Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association
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Please feel free to browse our website for information regarding past and current competitions. Updates will be added to the "Site updates" section regularly. To be notified of these updates please register as a member on the sidebar.
Get ready for ICMJ in 2012
The 2012 ICMJ workshop and competition will be held in
Wagga Wagga from 4-8 July 2012.
Wagga Wagga from 4-8 July 2012.
More exciting details to come in early 2012.
2011 Australian Team Members Announced!!
A big congratulations to this year’s Australian Team Members!!
- Naomi Hobson, Charles Sturt University, Wagga
- Melissa Adams, Tocal Agricultural College
- Claire Payne, Murdoch University
- Lucinda Sheppard, Sydney University
- Katelyn Braine, Charles Sturt University, Wagga
These five students were selected from the Top 10 Finalists (below) at the Industry Training Week in Brisbane, and will represent Australia at the National Western ICMJ contest in Greely, Colorado, USA in January 2012.
Well done everyone and all the best in the competition!!
Photos:
Top 10 Finalists at the 2011 Australian ICMJ Competition Awards Ceremony
Left to right: Melissa Adams, Tocal Agriculture College; Amy Suckling, Murdoch University; Naomi Hobson, Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga; Alister Knight, Melbourne University; Claire Payne, Murdoch University; Mel Podgson, University of Western Sydney; Engela Gildenhuys, Murdoch University; Glenn Bulloch, University of New England; Lucinda Sheppard, University of Sydney and James Corcoran, University of Sydney.
Top 10 Finalists at the Industry Training Week in Brisbane with trainer Brad Robinson, October 2011
Learning muscle seaming at the Industry Training Week in Brisbane with Brad Robinson and Greg Butler
2011 Australian ICMJ Competition Success!
The 21st Intercollegiate Meat Judging conference and competition was held on 6-9 July 2011 at UNE, Armidale, attracting 93 students and 25 coaches from 9 Australian Universities including the Japan National Team and a team from Texas Tech University in the USA.
This year the champion team was Texas Tech University, with Jerra McMath from Texas Tech also taking out highest individual.
Murdoch University placed second and Sydney University third.
The University of Melbourne had a team for the first time and placed 4th overall, with their coach Hyatt Frobose winning the prestigious Tom Carr Award for coaching excellence.
The competition followed three days of workshops and seminars in which students heard from numerous industry leaders, giving them a true perspective on the Australian and global meat and livestock industries.
Meat Standards Australia Manager and President of the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association, Michael Crowley said: "This year’s program was exceptional, incorporating all sectors of the industry from breeding and lot feeding through to processing and research on all species. The students gain an immense amount of practical and applied knowledge about the meat and livestock industries, which they can take with them into the real world to help create solutions for the challenges which face the industry”.
Among the speakers to address the students at the event were the Chief Operating Officer of Australian Agricultural Company, Troy Setter, CEO of AMPC, Michelle Edge, Southern Livestock RD&E Manager of MLA, Dr Alex Ball, CEO of JBS Australia, Iain Mars, Research Manager of Australian Pork Limited, Dr Darryl Dsouzas and Livestock Manager of Cargill Australia, Grant Geary plus many more.
“We are extremely fortunate that the major sponsors of the event MLA, AMPC, Australian Pork Ltd, Cargill Beef Australia, UNE and Coles supermarkets see the true benefit in educating the young enthusiastic graduates of tomorrow to ensure the industry’s continued enhancement and improvement in productivity and profitability” Mr Crowley said.
“It is of paramount importance that we attract the very best graduates back into exciting careers right across all sectors of our industry”.
Congratulations everyone and we look forward to keeping in touch with you all through your future careers!!
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