BLINN LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM PLACES FIFTH AT DENVER CONTEST

  

Blinn College’s livestock judging team placed fifth at the recent National Western Stock Show (NWSS) Carload Contest in Denver, Colo.

Grant Kubala placed seventh among individual competitors, tying for first in questions and finishing 15^th in placings. As a team, Blinn was fifth in placings and sixth in questions.

Blinn also placed 11^th as a team in the NWSS Collegiate Livestock Judging Contest.

Blinn was fifth in swine, sixth in reasons, eighth in cattle reasons, 14^th in cattle and sheep/goats, 18^th in goats, and 19^th in feedlot cattle.

Individually, Lane Hogan was 14^th overall, including fourth in cattle reasons, eighth in reasons, 10^th in cattle and swine, and 18^th in feedlot cattle.

Owen Seidenberger was first in swine and 13^th in reasons, and Kubala placed 19^th in goats.

Blinn is sixth overall in junior college rankings by Livestockjudging.com for the 2024-25 season, with a 1.284 rating.

Livestock judging is part of Blinn’s Agricultural Sciences Program, which has one of the most active extracurricular programs in the state, including the Agriculture Club, wildlife, agriculture mechanics, and horticulture.

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.

(Story courtesy Blinn Information)