Jessica

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

@isualum

[Animal Ag Alliance @animalag]

The end of 2020 is a little brighter for six students who took home scholarships for being named winners of our annual @AggiesOnline competition! 👏🎉🏆 More than $20,000 in scholarships were awarded. #CAO20 https://t.co/TCIIUwUp3H

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

@CCImarketing @AgRelations @iastate_cals @animalag @IowaStateACT @NationalACT @agcommnetwork @IowaStateNAMA @IowaNAMA @officialNAMA @NAFB @ISUdairyscience @DairyGood Thank you! @CCImarketing

[AgEdS at Iowa State @AgEdS_IaStateU]

AGEDS senior Jessica Schmitt has won first place in the College Aggies Online Competition hosted by the Animal Ag Alliance. Students from across the U.S. competed in various agricultural communication challenges for scholarship awards. Congrats! #CALSproud #ISUCALS #Ageds

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

Ever see a cow looking like they are smacking their gum? It's called chewing their cud. 🐮

Cows have the ability to regurgitate their meal to further break it down for digestion. By doing this, they are can get more nutrients from their food. 🌽

#CAO20 #UndeniablyDairy #GotMilk

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

A 24/7 buffet, a nutritionist, and they do not have to cook. What a life!

#DYK cows love consistency? Surprisingly, cows eat the same thing each day.

What is their go-to recipe? The chefs (aka the dairy farmers) call it total mixed ration.

#CAO20 #undeniablydairy #gotmilk

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

@natlturkeyfed Unfortunately, not enough. 😂

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

THANKSGIVING IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY!!

🦃 88% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
🦃 46 million turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving each year.

Let me know with the poll in the comments if you eat turkey on Thanksgiving!

#CAO20 #TryTurkey

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

@BrynnenG I love that! 😂 Let me know how it goes!

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

What do you do with your leftover Thanksgiving turkey? 🦃

My family has turkey every year and we always have a LOT of leftovers. With the turkey, my mom makes these delicious stovetop turkey sandwiches. 😋

Last night, I recreated her recipe. Give it a try!

#CAO20 #TryTurkey

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

Did you learn something? #CAO20

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

Last day of "Did you know?" To end it off, I want to share some final interesting fun facts. 🎉

Sheep are such cool animals. I hope you learned a little more about them over these past four days! 🐑

Don't forget the poll in the comments!

#CAO20 #Trylamb

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

Here is the story of me trying lamb for the first time (part 2/2)
and guess which animal it came from. To my surprise, I really enjoyed lamb! I had no idea it was lamb until the answers were shared. This just shows to be optimistic and try new things! #TryLamb #PreCOVID

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

Day3⃣of Did you know? Let's talk about lamb and mutton meat production! Have you ever tried it? The first time I tried lamb was during my freshman year of college. What took me so long? 🤷‍♀️

Don't forget to take the poll in the comments!

#CAO20 #TryLamb

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

Here is the story of me trying lamb for the first time (part 1/2)
One day of the semester during the intro to animal science course, we have the "Beast Feast." During this, meat from various types of animals is cooked and spread throughout the table. If we want, we get to taste

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

Did you learn something about sheep meat production? #CAO20

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

@AggiesOnline During the rest of the competition, I hope to continue improving my content and reflect on the comments of the mentors. I take each remark from the mentors to heart and implement it into the next week's challenge to make my posts better.

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

@AggiesOnline On TikTok I noticed a gain in followers and from viewing their pages, I could see they did not have an agriculture background (at least to my knowledge). It made me realize that people are genuinely curious to learn more about agriculture! 🥰

[Jessica @jschmitt99]

@animalag @AggiesOnline @donschindler @NMMilkMaid @seejessfarm @thefarmbabe @BigALFitz @bigskyfarmher @LukasFricke @jenelleck35 @StreetSmartRD Thank you all so much!!!