Posted by Andrew Svec 11/23/99
Contact: Barbara Weiler, 218-281-8435
UMC Receives Top
Honors at 1999 Dairy Expo
University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) Dairy teams received top honors at the World Dairy Expo held recently in Madison, Wisconsin. UMC finished first overall in the practical contests. Team members included (below, left to right): Kelli Rusch of Hutchinson, Brent Lavoi of Mahnomen, Kristi Kompelien of Roseau, team coach Lyle Westrom, associate professor of dairy, and Kerstin Trimble of Tenstrike.
In the components of
the practical contest, UMC finished second as a team in Linear Evaluations
and in Registered Heifer Selection and fourth in Commercial Heifer
Selection. Team members who placed individually included Kristi Kompelien
of Roseau, second in Linear Evaluation, and Brent Lavoi of Mahnomen, fifth
in Linear Evaluation.
In the traditional
contest UMC finished third in Brown Swiss, Ayrshires and Oral Reason;
fourth in Holsteins; and tenth overall as a team. Individually Kristi
Kompelien placed first in Ayrshires, third in oral reasons and fourth in
Brown Swiss.
More than 15
post-secondary schools competed for top honors in the International
Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging contests. The contest is held every
year in conjunction with World Dairy Expo at the Dane County Expo Center
in Madison, Wisconsin.
The contest consists
of two phases – a traditional and practical contest. During the
traditional contest, students place 12 classes representing six dairy
cattle breeds and present four sets of oral reasons. The practical contest
allows students to evaluate both a commercial heifer class, based on
written questions, as well as a pedigree and type heifer class, where
students rank animals based on their pedigrees and type traits. The
contest also includes a linear contest where students score primary linear
traits for five cows.