This general poster session will be part of the Animal Agriculture & the Environment graduate student poster competition. The purpose of the Graduate Student Poster Awards Program of the Animal Agriculture & the Environment Community is to recognize outstanding poster contributions presented by graduate students at the Annual Meetings. The Session Organizer will prepare a list of all posters to be judged. Judging will be according to prescribed criteria developed by the Community Awards Committee. Judges are to be selected by the Community Awards Committee. Judges will visit each eligible poster as they are presented, and score each poster. Scores will be summarized and discussed by the Committee to determine award recipients. Three awards will be presented, one First-Place award and two Runner-Up awards, to the top three scores determined by the judges. The outstanding posters and authors will be recognized during the Community Business Meeting and/or via email to the Community after the annual meeting. A monetary award and a certificate will be presented to each one of the winners.