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UW-River Falls Students Earn Top Honors at SASES Conference
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 11/03/2017

A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls came home with a lot of hardware after competing in the annual Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences conference in Tampa, Florida. The October 21-24 competition featured nearly 300 participants from 60 different universities.

Stella Pey, a crop and soil science major from St. Louis, took first place in the manuscript competition and second place for her oral research presentation 'Impact of Long-Term Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment on Soil Quality.' In the poster research symposium, Jordyn Bush, a crop and soil science major from Lakeville, Minnesota, placed first in her section called 'NIRS Analysis of As-Fed and Prepared Samples of Corn Silage.'

For the speech contest, the student prepared a 5-7 minute speech on one of three topics selected just hours before the competition. Matt Kortbein, a crop and soil science major from Warrens, won with his speech about soil erosion practices that have paid off.

And Cody Guenther, president of the UW-River Falls Crops and Soils Club, represented the school in the Presidents' Trophy competition. A crop and soil science major from Lafayette, Minnesota, Guenthertook third place with his presentation focusing on the club's Share the Harvest community service activity and their social media initiatives including Member Monday and Internship Spotlight features.

The SASES student conference is held each year in conjunction with the annual joint meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America.

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