and with Johnsonville, LLC in Wisconsin focused on vendor relations, ingredient sourcing, and educational materials. She was recognized by the West Texas A&M Office of Career and Professional Development as Intern of the Year for the entire university for her work with Johnsonville. She assisted the research team at West Texas A&M in collecting carcass data on over 20,000 beef carcasses from across the country. Helen served as an Ambassador for Agriculture Future of
pursue a career in the meat industry. Joseph Kennah University of Wyoming Joseph is actively involved with Collegiate Farm Bureau, Food Science Club, Collegiate Range Science Club, Alpha Tau Alpha and Collegiate Lamb Growers. Joseph collaborated with Dr. Scott Miller on two research projects, one to decrease cheatgrass invasions in reclamation projects and a second project to evaluate migratory changes of mule deer. He also
the International Contest. He judged on both the livestock and meat animal evaluation teams with meat animal evaluation team finishing fifth overall. He graduates next May with Bachelor of Science degrees in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management and Agricultural Education and then plans to pursue Master’s and Ph. D. degrees in Meat Science. Megan Zipprich Pennsylvania State University Megan has been Service Chair and Vice President for Block and
acid composition. She has worked with and shadowed veterinarians at two veterinary clinics and previously held a student worker position as a Pharmacy Technician. In livestock judging, Megan was 11th high individual, and the team was sixth overall at the All-East Contest last spring. She graduates next May with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science and plans to attend the College of Veterinary Medicine with her sights set on a career in rural veterinary medicine.
America where she was responsible for recruiting students to attend and planning for the National Leaders Conference in Kansas City. She judged both meats and livestock in high school winning sixth high individual overall at the State 4-H Meat Judging Contest and High
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Team and High Individual Overall at Nebraska FFA Livestock Judging Contest. She competed on the WT Meat Judging Team which won contests at National Western, Ft. Worth and American Royal. In Livestock Judging this year, she was high individual overall and her team won the NACTA contest. Helene will graduate with an Animal Science degree in May 2026 and plans to attend graduate school in Meat Science and coach the Meat Judging Team while pursuing a Master of Science degree. She eventually hopes to
assisted Dr. Cody Gifford to investigate the impact of aging, cooking method, and degree of doneness on tenderness of longissimus lumborum steaks from mature beef cull cows. He competed on the quiz bowl team at Reciprocal Meat Conference for two years and served as the American Meat Science Association West Region Student Director. Joseph was a member of the Meat Judging Team which competed at international contest in Wall Walla, New South Wales finishing third team overall and his team finished fifth overall at
Bridle Club, Treasurer for Collegiate Cattlewomen’s Club, Vice President of College of Agricultural Sciences Honor Society and member of Gamma Sigma Delta and the American Society of Animal Science. Megan was recognized as Outstanding Junior for the Penn State Block and Bridle Club and received the American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award. She is an undergraduate research assistant with the Dairy Nutrition Lab where she assisted with a project focused on the effects of bovine diets on milk fatty
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