Kansas State University

K-State hosted Dairy Days on Wednesday, February, 19 in Whiteside, Kansas and on Thursday, February 20 in Seneca. The program featured speakers from K-State, Central Milk Market Administrator, Midwest Dairy Association and the Kansas Dairy Association and Dairy Commission. This annual event seeks to provide producers and allied dairy industry professionals with an update of current research being conducted at K-State as well as addressing current production and management issues of dairy farms. Several of the graduate students presented research findings from various projects. The program was well attended in both locations despite the weather. Thirty-six braved the weather for the meeting at Whiteside and 42 were in attendance in Seneca.

2025 Animal Sciences Academic Quadrathlon

Students, faculty, and staff gathered at the K-State Alumni Center last Thursday evening for the final events, meal, and presentation of awards for the 2025 Animal Sciences Academic Quadrathlon. Thank you to the continued generosity of Joseph Ebert, who is the event sponsor and has been a Spokesman for the event for more than 20 years. Thirteen teams totaling 51 students competed.

 “0% Vegan”, consisting of Katrina Turner, Elaine Cockroft, August Hulse, and Hayden Lott, was the champion overall team and will represent K-State at the Midwest American Society of Animal Science Academic Quadrathlon competition in Omaha, Nebraska, March 9-12, 2025.

Event photos can be found at: Academic Quadrathlon Photos.

Champion 2025 K-State Animal Sciences Academic Quadrathlon Team

L to R:  Mr. Joe Ebert, sponsor; Champion AQ Team “0% Vegan” – “0% Vegan.” Team members are Katrina Turner, Elaine Cockroft, August Hulse and Hayden Lott.

Overall

1. 0% Vegan (Katrina Turner, Elaine Cockroft, Hayden Lott, and August Hulse)
2. Concentrated on Gradients…ding! (Carson Corwin, Ethan Christy, Tom Koontz, and Logan Mitchell)
3. Animal Sciences Anonymous (Callahan Riewald, Abbi Mahurin, Molly Brown, and Layne Johnson)
4. G’s Presidential Cabinet (Bevan Gradig, Kit Farren, Cheyenne Higbie, Lauren Potter)
5. Cows by 90 (Emma Brewer, Meghan Garren, Zoe Sullivan, and Sadie Arnold)

Written Exam

1. 0% Vegan (Katrina Turner, Elaine Cockroft, Hayden Lott, and August Hulse)
2. Concentrated on Gradients…ding! (Carson Corwin, Ethan Christy, Tom Koontz, and Logan Mitchell)
3. COWabunga (Channing Cannon-Lass, Michaela Clark-Stapel, Marwah Aql, and Emma Burmaster)

Lab Practical

1. 0% Vegan (Katrina Turner, Elaine Cockroft, Hayden Lott, and August Hulse)
2. Concentrated on Gradients…ding! (Carson Corwin, Ethan Christy, Tom Koontz, and Logan Mitchell)
3. Animal Sciences Anonymous (Callahan Riewald, Abbi Mahurin, Molly Brown, and Layne Johnson)

Oral Presentation

1. Concentrated on Gradients…ding! (Carson Corwin, Ethan Christy, Tom Koontz, and Logan Mitchell)
2. Animal Sciences Anonymous (Callahan Riewald, Abbi Mahurin, Molly Brown, and Layne Johnson)
3. Cows by 90 (Emma Brewer, Meghan Garren, Zoe Sullivan, and Sadie Arnold)

Quiz Bowl

1. 0% Vegan (Katrina Turner, Elaine Cockroft, Hayden Lott, and August Hulse)
2. Concentrated on Gradients…ding! (Carson Corwin, Ethan Christy, Tom Koontz, and Logan Mitchell)
3. G’s Presidential Cabinet (Bevan Gradig, Kit Farran, Cheyenne Higbie, Lauren Potter)

Special thanks as well to event chairs Dr. Nicholas Dias, Dr. Tim Rozell, and Dr. David Grieger as well as Dr. Jessie Vipham, IT support from Tim Carson, special assistance from graduate students Dani Stock, Elizabeth Dressler, Lauren Frink, Linnea Rimmer, Sidney Munk, Chanae Parker, and Cassia Gruis and past AQ champions Sierra Collier, Sydney Rohlman, Macie Weigand as well as the many, many faculty, staff, and graduate students who managed lab practicum stations, served as first-round oral presentation judges, graded the written exam, and helped organize and run the event in various ways. Your time and work toward making the AQ a success for our students is valued.

Thanks also to guest oral presentation judges at “Finals Night” Mr. Joe Ebert (event sponsor), as well as LMIC Board members and spouses Craig and Amy Good, Lori Fink, Justin Janssen, and Mary Janssen.

– Morgan Zumbaugh, Academic Quadrathlon Coordinator

• Judging Reunion: Mark your calendars for April 12, 2025, as we bring back the K-State Judging Team Reunion! Join us for a day of celebration, kicking off with a golf tournament and wrapping up with an evening banquet honoring the success of the 2024 teams. Register now: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/events/judging-reunion/
• Kansas 4-H Discovery Days 2025 will be held June 4-6, with more than 200 youth coming to K-State. Campus partners are needed to submit session proposals. Please complete your submissions by March 1. Submit your session here.
• Legacy Sale: Check out this year’s offering. We look forward to hosting this year’s Legacy Sale on Friday, March 7. You can check it out online at:
  asi.ksu.edu/legacysale
• Save the Date: Mark your calendars for the 112th Cattlemen’s Day hosted at the National Guard Armory on March 7, 2025. Registration details and the event schedule can be viewed here.
• UPCOMING DEFENSE:
  • Mariana Paredes defends “Use of qualitative and quantitative microbial data to determine if turkey pre-chill and post-chill sampling are predictive of Salmonella enterica contamination in ground turkey” on Monday, March 24 at 1 p.m. in 201 Wayne Franklin Student Leadership Conference Room.
  • Sidney Munk – Thursday, April 3 at 1 p.m. in Call Hall 205.
  • Jessica Smallfield – Friday, April 4 at 10:30 a.m. in Call Hall 226.
• UPCOMING SEMINARS
  • Meat Science – Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in Weber 111
    • February 26 – Chanae Parker – Journal Club – Loss of Myostation Alters Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation TCA Cycle Activity, and ATP Production in Skeletal Muscle
    • March 5 – Sam Stickley – Journal Club – Impacts of Stepwise Aging/Freezing Process and Repeated Freezing on Meat Quality, Physicochemical and Biochemical Properties, and Sensory Attributes of Beef Loins
  • Monogastic Seminar – Wednesday 12:30 p.m. in Call Hall 140
    • March 5 – Cooper McAuley – Effect of phytase super dosing e in nursery diets
  • Ruminant Nutrition, Growth, and Management Seminar – Monday at 4:30 p.m. in Call Hall 205.  
    • March 3 – Cole Ellis – Effects of Experior^® Feedlot Cattle Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Native Pastures
    • March 10 – Jonn Frey – Comparative Diet Selection by Cattle, Sheep, and Goats Grazing/Browsing Native Pastures
  • Animal Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Seminar – 
    • March 11 – Muhammad Ajmal –https://ksu.zoom.us/j/97112401692?pwd=FlP2BlWSJDablovYpb5bZPGpb9S3jx.1Meeting ID: 971 1240 1692
      Passcode: 701782

  OPEN POSITIONS:

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  Unclassified Staff Position(s):

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  If you are interested in adding a job to this page, please email Emily Grund.

  Professional Opportunities(s):

  • Michigan State University, Swine Management Faculty Position – View here.
  • North Dakota State University, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist – Assistant Professor – View here.
  • Colorado State University, Director of Equine Sciences and Wagonhound Land and Livestock Chair – View here.
  • Clemson University, Department Chair – View here.