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On January 31^st, 2015 the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus Judging team travelled to Montreal, Quebec to compete in the 65^th Annual Macdonald Intercollegiate Judging Competition.

This was the first year Dal AC attended the event and was represented by one team and three 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 six of the 10. The competition also included four quizzes; two of which were agriculture related and the other two 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 65^th Competition and multiple other awards.

Dal AC Judging Team L to R: Emily Sutherland, Nora Fullerton, Kamryn Findlay, Kayla Graham, Andrew Greene, Hannah Jamieson and Janessa Henry

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

·         3^rd Overall Individual Judge

·         Top Overall Individual Oral Reasons Judge

·         2^nd Overall Livestock Judge

·         Top Duck Judge

·         Top Rabbit Judge

·         Top Garlic Judge

Hannah Jamieson

·         Top Livestock  Judge

·         Top Dairy Judge

·         2^nd Beef Judge

·         2^nd Manure ID Quiz

Kamryn Findlay

·         4^th Overall Individual Judge

·         3^rd Livestock Judge

·         2^nd Garlic Judge

·         3^rd Beef Judge

·         3^rd Duck Judge