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
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

The Kewaunee County 4-H dairy project and Rustic Creek Genetics & Boarding (The Kinnard Family) invite you to a hands-on fitting and showing clinic on Saturday, May 24! The event will include two,1.5 – hour sessions on fitting, showing, and all things dairy exhibition. You can attend one or both sessions, and each session will cover different information. A free lunch will be included.

All dairy youth project members are welcome to attend! This is a hands-on event, so come dressed to work outside with cattle.

Kewaunee County Dairy Project members: each session will qualify as one educational meeting. You can earn up to two meeting credits for this event.

Presenter Information:

Jessica-Pralle-Trimner is passionate about showmanship and strives to teach others how to be competitive in the showring. She has learned from and studied some of the best showmen and women across the country. Her passion for success has led her from the bottom of the class to winning many showmanship accolades at local, state, and national competitions. Today, she travels across the state of Wisconsin, judging all levels of showmanship, most notably the Wisconsin State Fair and Wisconsin Dairy Showcase. Jessica is also humbled to serve as a Co-Superintendent for the World Dairy Expo Youth Fitting and Showmanship Contests.

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 2025 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