Collegiate Crops Team takes first place at regional contest

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Collegiate Crops Team placed first overall at the Regional Crops Contest held in Brookings, South Dakota on Oct. 19. Individual UW-Platteville team members Anna Hagemann placed first and Jack Lichte placed third.

Other UW-Platteville students taking part in the event included Allie Bizosky, Anna Koehler and Sydney Rider. The team was coached by Dawn Lee, Pioneer Greenhouse and Gardens manager and lecturer in the School of Agriculture; Rich Crow, assistant professor of soil and crop science in the School of Agriculture; and Dr. Roger Higgs, professor emeritus.

The Regional Collegiate Crops Judging Contest consists of three parts: plant and seed identification, commercial grain grading and seed analysis. Students will continue to prepare for the two National Collegiate Crops Judging Competitions - the American Royal Kansas City Collegiate Crops Contest, held at the National Grain Center in Kansas City, Missouri, followed by the Chicago Collegiate Crops Contest, held at Loyola University Water Tower Campus in Chicago, Illinois.

These opportunities for students would not be possible without the funding provided by the Doug and Jean Buhler Undergraduate Travel Impact Grant and by generous donations made by alumni and friends to the UW-Platteville Foundation - Soils and Crops Teams Endowment Fund.

For more information about the UW-Platteville Collegiate Crops Team, contact Dawn Lee, [email protected].