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  • By Dr. Nick Serao and photos by ISU delegates 

    The 11 th  World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP) was held in Auckland, New Zealand, February 11-16, 2018. This premier scientific conference in Animal Breeding & Genetics (AB&G) is held every 4 years. This year, 676 delegates from 48 countries attended and presented 727 oral and poster presentations.  

     

  • The North American Intercollegiate Midwest Regional Dairy Challenge took place February 7-9th in Madison, Wisconsin and ISU students were in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams! The Challenge allows dairy science students to apply theory and learning to real world dairy while working as part of a team. Dr. Hugo Ramirez is ISU's coach and team members include Cassie Krebill, Kassidy Buse, Brady Goetz, Breyer Ott and Sabrina Portner.

  • The ISU Equestrian Club Hunt team traveled to the UW- Madison Hunt Seat show this past weekend. The show is sponsored by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. The results are as follows:

     

    Caitlin Fjerd: Open Flat 2nd, and 5th. Open O/F 4th and 2nd

    Ashley Janssen: Intermediate Flat 3rd and 4th. Novice O/F 1st and 4th

    Kaitlyn Chantry: Novice Flat 3rd and 1st

    Brieanna Ewoldt: Walk-Trot 3rd

    Mara Resop: Beginner WTC 5th, WTC Equitation 3rd (She pointed up!!)

    Caty Elgin: Novice O/F 3rd and 4th

    Anna Randleman: Novice Flat 5th and 3rd

     

  • The 40th Annual Iowa State University Meat Evaluation Contest was hosted in the Iowa State University Meat Laboratory on Saturday, February 10. Ten teams (76 contestants) competed in this annual event: Iowa State University, Kansas State University, North Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University, South Dakota State University, Tarleton State University, The Ohio State University, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and West Texas A&M University. The team won beef judging, was third in beef grading and reasons, and fifth in lamb judging.

  • The 2018 Iowa State Livestock Judging Team Successfully competed at the 2018 Iowa Beef Expo judging contest in Des Moines, IA. Fifteen students allowed Iowa State to field multiple teams in the contest. Iowa State finished 1st and 2nd in placings, 2nd in oral reasons, and was named the Champion and 4th Overall Teams in the contest! Top individuals overall were Skylynn Fleming (2nd), Evan Dietz (3rd), Jacob Hinshaw (5th), and Lacey Knodle (10th). We wish the team the best of luck as they prepare for the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic contest in Kearney, NE at the end of the month.

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    The Tradition of Excellence Sale kicked off this past weekend at the Jeff and Deb Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center. Eighteen students participated in this student-managed production sale and David Bruene, Marshall Ruble and Dr. Brad Skaar served as advisors. The beef Sale is part of a class, ANS 199A which is Beef Event marketing and Management.

     

  • A new team consisting of 15 students from 6 different states have kicked off their judging careers at Iowa State! The spring judging season commenced with the Iowa State University Livestock Judging Team competing at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO. Iowa State University finished as the 3 rd overall team in swine judging, 5 th overall in beef judging, 5 th overall team in reasons and 5 th overall team. Individually, Macy Marek, from Riverside, IA finished 4 th high individual in swine and Lacey Knodle, from Fillmore, IL was 5 th high individual in beef. In the carload contest, Iowa State was paced by Evan Dietz, from Walcott, IA, who finished 7th overall in the contest. Iowa State finished 5 th overall in the carload competition.

  • Congratulations to the Iowa State University Dairy Judging Team who took 2nd place overall at the Southwest Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest held at the Southwestern Exposition & Livestock Show in Fort Worth, Texas in which 14 teams competed.

  • The December issue of Stories magazine was just released. The theme of this issue is 'Small Science is farm from Insignificant'. Editor, Melea Licht, says "Our theme for this issue of STORIES refers to the scale in which selected scientific and educational efforts are underway, not the impact the projects are making." Two Animal Science faculty are covered in this issue. The first story focuses on Tom Baas and how students and former faculty member, Greg Krahn, have stepped in to assist him during his cancer ordeal. The second story highlights the advancements that Josh Selsby and his team are making with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

     

    Baking up Baas: Career Building and Student Mentor

  • Max Rothschild was one of several scientists named a Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors. Rothschild, a C.F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Ensminger Endowed Chair of International Agriculture, received the recognition for discoveries in swine genetics that have saved pork producers and processors money and increased meat quality for consumers. To read the full press release, click here.

  • December 2 at the Jeff and Deb Hanson Agriculture Student Learning Center youth in grades 7-12 attended the 2017 Beef Blast. This workshop, hosted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Iowa State Department of Animal Science, taught participants about working with beef cattle. Youth had a variety of hands-on workshops to explore genetics. They judged heifers and cows to develop their keep or cull strategies, provided ultrasound for steers to determine carcass traits, and practiced using EPDs in a Bull Buyer game. The goal of this workshop was to provide youth with opportunity for learning that they could not gain at their schools

  • The junior dairy judging team competed on November 5 th, 2017 in Louisville, KY at the North American International Livestock Exposition Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. Team members included: Macey Betcher, Plainview, MN; Katie Kerndt, Lansing, IA; Mason Lettinga, Middleview, MI; Mary Scott, Westgate, IA; Alex Brand, Ellsworth, WI; and Logan Domeyer, Colesburg, IA. In the Ayrshire Division, Iowa State was 7 th Overall and was 1 stplace in the Brown Swiss Division with Mary Scott in 5 th place and Mason Lettinga was 1st. In Guernsey’s, Mason was 12 th overall and Iowa State was 6 th as a team. Mason was 7 th high individual in Holsteins and as a team Iowa State was 7 

  • The Foundation allocated $282,500 in student recruiting grants to 35 universities or other institutions with industry-related programs. Iowa State University Poultry Interest group received a $2100 grant from the Poultry Foundation made possible by West Liberty Foods.

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