A team of University of º£½ÇÉçÇø students earned third place in one of the contests held during the recent 2026 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge, which featured teams from 42 universities across the U.S. and Canada.
Held in April in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the competition tasked teams with touring and assessing participating farms, then providing detailed recommendations on how they can enhance their businesses. The teams focused on ways farms could improve nutrition, reproduction, milking procedures, animal health, cow comfort and labor and financial management.
Out of eight teams that evaluated Tri-Cross Dairy in Viborg, South Dakota, Uº£½ÇÉçÇø’s group delivered the third best presentation. Members of the Uº£½ÇÉçÇø team included animal and veterinary science majors Cece Desautell, Felicity Gregware and Riley McAllaster, as well as zoology major Amanda Allen. They were coached by Glenda Pereira, assistant professor of animal science at Uº£½ÇÉçÇø and dairy specialist at University of º£½ÇÉçÇø Cooperative Extension.
