The University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate Badger Crops Team received several awards this summer at the 2023 National Weed Science Contest:

• First Place Overall Undergraduate Team NCWSS Region (Sabeel Abuhakmeh, Zachary Olson, Jacob Roden and Daniel Zhu)
• First Place Undergraduate Team Sprayer Calibration NCWSS Region (Sabeel Abuhakmeh, Zachary Olson, Jacob Roden and Daniel Zhu)
• First Place Undergraduate Farmer Problem NCWSS Region (Jacob Roden)
• Second Place Undergraduate Overall Individual NCWSS Region (Sabeel Abuhakmeh)
• Third Place Undergraduate Overall Individual NCWSS Region (Jacob Roden)

The students met weekly to practice during the 2023 spring semester and several times during the summer. Practices were led by Ahmad Mobli, a postdoctoral research associate in the Werle Weed Science Lab, and Calli Anibas, Badger Crops Team coach.