Today@Dal

On January 31st, 2015 the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus Judging team travelled to Montreal, Quebec to compete in the 65th Annual Macdonald Intercollegiate Judging Competition. This was the first year Dal AC attended the event and was represented by 1 team and 3 individuals who competed against other agricultural schools in agriculture and food related classes. The competition had a total of 30 teams with 120 competitors from eight different Universities across Canada as well as alumni and 4-H teams. The other universities competing included Macdonald Campus (McGill University), Trent University, University of Guelph, University of Alberta, Université Laval, Cegep de Victoriaville and Cegep de Sherbrooke.

It was a day of intense competition with students competing in 10 placing classes in livestock and crops classes and giving oral reasons to 6 of the 10. The competition also included 4 quizzes; two of which were agriculture related and the other 2 being mystery quizzes. The team had spent many hours in the weeks prior studying the classes and practicing giving their reasons amongst each other. The judging team only had three returning members this year, but Dal AC proved themselves by winning Top Overall Judging team of the 65th Competition and multiple other awards.

Results - Dal 2 Team (Andrew Greene, Kamryn Findlay, Kayla Graham and Hannah Jamieson)
•    Top Overall Judging Team
•    Top Oral Reasons Team
•    Top Livestock Judging Team
•    Top Manure ID Team
•    Top Goat Team
•    Top Duck Team
•    Top Beef Team
•    Top Dairy Team

Individual
Andrew Greene
•    3rd Overall Individual Judge
•    Top Overall Individual Oral Reasons Judge
•    2nd Overall Livestock Judge
•    Top Duck Judge
•    Top Rabbit Judge
•    Top Garlic Judge
Hannah Jamieson
•    Top Livestock Judge
•    Top Dairy Judge
•    2nd Beef Judge
•    2nd Manure ID Quiz
Kamryn Findlay
•    4th Overall Individual Judge
•    3rd Livestock Judge
•    2nd Garlic Judge
•    3rd Beef Judge
•    3rd Duck Judge