Kentucky Ag Connection - Ohio State, Kentucky FFA Top KILE Judging Contests

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Ohio State, Kentucky FFA Top KILE Judging Contests
Kentucky Ag Connection - 10/19/2018

The Ohio State University livestock judging team claimed the top prize in the collegiate division of the 2018 Collegiate and Junior Livestock Judging Competition at the 2018 Keystone International Livestock Exposition in Harrisburg. The team received a rotating trophy sponsored by Paul and Bette Slayton of Slayton's Beardance.

Team members Caleb Penwell, Garrett Stickley, Brooke Anderson, Devin Coon, Mitchell Montgomery, and Taylor Andrews were coached by Hank LeVan. They were also awarded first overall swine team, we well as first overall team in reasons, second overall beef team, and third overall sheep team.

Competitors from 11 collegiate teams were represented by 58 students, and 16 state 4-H and FFA teams were represented by 61 contestants from across the eastern half of the United States. Competitors were judged on their animal evaluation skills as they judged classes of beef cattle, sheep, and swine.

With 923 points, Cassidy Dossin of University of Florida was the high-scoring individual overall in the collegiate contest. She was also the first overall in sheep, third overall individual in beef, and first overall in swine.

Kentucky FFA, represented by Kasey Johnson, Lydia Gosney, Gracie Metzger, and Chevy Vaske, won the contest's junior division. The team was also first overall sheep team, second overall team in reasons, as well as first overall beef team and third overall swine team.

The Pennsylvania Angus Association sponsored a special contest during which contestants judged classes of Angus cattle. The top individual in the junior category was Dillon Sheiss of the Indiana FFA team, with a score of 147 points. The collegiate winner was Cody Maddox of the Mississippi State University team.

Other event sponsors included the Penn State Stockman's Club, American Angus Association, Fulton Bank, Select Sire Power Inc., Pennsylvania Livestock Association, Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council, Mid-State Maines, Hidden Pond Farms, Purina Mills Inc., Allan Comman of Legacy Financial, and Double G Show Cattle.

The top five overall teams in swine, from both the collegiate and junior divisions, received magazine subscriptions from the National Swine Registry for its Seedstock Edge publication and Poland China Record Association for its Poland China Advantage publication.

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