* A graduate student team from K-State was first in the team sprayer calibration event and was the third place overall graduate team at the North Central Weed Science Society Collegiate Weed Science Contest, Aug. 14, in Carlyle, Ill. Team members, all graduate students in agronomy and all from Manhattan, included Joy Abit, John Frihauf, Meshack Ndou and Haydee Ramirez. Anita Dille, associate professor, and Dallas Peterson, professor, from K-State's department of agronomy, coached the team. SGS Alvey Ag Research, a contract research company in Carlyle, hosted the contest. August 2008
* The K-State Soil Judging Team won first place overall at the 2008 National Soil Judging Contest. It is the first time K-State has won the national contest. The event was hosted by the University of Rhode Island and had 21 teams competing. The team is coached by Mickey Ransom, professor of agronomy. Team members, all agronomy majors, who placed individually in the competition include Leah Ferdinand, second place; Paul Hartley, sixth place; Ryan Cyr, 14th place; and Adam Heitman, 20th place. May 2008