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 - THURSDAY 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.

Wisconsin State Dairy Cattle Evaluation & Management Handbook

Rubrics

Unified Dairy Cattle Scorecard

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

National FFA Dairy Cattle Evaluation & Management CDE

Results and Awards

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

Grant Ulness Fennimore FFA
Valders FFA Fennimore, WI

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