Congratulations to UofG's Dairy Challenge team that competed in the 2026 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge this week in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Our team did an amazing job and did UofG proud with a second-place finish! 

This year's team included Cadence Beck, Nicole Danen, Zoe Jovkovic, and Lynn Strik and was coached by Dr. Trevor DeVries (Dept. Animal Biosciences), Matt Groen (Cargill Animal Nutrition), and Mark Carson (Semex).

More information on the dairy challenge program can be found at www.dairychallenge.org [1] and in an article in the Milk Producer [2]

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Pictured front row (L to R) are Cadence Beck, Nicole Danen, and Zoe Jovkovic, and back row (L to R) are Matt Groen (coach), Mark Carson (coach), Lynn Strik, and Dr. Trevor DeVries (coach)