What is this Project About?
The 4-H Dairy Project allows you to learn about breeds, selection, grooming, production, management, showmanship, marketing, and careers through a dairy animal.
Grow in Your Project
Starting Out
- Identify different dairy breeds
- Learn proper feeding of dairy cows
- Prepare a project animal for show by leading and caring for it.
- Learning how to properly exhibit your dairy animal and in showmanship
- Identify how a healthy calf and cow looks and acts
Learning More
- Learn the appropriate handling techniques and housing for a dairy animal
- Exploring different opportunities within the project
- Learning the difference between each of the breeds
- Exploring how the dairy cows body works
Going Further
- Balance a dairy cows ration
- Learn how to manage a cow and a new born calf
- Take a calf and follow it to a cow
- Learn how to read a pedigree
- Properly identify and learn how to treat common diseases
- Learn how to properly fill and get your animal ready for the ring
Take Your Project Further!
- Tour a local dairy farm
- Visit show dairy farm
- Interview a local dairy farmer in your area
- Learn more about different dairy brands in Wisconsin
- Job shadow with a local dairy producer or veterinarian to learn more about animal management and health
- Attend a dairy show to listen to the judges oral reasons and witness different judging styles
- Participate in a dairy project workshop or be on your counties 4-H Dairy Judging or Dairy Bowl Team
- Discover different diary products and by-products
- Exhibit or attend a local, district, state, national or international shows and conferences
Resources
- Dairy Lifetime Record
- For livestock-related forms and resources, check out our livestock project information page.
- *Additional resources available at the Shawano County Extension Office
