2019 Hangzhou, China

June 22-27, 2019
21 Teams:  Representing 9 countries and 14 universities
Case: Bioceres S.A: Ag Biotechnology Expansion from an Emerging Country

1^st Place

Graduate

Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Zhelin Wang
Jiayan Cao
Ying Feng
Ying S

2^nd Place

Michigan State University, USA

Intermediate

1^st Place

South Dakota State University, USA

Derek Nehring
Richard Mulder  
Nikita Medvedev
Austin Broin

2nd Place

FoodHQ New Zealand  

Tiffany McIntrye
Iriana Keeys
Issac Amoah
James Robertson
Pictured with Industry Mentor, Nicola Shadbolt

Young Professionals

1^st Place

University New England, Australia

Juwan Niania 
Sarah Rohr
Natalie Hughes
Christopher Hallion

2^nd Place

FoodHQ New Zealand

Mat Sycamore
Megan Robertson
Jack Keeys
Alton Gondipon
Nick Walker
Pictured with Industry Mentor, Nicola Shadbolt

Undergraduate 

1^st Place

University of New England, Australia Team 1

Christopher Parker
Anna Horton
Stephanie Murphy

2^nd Place

University New England, Australia Team 2

James Allen
Jack Carter
Angus O'Neill
Annika Brosnan

2018 Buenos Aires, Argentina

June 23-27, 2018
Total Teams: 20 
Theme: Sustainable Food Security 2050: Disruptive Innovations 

1^st Place

Graduate

Michigan State University, USA

Samantha Lucia Padilla
Angelos Lagoudakis
Carolina Vargas
Brian Bartle

2^nd Place

Santa Clara University, USA

George Borden
Kelli Bruggeman
Dianna Dai
Matthew Shahbazian

Intermediate

1^st Place

University of New England, Australia

Lucy Collingridge
Christina Stannard
Mikayla Bruce
Emma McCrabb

2nd Place

University of Pretoria, South Africa   

Jodie Vasloo

Young Professionals

1^st Place

International Team

Melissa Vander Merwe, University of Pretoria, SA
Hein Gerwel, University of Stellenbosch, SA
Philip Van Zanten, Beekenkamp, Netherlands
Steve Timmers, Red Star, Netherlands

2^nd Place

International Team

Tim Zwinkels, Netherlands

Undergraduate 

1^st Place

University of Guelph, Canada

Hayden Fox
Michelle Ragany
Saran Preston



2^nd Place

University New England, Australia

Damien Thompson
Rebecca George
Sarah Loveridge
Tyla Comerford

Spanish Teams

1^st Place

Universidad ESPAE - ESPOL, Ecuador

Daniel Chamorro
David Santamaria
Margot Cabrera
Gabriela Alvarez

2^nd Place

Universidad Austral, Argentina

Pablo MacClay
Franco Granda
Danilo Perrone
Federico Williner

2017 Miami, USA

June 18 - 21, 2017
Case: AgBalanceTM  
Total Teams: 20  

1^st Place

Advanced Graduate

Team South Africa

 JW Swanepoel (University of the Free State), 
Melissa van der Merwe (University of Pretoria) 
Heinrich Jantjies (University of Stellenbosch)
 Johann Boonzaaier (University of Stellenbosch)

Graduate Intermediate

Michigan State University


Brian Bartle
Samantha Padilla
Stephen Morgan
Carolina Vargas

Undergraduate

University New England, Australia
Rebecca Clapperton
Max Laurie
Sarah Wall

2^nd Place

Graduate Advanced

Purdue University, USA
Andrew Johnson
Nathan Daninger
Wes Davis
Jorge Barrientos

Graduate Intermediate

University of Georgia, USA
Rance Paxton
Gabrielle Buono
Mary Kate Bagwell

Undergraduate

Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Jiayan Wei
Lu Huang
Yafen Ye
Junxuan Chen
Pictured with Advisor: Professor Tsai Chung-Chou

2016 Aarhus, Denmark

June 19 - 23, 2016
Case: AgBalanceTM  
Total Teams: 25  Competing Universities

1^st Place

Advanced Graduate

Santa Clara University, USA
Jamie   Monk
Mark Peters
Campbell Oreglia
Robert Gregory Pruett
Courtney Robinson

Graduate Intermediate

World Team Combined Universities
Mateusz Ciasnocha, Ciasnocha Family Farms, Poland
Dhananjay (DJ) Apparao, Massey University, New Zealand
Clementina Ajayi, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Sheng Leslie Joevenller, Uppsala University, Sweden
Olaniran (Niran)Thompson, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

Undergraduate

New Mexico State University, USA
Shayna Gallacher
Emily Russell
Julianna Wilbanks

2^nd Place

Graduate Advanced

USA Combined Team
Iker Huacuja Goya, Texas A&M University
Tory Matthys, Texas A&M University
Vincent Cupertino, University of Tampa
Kelsey Yorke, University of Tampa
Joanna  Karavolias, University of Florida

Graduate Intermediate

South Africa, Combined Universities
Johann Boonzaaier, Stellenbosch University
Heinrich Jantjies, Stellenbosch University
Melissa Van Der Merwe, University of Pretoria

Undergraduate

Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Ruiqian Chen
Jing Yang
Changyu Liu
Yue Wang

2015 Saint Paul,  USA 
June 14 - 17, 2015 
Case: Monsanto and The Climate Corporation 
Total Teams: 20  Competing Universities

1^st Place

Michigan State University, USA

Tatevik Avetisyan

Kendra Levine

Andrea Leschewski

Leonard Polzin

Pictured with: William Nelson, President CHS Foundation

2^nd Place

Purdue University, USA

Kim Ha

Yangxuan Liu

Brian Bourquard

David Boussios

 

Pictured with: William Nelson, President CHS Foundation

3^rd Place

Canada, Combined Universities

Ashley Harnarine, University of Guelph

Bailey Sherratt, University of Guelph

Anthony Dube, University of Guelph

Phyllis   MacCallum, University of Lethbridge

Monica Gorham, University of Lethbridge

 

Pictured with: William Nelson, President CHS Foundation

4^th Place

Kansas State University, USA

Becatien Yao

Noah Miller

Kayode Ajewole

Oladipo Omembe            

 

Pictured with: William Nelson, President CHS Foundation

2014 Cape Town, South Africa

June 14 - 19, 2014.  
Case: 1-Preliminary: VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya
2-Final: Diageo: Innovating for Africa  
Total Teams: 20 Competing Universities

1^st Place

Purdue University, USA

David Boussios 

J.W. Fansler

Rachel Carnegie

John Tobin

John Lai

2^nd Place

Santa Clara University, USA
Courtney Robinson
Jennifer Visscher
Michael Billikopf
Quentin Topping
Rudolf Siwy

3rd Place

Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Aglaia Fischer
Tessa Beentjes
Dorianne Wegen
Jelle Baumgärtel

4^th Place

InHolland University, The Netherlands
Rodin Affourtit
Julian Langelaan
Sebastiaan van Rijn
Tom Verschoor
Norbert Jongerius

Video of Teams Preparing for the Cape Town Case Competition

2013 Atlanta, USA
June 16 - 20, 2013. 
Case: 1-Preliminary: Corporate Social Responsibility in Swedish Food Retail: The Case of Tiger Shrimp
2-Final: Mutti S.p.a 
Total Teams: 22 Competing Universities

1^st Place

Santa Clara University, USA   Team Presentation
Zachary Wise
Tina Cosentino 
Ngoc Ngo
Michael Billikopf
Alvin Chen

2^nd Place

University of Hawaii, USA
Bikash   Paudel
Jacqueline Halbrendt
Cynthia  Lai
Mary Pleasant

3^rd Place

Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Jasper   de Lange
Aglaia Fischer
Alison Jenkins
Marieke van Deelen

4^th Place

Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Jun Yang
Qianqian Yin
Xuerui   Zhao
Wei  Yao
Fei Huang

2012 Shanghai, China
June 10 - 14, 2012
Case: ANZCO: Addressing the Chinese Market
Total Teams: 17  Competing Universities

1^st Place

Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Chen Yu
Mingxuan Liu
Qianru Yao
Yiwei Yan
Wuyi Lu
Pictured with Advisor: Professor Tsai Chung-Chou

 

2^nd Place

Texas A&M University, USA
Marta Wlodarz
Lauren Payne
Luqun Xie
Theepakorn Jithitikulchai

3^rd Place

University of Guelph, Canada
Ben Bickers
Natalie Gustar-Nicholls
Dave Howard
Swapnil Pradhan

4^th Place

Purdue University, USA
John Lai
Michael Veldstra
Zhihua Hu
David Ortega
Jiangyi   Qian

Video of Preparation for Student 2012 Student Case Competition

2011 Frankfurt, Germany
June 20 - 23, 2011
Case: Grameen Danone Foods Limited (GDF)
Total Teams: 10  Competing Universities

1^st Place

Kansas State University, USA
Cooper Morris
Jaeljattin Jaen
Jessica Johnson
David Bousios
Brady Brewer

2^nd Place

Santa Clara University, USA
Justin Porter
Dylan Salisbury
Briant Avants
Didier Tshimbalanga
Suhas Mehta  

3rd Place

InHolland University, Netherlands
Pimvan Adrichem
Eric Benyon
Woutervan den Bosch
Nicole Zorgman

2010 Boston, USA
June 19 - 22, 2010
Case: California Water Wars
Total Teams: 13  Competing Universities

1^st Place

University of Guelph, Canada
Steven Clarke
Matthew Ball
Amy Nodwell
Nicole Beechey

2^nd Place

The College of Wooster , USA
Josh Madson
Michael Peters
Russell Buckwald

3^rd Place

INHOLLAND University, Netherlands
Jakobus Arie (Jorran) Van Der Meijs
Kevin Timothy Van Ijperren
Eric Paul Van Westenbrugge
Yoeri Samwel

4^th Place

University of Sao Paulo,  Brazil
Carla Baraldi Artoni
Leticia Serra Tavares
Lucas Sciencia do Prado
Jose Guilherme A. Noguerira

2009 Budapest, Hungary
June 19 - 22, 2009
Case: Green Care Amsterdam & Banffi Soda Limited Partnership
Total Teams: 7  Competing Universities

1^st Place Tie

University Guelph, USA
Blair Cameron
Emily Bogaert
Nicole Beechey
Matthew Ball

Santa Clara University, USA
Michael Enos
Chien-sheng (Andrew) Tseng
Irene Cermeño
Danielle Wenzel

2008 Monterey, USA
June 14 - 17, 2008
Case: Greene Gardens
Total Teams: 6  Competing Universities

1^st Place

International Team
Ma. Mercedes Barilatti, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kateryna Goychuk, University of Tennessee, USA
Fafanyo Asiseh, University of Idaho, USA
Joy Mullady, University of Florida, USA
Advisor: Dr. Michael Gunderson, University of Florida, USA

2^nd Place

Santa Clara University, USA
Lisa Stapleton
Abhihit Joshi
Meher Shah
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Starbird. Also pictured with Dr. Gregory Baker

 

3^rd Place

New Mexico State University, USA
Brandon Winchester
Shawna McClain
Ben Wilson
Ryan McConnaughey

Advisor: Dr. Jay Lillywhite 

2007 Parma, Italy
June 14 - 17, 2007
Case: Parma KN
Total Teams: 9  Competing Teams

 1^st Place

USA Combined Universities
Andres Silva, Texas A&M University, USA
Ninfa Calli Skipper, University of Florida, USA
Lisa Stapleton, Santa Clara University, USA
Pictured with: competition sponsor Pietro Gandolfi, Società Parmense Insediamenti Produttivi, Italy and Gregory Baker, Case Conference Chair

2^nd Place

University of Guelph, Canada
Nada Malusa
Katie Cheesmond
Alex Kissler
Tod Steward
Pictured with advisors: Elliot Currie and Melanie Lang