniversary competition in North Carolina for the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge.

The 10th annual contest involved 127 college students from 30 schools across the United States and Canada. It was organized by North Carolina State University and Virginia Tech. Each team of four students put their textbook knowledge to the ultimate test– actual consulting for dairies. The two-day contest started with a walk-through of an operating dairy, analysis of farm data and a question-answer session with owners. Then each team developed recommendations for nutrition, reproduction, milking procedures, animal health, housing and financial management. The teams presented recommendations to herd owners, while being evaluated by a panel of five judges including dairy producers, veterinarians and industry personnel.  

UW-River Falls got the highest award, the Platinum, during the 10th annual Dairy Challenge.  The Platinum was also earned by teams from California State University-Fresno, Cornell University, and Penn State University.   
    
The team from UW-River Falls included Alex Geiser, Paul Lippert, Leonard Polzin and Anne Spillman, coached by Sylvia Kehoe and Dennis Cooper.
 
Each of the Platinum team members received $200 scholarships. Scholarships of $100 were presented to members of the Reserve Platinum teams.
 
Gold Awards were presented to teams from Berry College, Cal Poly, University of Guelph, University of Illinois, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, Louisiana State University, University of Minnesota, University of New Hampshire, The Ohio State University, University of Vermont, Virginia Tech and University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, one Gold Award team combined students from UW-Madison, Vermont and Michigan State.
 
Silver Awards went to teams from Alabama A&M University, Delaware Valley College, Eastern Kentucky University, University of Florida, University of Maine, Mississippi State University, North Carolina State University, South Dakota State University and University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Another Silver winner was an aggregate of students from Cal Poly, Iowa State, Penn State and Virginia Tech.
 
Host dairies for the 2011 NAIDC were Beams Dairy Farm, John Beam, III and John Beam, IV; Eaker Dairy Farm, Rusty and Cameron Eaker; Corey and Bridgette Lutz of Piedmont Jerseys; and Gar-Mac Farm, Inc., Gary and Sharon MacGibbon.   

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