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Here are the
official experts for judging101.com.
Beef Cattle:
Scott Schaake
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Dr. Scott
Schaake was raised on a cow-calf ranch/row crop
operation near Lawrence Kansas. He graduated from
Kansas State University in 1984 with a B.S. in Animal
Sciences and Industry. He earned his M.S. at Clemson
University and Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky,
specializing in the area of Meat Science.
Currently he serves as the coach of the Livestock
Judging Team. His teams have won five National
Championships during his tenure as a coach at Kansas
State University. Besides coaching, he is involved with
teaching Beef Science, Introductory Animal Science Lab,
Livestock Sales Management, Form and Function of
Livestock and Principles of Livestock Selection at
Kansas State University.
Dr. Schaake has judged livestock shows in 32 states,
Canada, South America and Mexico. His personal interest
includes all types of sports, hunting, fishing and
attending his sons' sporting events. His family
includes wife, Kandi, and sons Shane and Shilo. |
Swine:
Grant Grebner
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Grant
Grebner, Washburn, Illinois, manages his family’s 30-sow
commercial farrow-to-finish operation. In addition to
swine, they farm 800 acres in central Illinois and run
50 head of Charolais and Angus-cross cows. He is
currently an Assistant Professor of Agriculture at
Illinois Central College where he teaches primarily
animal science courses and coaches the meat judging team
at ICC, a community college located near East Peoria.
He is a
graduate of Black Hawk East, Kewanee, Illinois, where he
was a member of the national championship livestock
judging team and won high individual honors at the
National Barrow Show in Austin, Minnesota. He received
his bachelor’s degree in animal science and master’s
degree in non-ruminant nutrition, both from the
University of Illinois. There, he was also on the
livestock judging team and national champion Meat Animal
Evaluation team.
Grant
has judged beef and swine shows in 23 states at the
local, state, regional and national level. Included in
this list are the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock
Show in Ft. Worth, Texas, the National Western Livestock
Show and Rodeo in Denver, Colorado, the Houston
Livestock Show & Rodeo, the American Royal in Kansas
City, the San Antonio Livestock Exposition, the Oklahoma
City Junior Livestock Show, the North American
International Livestock Exposition in Louisville,
Kentucky, and the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa.
He has served on the National Intercollegiate Judging
Contest Committee at Louisville for fourteen years and
served as a member of the official committee at the
National Barrow Show for nine years, including four
years as chairman. He served as a charter member of the
Youth Advisory Board for the National Junior Swine
Association and was awarded the 2004 NJSA Distinguished
Service Award.
His work
history also includes serving as managing editor of the
Hampshire Herdsman, the monthly magazine of the
Hampshire Swine Registry and operating an advertising
and photography business for livestock breeders. He and
his wife, Susan, are the proud parents of a 5-year-old
son, Collin. |
Horse: Julie
Voge
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Julie and her family
currently live in Bryan, TX. Julie's husband,
Justin, is a veterinary resident at Texas A&M Vet school. Julie is a carded
judge for the AQHA and NSBA. She judges shows all
over the U.S. and Canada. She has
officiated at the Corporate Challenge, TX Amateur
Championships, March to the Arch, Boystown and the NSBA World
Championship shows.
Julie has coached the 2007
AQHA World Champion Sr. College Horse Judging Team,
Kansas State University; as well as the 2007 AQHYA World
Champion Team from Kansas Quarter Horse.
Her and her family enjoy
showing horses in western pleasure and lead-line with
their son, Colton. |
Sheep:
Brad Angus
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