UAM Collegiate Farm Bureau Members Win Agriculture Olympics Competition (3/22/11)

A Collegiate Farm Bureau team from the University of Arkansas at Monticello defeated four other teams to win the first Collegiate Farm Bureau Agriculture Olympics held recently at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center at UA-Fayetteville. The UAM team was comprised of Brittany Dees, a senior from Hermitage, Amy Hughes, a junior from Crossett, Nik George, a sophomore from Three Rivers, Mich., and Matt O’Whene, a senior from Three Rivers, Mich. In addition, UAM’s Shelby Williams, a senior from Monticello, placed fourth in the State Collegiate Discussion Meet Finals held in conjunction with the Agriculture Olympics.  The Olympics competition was a timed event that required team members to milk a cow, scoop rice, crosscut saw a log, pitch horseshoes into a mineral tub, shell four ears of corn, and move four bales of straw across the arena. A team from UA-Fayetteville placed second with ASU-Beebe third.  Austin Henderson, a freshman from McGehee, and Shelby Williams competed on a team from multiple universities. Williams had earlier won the UAM Discussion Meet championship. Dr. Bob Stark, faculty advisor for the UAM Collegiate Farm Bureau, accompanied the students. Participation in the conference was funded in part through a student activity grant from the CHS Foundation. CHS is a diversified energy, grains and foods company committed to providing the essential resources that enrich lives around the world and is owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives, along with thousands of preferred stockholders, across the United States.  The CHS Foundation is committed to investing in the future of rural America, agriculture and cooperative business through education and leadership development. Pictured from left are (front row) Dr. Robert Stark, Brittany Dees, Amy Hughes, (back row) Matt O’Whene, Austin Henderson, Nik George, and Shelby Williams.