Source: Gerry Posler, 785-532-5402, gposler@k-state.edu
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007
K-STATE CROPS TEAM WINS REGIONAL CONTEST AGAIN
MANHATTAN -- For the 13th year in a row, the Kansas State University Crops Team placed first overall in the Central Region Collegiate Crops Contest.
The event, Oct. 20 in Manhattan, was hosted by K-State agronomy.
The competition included three parts: identification, the ability to identify 200 different plants or seeds of crops or weeds; grain grading, the evaluation of eight samples of seven different grain crops according to Federal Grain Inspection Service standards; and seed analysis, determining whether seed samples contained impurities and identifying each contaminant.
K-State students took the top three individual spots in the competition. They included:
Mike Popelka, senior in agronomy, Munden, first individual overall. Popelka was first in seed analysis and grain grading and third in identification.
Cody Duitsman, junior in agronomy, Washington, second individual overall. Duitsman placed first in identification, second in grain grading and third in seed analysis.
Clint Patry, senior in agronomy, Colwich, third individual overall. Patry was second in identification and seed analysis and third in grain grading.
Eighteen students from four universities and community colleges participated in the contest. Oklahoma State University placed second and Fort Hays State University placed third.
The K-State team is coached by Gerry L. Posler, professor of agronomy.