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                                State Contest Information
                                
                                
                                 
                                 
                                
                                
                                 
                                
                                
                            
                                    ALL interested individuals need to complete a video submission by April 1, 2025.  Please use this link for video submission :  https://forms.gle/Nn5QH76QB2CNBPZR8    All videos must be submitted by April 1, 2025.  The videos will be reviewed and the top 16 contestants will need to register on the CDE website. The Live State Dairy Handlers CDE uses the WI FFA CDE registration site.   This contest will be limited to 16 contestants.   This CDE will have a video submission component that will determine the16 State level Live Contestants.
 
 DATES:
 Video Preliminary Contest - Open now until April 1, 2025
 LIVE Contest Friday  April 25, 2025
 
 TIME: 8:15 a.m. - End time 1 p.m.   Do not plan to leave until dismissed by CDE Supt
 
 LOCATION: Alliant Energy Center - Madison.  Pavilion #2   Official Dress with Whites required.
 
 Bussing will be provided from UW Campus at - 7:45 a.m.  Contestants MAY ride bus or report directly to the Alliant Energy Center Pavilion #2
 
 
				
                            
			 
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                                Overview
                                
                                
                                 
                                 
                                
                                
                                 
                                
                                
                            
                                    Handlers earn recognition for their ability to present dairy animals during the Dairy Cattle Management and Evaluation CDE. Through participation in the Dairy Cattle Handlers Activity, students learn to work with others in a way that is cooperative, courteous and helpful while demonstrating effective dairy handling skills.
                            
			 
				
                            
			 
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                                Rubrics
                                
                                
                                 
                                 
                                
                                
                                 
                                
                                
                            
                                    National and Wisconsin FFA Dairy Handlers Rubric
 
 Used to score the preliminary and live Dairy Handlers CDE.
 
				
                            
			 
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                                     State winner 2025: Allison Fisher of Gresham
 
 
 
 
				
                            
			 
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