Youth Dairy

Youth Dairy Information and Forms

Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) is required for youth exhibiting livestock (dairy, sheep, rabbit, poultry, goat, hogs, beef) at the Kewaunee County Fair. Training is available online. If you would like to request hardship assistance to pay for your training, please contact Aerica Bjurstrom 920-388-7138 or aerica.bjurstrom@wisc.edu to request a coupon. Requests will be kept confidential. Online training is available here: https://yqcaprogram.org/

Meeting Dates and Locations

2025 Dairy Judging Dates – All times are 7:00 PM
Tuesday, March 25 – 4H conference room, Kewaunee County Fairgrounds
Monday, March 31 – Gaedtke’s Rolling Hills Dairy, 3265 County Rd AB, Luxemburg
Saturday, April 5 – Spring Dairy Tour – see below for registration link
Thursday, April 10 – Jauquet Holsteins
Wednesday, April 16 – Lambrecht Dairy, 669 St Peters Road, Kewaunee
Monday, April 21 – Old Settler’s Dairy (Schlies)
Saturday, May 24 – Fitting and Showing Workshop – Brent & Karri Kinnard farm

Map of the Gaedtke farm

Spring Dairy Tour – April 5:
Registration for the spring dairy tour is now open! Anyone can attend, but registration is REQUIRED! The morning and afternoon events count for one dairy project meeting each for Kewaunee County 4-H project members. If you attend only the morning session, that’s one meeting; if you attend only the afternoon session, that’s one meeting. If you attend both sessions, that’s two meetings! You can attend one or both events to earn credit toward your project requirements.

Livestock Association Auction Information

Kewaunee County 4-H Livestock Association Auction Procedures & Qualifications – 2024-2025

Dairy Judging

Dairy Cow Unified Scorecard

Showmanship

Dairy Judging Videos and Resources

Dairy Judging 101 Video

Dairy Judging 101 Practice Classes

Oral Reasons Video 1

Oral Reasons Video 2

Dairy Judging 101 Videos (Virginia Tech)

Dairy Judging Workbook

Dairy Cattle and Produ cts Judging Resources

Judging Dairy Cattle

Dairy Judging Terminology

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2025 Holstein Breeders Scholarship

Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Kewaunee County Holstein Breeders Scholarship.

Applicants must be currently enrolled or a high school senior intending to enroll as a full-time student in a Bachelor’s Program at any college or university; or a two-year Associate Degree Program at any technical college or Short Course. The applicant must plan to pursue further education within the next school year.

This scholarship is open only to Ag-related careers.

Applications should be completed and postmarked on or before July 1, 2025, to:

Jeremy Schlies
6452 Old Settlers Road
Denmark, WI 54208

Scholarship Application 2025