2007 UW-Platteville Land Judging Competition

On Thursday, May 10, 273 high school students from 18 Wisconsin schools participated in the 41st Annual UW-Platteville Land Judging Competition. The UW-Platteville Soil Conservation/Agronomy student chapter and the UW-Platteville School of Agriculture sponsored the event.

In the contest, students evaluated four sites located on the Richard Wagner Farm in rural Cuba City. Each student described soil and landscape features, rated the land capability class, noted major limitations for land use, and made recommendations for conservation practices. Students were scored based on agreement between their evaluations and those of official contest judges. Judges included local Land Conservation and Natural Resources Conservation Service professionals and professors from UW-Platteville.

Cassville placed first in the contest, followed by River Ridge (2nd place), Potosi (3rd place), Lancaster (4th place), and Cashton (5th place). High individual scores came from Matt Martin from River Ridge (1st place), Brian Fure from Cassville (2nd place), Jarred Stanek from River Ridge (3rd place), Bryce Leibfried from Potosi (4th place) and Jeff Ploessl from Cassville (5th place). Complete results below.

For more information, please contact Chris Baxter, UW-Platteville School of Agriculture (608) 342-1388 or email baxterch@uwplatt.edu.
 

Individual award winners:

1. Matt Martin, River Ridge
2. Brian Fure, Cassville
3. Jared Stanek, River Ridge
4. Bryce Liebfried, Potose
5. Jeff Ploessl, Cassville

 

Team award winners: (Photos available soon)

1st Place-Cassville

2nd -  River Ridge

3rd - Potosi

4th -Lancaster

5th - Cashton

COMPLETE RESULTS OF THE 41^ST ANNUAL UW-PLATTEVILLE LAND JUDGING COMPETITION

Sponsored by the UWP Agronomy-Soil and Water Conservation Club
May 10, 2007
Location: Richard Wagner Farm, Rural Cuba City
Participants:  273 students from 18 different schools

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