Morrisville State's 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.
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.
The Morrisville State dairy judging team won the contest's 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.
The following second-year dairy science students were individual winners:
Drew Hill, of Cattaraugus, second in the individual results for All Breeds
Evan Castrogiovanni, of Montrose, Pa., third in the individual for All Breeds
Logan Martin, of Salamanca, fourth in the individual for All Breeds
Morrisville State's Dairy Judging Team is comprised of Hill, Castrogiovanni, Martin, Alton Rudgers, of Attica, and Eric Shelmidine, of Adams, (alternate).
The team is led by Matthew Bruno, assistant professor of dairy science. Also playing a vital role in the judging team's 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.
Additional dairy news:
The following students in the college's ag business and dairy science programs recently participated in “Sundae on the Farm,” an educational dairy event held in Montgomery County:
Logan Martin, of Salamanca
Drew Hill, of Cattaraugus
Veronique Krohn, of Amsterdam
Adam Bates, of Cobleskill
Shannon O'Sullivan, of Wappinger Falls
Stephanie Luders, of Bliss
Carissa Troxell , of Lehighton, Pa.
Naomi Kenny, of Panama