Dave Thomas, an animal scientist and sheep extension specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named the 2005 winner of the Bouffault International Animal Agriculture Award by the American Society of Animal Science. Thomas received the award in July at the ASAS Awards Program during the society’s annual meetings in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison dairy cattle judging team beat out 25 other schools to first place overall at the 85th National Collegiate Dairy Cattle Judging contest at World Dairy Expo.

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A team of 4-H dairy cattle judges from Columbia County took first place at the 84th Annual National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Oct. 3 at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. The Wisconsin team placed high team overall out of 29 state 4-H teams, coming in 20 points ahead of second-place Michigan. This marks the fifth year out of the last six that a Wisconsin county team has won the contest.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist Richard Amasino has been elected by his peers to lead the American Society of Plant Biologists. Amasino became president-elect of ASPB Oct. 1, 2005. ASPB is a non-profit science society of nearly 6,000 members from the United States and nearly 60 other nations.