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The Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture Judging Team was well represented by eight members who travelled to Montreal for the 69^th MacDonald Intercollegiate Judging Competition on February 2 held at the MacDonald Campus of McGill University.

There was a total of 19 collegiate and 4-H teams competing consisting of 76 competitors.  The collegiate competitors were from the Atlantic Veterinary College, Cégep de Sherbrooke, McGill University, University of Guelph, Université Laval, and the University of Alberta.

The competition consisted of crop and livestock categories with crop classes of: Soybeans, Soil ID, Honey, Silage, Livestock Photography, Wheat Sheaves, and Implement ID.  The livestock portion consisted of: Beef, Dairy Goats, Dairy Cows, Sheep, Chicken Eggs, Meat Cut ID, and Bird ID. With five out of the eight members being new to the school as well as the judging team, they accomplished several feats in many classes both individually and collectively.

Thank you to the MacDonald Campus of McGill University for hosting and organizing this competition. It was a great event to kick off the judging season.  Next up for the Dal AC judging team is preparing for our home competition of the Maritime Intercollegiate Judging Competition (MIJC) on March 2!

Competition results are as follows:

1^st Dairy Individual – Jeremy Sutherland
1^st Honey Individual – Julia Vosman
1^st Sheep Individual – Benjamin Sargent
2^nd Beef Individual – Robert Larsen
2^nd Crops Individual – Andrew Manning
2^nd Goat Individual – Ashley Eason
3^rd Beef Individual – Andrew Manning
3^rd Goat Individual – Julia Vosman
3^rd Dairy Individual – Robert Larsen
3^rd Overall Individual Oral Reasons – Julia Vosman
5^th Overall Individual – Julia Vosman

1^st Meat Cut ID Team – Dal 2 (Andrew Manning, Robert Larsen, Ashley Eason, Julia Vosman)
2^nd Overall Livestock Team – Dal 2
3^rd Overall Team (3096 points) – Dal 2
12^th Overall Team (2932 points) - Dal 1 (Jeremy Sutherland, Benjamin Sargent, Luke Fisher, Austin Versloot)