Bright minds to head to hot US competition
THREE agricultural science students from Charles Sturt University are this week off to the United States to compete in the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture crops competition.
Nick Grant, Tom Jeffery and Danyon Williams won the opportunity to take part when they took out first, second and third places respectively in the individual category of GrainGrowers’ Australian Universities Crops Competition in Temora last year.
In a clean sweep, the team trophy also went to Charles Sturt University last year, snatching the prize from competing teams from University of Sydney, La Trobe University (Vic), University of Melbourne and Curtin University (WA).
The NACTA competition attracts teams from colleges all over the United States.
While Nick, Danyon and Tom will be competing as individuals, their results are anticipated to be exceptional.
The competition itself will be held at the Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Nebraska. The students will participate in a four-hour soils exam and a plant and seed identification of more than 140 species of crops and weeds.