Wisconsin Youth Livestock Program

The Wisconsin 4-H Quiz Bowl and Skillathon contests were both held on Saturday, March 3 at University of Wisconsin Madison Animal Sciences Building.   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 [...]

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The Wisconsin Livestock Breeders Association (WLBA) will hold their 101st Annual Meeting & Recognition Banquet on Saturday, March 24th at the UW-Arlington Research Station Public Events Facility, starting at 12:30 pm. Additionally, educational sessions for both youth and adults will start at 9 am and will feature topics such as Introduction to Meat Judging, Skillathon [...]

The team from Columbia County took top honors in the senior division of the State 4-H meats Contest held Feb 18 at University of Wisconsin Madison Meat Laboratory.  Team members were Jessica Taylor, Hannah Taylor, Amanda Wendt and Emily Seib.  They were coached by Todd Taylor and Jessica Palmer.  These 4-H members will represent Wisconsin [...]

The care and well-being of dairy and beef cattle is the focus of the upcoming Midwest Dairy and Beef Husbandry Conference to be held on March 1, 2012 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI. Dairy and beef producers, their employees, veterinarians, and anyone working with cattle are encouraged to attend this conference offered [...]

UW Extension will be hosting a series of Meat Animal Project Webinars this winter for Fair Board staff, meat animal project superintendents and project volunteers who help create policy and structure to county livestock projects.  These webinars are held in county extension offices throughout the state of Wisconsin and run from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 [...]

The MAQA Train the Advisor Trainings will be offered via Webinar.  This is an online method of certification that will be offered on Jan. 12th  and Feb 23rd .  Individuals interested in receiving certification should contact one of the host counties to register and receive location information. The MAQA Train-the-Advisor Trainings are: Jan. 12 from [...]

Do you want to learn how to share the agriculture story with fairgoers and consumers? Sign up for Ag Truths not tails conf. Deadline Jan 11. Look forward to seeing you there.   http://fyi.uwex.edu/agtruthsnottails/registration-materials/

The 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl and State 4-H Skillathon contests will be held together on Saturday March 3, 2012 at UW Madison Animal Sciences Building, Madison, WI.  Deadline for registration is Friday, Feb 24, 2012.   The cost is $6 per youth.   Registration starts at 9 a.m., competitions start at 9:30 a.m.  Teams are encouraged to [...]

The state 4-H Meats Judging Contest is scheduled for February 18th at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Meat Laboratory.  Registration is from 12:30 to 1 p.m. with the contest starting at 1 p.m.  The highest scoring senior team will participate in the National 4-H Meat Judging Contest in Manhattan, KS.  The second place senior [...]