Congratulations to the Spring 2009 Agronomy Graduates!

K-STATE’S WHEAT STATE AGRONOMY CLUB HOSTS REGIONAL MEETING

MANHATTAN -- More than 230 college students from across the country were treated to a first-hand look at Kansas agriculture during the Students in Agronomy, Soil, and Environmental Sciences (SASES) 2009 regional meeting. Kansas State University’s Wheat State Agronomy Club (WSAC) hosted the meeting on April 3 and 4. Fifteen schools were represented, from Virginia Tech to Purdue to Colorado State.
 

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K-STATE SOIL JUDGING TEAM TAKES FIRST AT NATIONAL COMPETITION

MANHATTAN -- The Kansas State University Soil Judging Team won the 2009 National Soil Judging Contest for the second year in a row, taking first place overall and first in group judging. Twenty-three teams from around the country competed March 26 - April 3 at the host school, Missouri State University.

K-State’s individual team member achievements include Kelsey McGie, junior in milling science management from Iola, who placed ninth in individual judging, and Kim Kerschen, freshman in agronomy from Garden Plain, who took 12th place in individual judging.

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K-STATE CROPS TEAM WINS NATIONAL TITLE

MANHATTAN – The Kansas State University Crops Team took first place in the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture national crops contest on April 17 at the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster, Ohio. The K-State team has won this title eight times in the last 11 years. Seventeen teams from two- and four-year schools participated in the competition.

K-State placed first in the lab practical, math practical, and plant and seed identification parts of the contest, and second in the agronomic quiz.

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