OAC students earned gold standing for the University of Guelph at the 7th annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) held April 4-5 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Coached by John Walton (Animal & Poultry Science), students Brett Gamble, Carolyn Borsy, Martin Schouten and Stefan Weber formed the only Canadian university team to compete against 31 groups from across the United States.

NAIDC is an innovative two-day competition for students representing dairy science programs at North American universities. It enables students to apply theory and learning to a real-world dairy while working as part of a four-person team. Over the two days, the teams collected and analyzed information about a working dairy, including production and farm management data, and presented their recommendations on nutrition, reproduction, milking procedures, animal health, housing and financial management to the herd owners and judges. The event concluded with a reception and awards banquet.

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