4-H Dairy Project

Purpose: The purpose of the 4-H Dairy Project is to provide educational opportunities for youth to learn more about their dairy projects through various hand-on workshops and seminars.

Opportunities in 4-H Dairy Project include:

• Showing
• Clinics and workshops
• Dairy quiz bowl
• Dairy judging

4-H Dairy Forms

• 2009 Dairy Handbook (35 pages, 455 KB
  Included:
  - Dairy Project Calendar and Meetings
  - 2009 State Fair Dairy Guideline Due: February 1
  - James Crowley Dairy Leadership Award Form Due: February 1
  - Dairy Managerial Agreement Due: June 1
  - All-Breed Jr. Dairy Show Rules & Entry Form Due: June 1
  - Dairy ID Sheet Due: June 1
  - Sheboygan County Fair Jr. Dairy Show Production Record Cow
  Form Due: With County Fair Entry to your Club Leader
• County Fair Barn Assignment Worksheet (2 pages, 24 KB) Due: August 14
• Farmerbud Showmanship Form (1 page, 28 KB) Due: August 20 Sponsored by the Sheboygan County Holstein Association
• 4-H Dairy Committee By-laws (2 pages, 29 KB)

Links of Interest

• Wisconsin Dairy Youth
• The American Guernsey Association
• The American Jersey Cattle Association
• American Milking Shorthorn Society
• Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association of the USA
• Holstein Association USA, Inc.
• Animal Premise Identification Is Required The Wisconsin Premises Registration Act requires anyone who keeps, houses, or comingles livestock to register their premises. Premises that are not currently licensed by the Wisconsin DATCP are required to register according to state law. For more information please visit the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium

If you have any questions or need information in regards to 4-H Dairy Program, please contact:

Tina Kohlman, Dairy & Livestock Agent
Phone: (920) 459-5900
E-mail: tina.kohlman@ces.uwex.edu

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