Kass member of Iowa State's regional 1st place Dairy Cattle Judging Team

2017 Oct 3

Kyle Kass, Dairy Science, played a competitive role on the Iowa State University Dairy Cattle Judging team which took top honors as the overall contest winner in the 24th Annual Accelerated Genetics Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, September 17, 2017 in Viroqua, Wis.

Additionally, Kass received the 4th place individual award at the competition, 4th in the Guernsey division, and 5th in Holsteins. He was also 8th overall in reasons.

In addition to the top team honors, the Iowa State team had a great day placing first in the Guernsey divion, 2nd place in Holsteins, 1st in Milking Shorthorns, and 2nd in oral reasons. Iowa State had a total of 3 individuals place in the top 10, which secured the first place finish overall. The group is coached by Dr. Christen Burgett, animal science lecturer.

Twelve teams total participated in the contest from six states in the midwest. Each participant placed 10 classes and gave five sets of oral reasons.This marks the second time in a row that Iowa State has won this particular contest.