Door County won the State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest held Aug. 7 at the Wisconsin State Fair and earned a trip to compete at the National 4-H Contest in Madison held during World Dairy Expo. Walworth County finished second in the contest and will have the chance to compete at the Pennsylvania All-American Youth Dairy Judging Contest in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, according to contest coordinator Ted Halbach, UW-Madison extension dairy youth specialist.

Matt Wautier of Door Country and Jerome Meyer of Walworth County finished 1-2 in the overall individual competition. Wautier also captured first in the oral reasons portion of the comtest. The other top ten individuals included: Chrissy Wendorf, Vernon County; Lauren DeBruin, Jefferson County; Shelly Bohn, Dodge County; Joe Sarbacker, Dane County; Shay Ott, Calumet County; Pete Kruschke, St. Croix County; Tony Brey, Door County; Alane Uhe, Rock County.

Door County was also the high team in oral reasons, followed by St. Croix County.

A team consisting of Lauren DeBruin of Jefferson County, Shelly Bohn of Dodge County, Joe Sarbacker of Dane County, and Shay Ott of Calumet County will represent Wisconsin at the North American Youth Dairy Judging Contest in Louisville, Ky.. These youth earned a place on the team because of their high individual placings in the contest.

Several volunteers assisted with this year”s contest. Corey Geiger, Dale Sabo, Linda Hodorff, and Jared Haase were the official judges. Kristan Noeldner, dairy youth program assistant, helped coordinate classes and organized the reasons portion of the contest. Melanie Miller and Laura Biesterveld scored the contest.