Student meat judges from Charles Sturt University (CSU) have claimed the title of the highest scoring Australian team at the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging (ICMJ) competition held in Wagga Wagga last week. During the competition, 130 university students from Australia, Japan, the USA, Pakistan, Indonesia and South Korea judged lamb, pork and beef carcases along with cuts of meat.  The team of 12 students from CSU’s School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences was beaten by just one point by a team from Kansas State University in the USA.  “This magnificent result is due to the commitment and hard work of the students and their coaches who have spent many early mornings training at the abattoir,” said CSU Professor of Animal Production Peter Wynn. Four members of the CSU team, Ms Ebony Mull, Ms Laura Kemmis, Ms Tamara Heir and Ms Mikhalla Middleton have also been selected in the 10-member national training squad that can earn a place in the Australian team to tour the USA in 2014. Read the full ICMJ competition results for 2013 here.