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Dairy Cattle Evaluation

 
     
State Contest Information      
ALL interested teams need to enter a Regional Qualification Dairy Cattle CDE Event & place in the top 5 - 7 teams to advance to the next CDE Level.

DATE: Live State Dairy Cattle CDE Event - FRIDAY April 25, 2024.   Teams MAY ride bus from campus or report directly to Pavilion #2 at Alliant Energy Center

Time:  7:45 am BUS DEPART  (bus depart from UW -Stock Pavilion @ 7:45)  - 1 p.m.   Registration 7:45 a.m. Contest start time =8: 15 a.m.    Teams will be dismissed by Contest Supt.   Do NOT plan to depart earlier than 1 p.m.

Location: Live Contest on April 25th will held at Alliant Energy Center (Pavilion #2)  in conjunction with the Spring Dairy Showcase cattle event. 

Overview      
Students develop skills important to dairy cattle selection and herd management via this team-based event. The Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Management Career Development Event (CDE) helps students develop skills in dairy cattle selection and herd management. Participants evaluate the cattle’s physical characteristics, explain their various classes and analyze a herd record as a team.



Resources:      

Practice Scantron
Recommended resources for student preparation are:

Dairy Cattle Evaluation 

PDCA Dairy Cow Unified Scorecard

Holstein Foundation’s Dairy Judging Workbook
Type Analysis Questionnaire
Oral Reasons Guidelines

Oral Reasons Practice Card

Oral Reasons Practice Card with Text

National FFA Dairy Evaluation Videos

For Dairy Cattle Management
FFA Textbook Modern Livestock & Poultry Production - 9th edition by Frank Flanders/Jim Gillespie, Section 9 Dairy Cattle - Chapters 39-46 
DHI Herd Summary Interpretive Manual
Sample DHI Herd Summary Sheet

National FFA past CDE materials, https://ffa.app.box.com/s/poub01x84xi9wl6sjznjw4khpiy0d9n6

Hoard’s Dairyman—judging contest and materials, youth tests, quiz questions, and current industry issues, www.hoards.com

Cornell University Department of Animal Science Dairy Resources, http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/4h/dairycattle/dairyresources.html

Virginia Dairy Quiz Bowl study materials, https://www.youth.dasc.vt.edu/quiz-bowl.html

Holstein Foundation Education Workbooks, http://www.holsteinfoundation.org/education/workbooks.html

Holstein Foundation Youth Programs: Dairy Bowl Materials, http://www.holsteinfoundation.org/youthprograms/dairybowl.html  

For dairy cattle pedigrees 

Holstein Foundation’s Pedigree Workbook


Results and Awards      
2024 Wisconsin Dairy Cattle CDE Top Individual - Summer Hammann - Barron FFA
2024 Dairy Cattle Top Team - Colby FFA

2023 Wisconsin Dairy Cattle CDE Top Individual                            2023 Dairy Cattle Top Team

Grant Ulness Fennimore FFA
Valders FFA Fennimore, WI

Photo Gallery      


2024 State Winning Team

Dairy Cattle 1st Place team JAZMYN HEEG COLBY

Dairy Cattle 1st Place team Breanne Zawislan COLBY

Dairy Cattle 1st Place team Ella Raatz COLBY

Dairy Cattle 1st Place team JENELLE ERTL COLBY

    		 
Dairy Cattle Evaluation  
     
Superintendent: Ashley Yager and Jackie McCarville
   
  
aayager@uwalumni.com   jackie.mccarville@wisc.edu
 
   

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