BLINN LIVESTOCK JUDGING IS OFF TO A BUSY START

  

With three top-five finishes, the Blinn College livestock judging team is off to a busy start to their 2024 season.

Blinn placed third overall at the recent Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City and fifth at the National Western Stock Show and the NWSS Carload Contest, both held in Denver, Colorado.

At the Cattlemen’s Congress contest, Blinn had the top team in sheep/goats, was third in cattle, and fourth in reasons.

Individual results for Blinn were:

Kinsey Gardner: second high individual, fifth in reasons, seventh in sheep/goats, and ninth in cattle

Devyn Gaff: fourth high individual, second in sheep/goats, and 10^th in cattle reasons

Dax DeLozier: fifth high individual, and ninth in sheep/goats.

In the NWSS contest, Blinn was also third in cattle, and finished fourth in reasons.

Individually, Gardner was high individual in feedlot cattle and eighth in reasons; and Blane Warnken was 12^th overall individual, tied for seventh in hogs, and 12^th in sheep/goats.

In the NWSS Carload Contest, Bryson Stone was 10^th high individual.

Blinn is in second place overall in the rankings by livestockjudging.com for the 2023-24 season, with 1,495 points. Redlands Community College is first with 1,524 points.

Livestock judging is part of Blinn’s Agricultural Sciences Program, which has one of the most active extracurricular programs in the state.

Blinn offers agriculture classes on all its campuses, with the W.J. “Bill” Rankin Agricultural Complex on the Brenham Campus serving as the program’s headquarters.

For more information, visit www.blinn.edu/agricultural-sciences.