Bowling Green, Ky. - Students from Western Kentucky University won a silver award in the Fifth Annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge March 31-April 1 in Twin Falls, Idaho.

WKU team members were Travis England, a Hardyville senior; Mark Jaynes, a Bowling Green junior; Steve Ray, a Summer Shade junior; and Micah Thomas, a Russell Springs junior. Dr. Jenks Britt, associate professor of agriculture, coached the team.

NAIDC is a two-day competition for students representing dairy science programs at North American universities. In the contest, students apply theory and learning to a working dairy and make a farm analysis and management recommendations.

The University of Idaho and Washington State University co-hosted the 2006 competition that attracted 27 teams from the United States and Canada. More information is available online at www.dairychallenge.org

More WKU news is available at www.wku.edu. If you’d like to receive WKU news via e-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.

For information, contact Jenks Britt at (270) 745-3151.

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