Logan Milligan, New York Mills, MN, Recognized during Ag Arama 2016 at the U of M Crookston

2016 Feb 1

Royalty were crowned, students were recognized for achievement, and alumni gathered for the 41st annual Ag Arama at the University Teaching and Outreach Center at the University of Minnesota Crookston. This year's event was dedicated to the new agricultural education major and the theme for the day was "Kick the Dust Up."

Royalty crowned included (left to right in photo): Prince Kamron Matejcek, a sophomore ag systems management major from Lakota, N.D.; Princess Madison Halvorson, a sophomore animal science major from Ogilvie, Minn.; Queen Ellen Dauphinais, a senior animal science major from Parkers Prairie, Minn.; and King Keith Yorek, a senior animal science major from Little Falls, Minn.

Other students who were a part of the Ag Arama royalty included

Logan Milligan, New York Mills, MN, (56567) a sophomore majoring in agricultural education

Taylor Storhoff, a senior majoring in animal science from Valley City, N.D., was honored with the Round Robin Showmanship Award.

A 2015 alumnus was honored with the True Grit Award. Luke Lundeby, an ag systems management graduate from Osnabrock, N.D. The most coveted of all awards presented at Ag Arama, the True Grit Award is dedicated to Todd Opsahl, a student in 1973-74.