* The K-State Crops Team has again claimed the title of national champion, a feat that K-State teams have accomplished in seven of the past nine years. The team won both the Kansas City Board of Trade and Chicago Collegiate Crops contests to win the national championship. K-State placed first in plant and seed identification and grain grading and second in seed analysis at both Kansas City and Chicago. Students competing at the national contest included Clint Patry, senior in agronomy, Colwich; Mike Popelka, senior in agronomy, Munden; and Cody Duitsman, junior in agronomy, Washington. The team was coached by Gerry Posler, K-State professor of agronomy. November 2007
* K-State's Soil Judging Team won first place in the overall team and second place in the group judging categories at the 2007 Region 5 Soil Judging Contest. The recent contest, hosted by Iowa State University, had 40 students from seven universities competing. The K-State team coach is Mickey Ransom, professor of agronomy. Students placing in the competition include Andrew McGowan, third highest individual; Adam Heitman, fourth highest individual; Paul Hartley, sixth highest individual; and Leah Ferdinand, eighth highest individual. November 2007
* For the 13th year in a row, the K-State Crops Team placed first overall in the Central Region Collegiate Crops Contest. The event, Oct. 20 in Manhattan, was hosted by K-State agronomy. K-State students took the top three individual spots in the competition. They included: Mike Popelka, senior in agronomy, Munden, first individual overall. Popelka was first in seed analysis and grain grading and third in identification. Cody Duitsman, junior in agronomy, Washington, second individual overall. Duitsman placed first in identification, second in grain grading and third in seed analysis. Clint Patry, senior in agronomy, Colwich, third individual overall. Patry was second in identification and seed analysis and third in grain grading. The team is coached by Gerry Posler, professor of agronomy. October 2007
* K-State's Soil Judging Team won second place at the 2007 National Soil Judging Contest in Logan, Utah, in April. Teams from 22 universities competed in the national contest. Two K-State team members placed in the top 10 in individual honors out of 84 contestants. May 2007