4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl & Skillathon Contest What:  Livestock Bowl is a quiz competition where all the questions are about beef, sheep, swine, and meat goat topics and students use a buzzer in order to answer the questions.  Teams compete in a double elimination format by giving oral answers to questions posed by a moderator.  […]

(WINONA, MN) Cattle and sheep producers are encouraged to join us for the Producing for Profit workshop on December 15, 2018 from 10 AM – 3 PM at the Wilson Fire Hall. Dave Pratt of Ranch Management Consultants will be presenting on farm decisions that run your farm sustainably and profitably while continually improving the […]

Grant County Juniors and Marathon County Senior Teams Top 2018 4-H Livestock Judging Contest (Madison): The State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest was held on Monday, July 23 at the Stock Pavilion at UW-Madison, Madison WI. This annual venue allows the top junior and senior county 4-H Livestock judging teams the opportunity to apply their skills […]

Area Animal Science Days The 2018 Area Animal Science Days were held in Kewaunee, Clark and Lafayette counties.  Youth involved judged breeding and market classes of each of the following species, swine, beef, sheep and in some locations meat goats.  Youth also answered a sets of species questions and seniors judges gave oral reasons on […]

(MADISON) The University of Wisconsin-Madison Saddle & Sirloin Club is announcing the annual Saddle and Sirloin Club Swine Project Awards. Up to five awards of $100 each will be awarded to first or second year swine project members. The Swine Project Awards were introduced to help beginning 4-H or FFA members get started inthe swine […]

View this email in your browser 2018 Wisconsin State Fair DNA/RFID Animal Identification Youth interested in showing market sheep, swine, OR breeding stock crossbred gilts/wether type ewes at the 2018 Wisconsin State Fair Junior Show will need to have their animal projects DNA and RFID identified by the State Fair eligibility deadlines listed below. This identification system […]

Swine Health Rule

  Wisconsin Dairy and Beef Well Being Conference The Wisconsin Dairy and Beef Well-being Conference, slated for March 20 and 21, 2018, will be held at Tundra Lodge Conference Center in Green Bay. It will feature industry-leading professionals addressing animal handling and well-being topics. This conference promises to offer exciting opportunities for farmers, agriculture professionals, […]

Indianhead Sheep and Goat Breeders Association 2018 Small Ruminant Clinic Indianhead Sheep and Goat Breeders Association Small Ruminant Clinic, formally the Indianhead Sheep Breeders Association ”Shepherds Clinic” will be held Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the Conference Center in the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, 1900 College Drive, Rice Lake, WI 54868. The Small Ruminant Clinic […]

  Youth interested in showing market beef, sheep, swine, OR breeding stock commercial heifers/crossbred gilts/wether type ewes at the 2018 Wisconsin State Fair Junior Show will need to have their animal projects DNA and RFID identified by the State Fair eligibility deadlines listed below. This identification system allows animals which are DNA and RFID identified through the […]