A team of 4-H dairy cattle judges from Dodge County took first place at the 83rd Annual National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Sept. 27 at World Dairy Expo in Madison. The Wisconsin team placed high team overall out of 30 state 4-H teams, coming in 20 points ahead of second-place Michigan. This marks the fourth year out of the last five that a Wisconsin county team has won the contest.

For the 15th time since 1980, the University of Wisconsin-Madison dairy cattle judging team has won the prestigious Oral Reasons competition at the National Collegiate Dairy Cattle Judging contest. The UW-Madison team placed third overall at the contest; 25 national and international teams competed at World Dairy Expo in Madison.

The Crave brothers of Waterloo, Lawrie Kull of Stillwater, Minn., Robert Rennebohm of Madison, and Robert Williams of Pardeeville will receive Honorary Recognition awards Oct. 27 from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The awards will be presented at a banquet in the Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus.

A team of dairy cattle judges from the University of Wisconsin-Madison competed at the Eastern States Exposition Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Sept. 18 at West Springfield, Mass. The UW-Madison team placed third overall and was second in Milking Shorthorns, Jerseys and Holsteins, and third in Brown Swiss.

Three teams of dairy cattle judges from the University of Wisconsin-Madison competed at the Accelerated Genetics 11th Annual Midwest Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Sept. 19 at Viroqua, Wis. The UW-Madison Team C placed fourth overall, second in Jerseys, and third in oral reasons.

According to a 1999 mandate, all jurisdictions in Wisconsin must have a comprehensive land-use plan by 2010-or risk losing some local authority. While assembling the required plan is no small task, it may have become a little easier, thanks to a web-based toolkit from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association’s Farm Technology Days picnic will be held Wed, Sept. 22 from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Bloomer Memorial Golf Course clubhouse.

Outstanding producing ability was recognized in each of the six dairy breed shows at last week’s Wisconsin Junior State Fair. AgSource/CRI awarded an engraved glass milk pitcher to the exhibitor of the cow with the highest actual 305-day combined butterfat and protein production record. Cows in the three-year-old, four-year-old, five-year-old, aged cow and dry cow classes competed for recognition certificates and consideration for the overall breed production championship. To be eligible for these awards, cows needed to place in the blue or red ribbon groups.

Wisconsin dairy youth provided an up-close look at the state’s dairy industry for urban fairgoers at last week’s Wisconsin Junior State Fair. County exhibits featuring top-notch cattle and dairy promotional themes were judged as a part of the herdsmanship competition. Dairy youth exhibitors from 46 Wisconsin counties competed for the title of champion herdsmen.

Dodge County won the State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest held Aug. 11 at the Wisconsin State Fair and earned a trip to compete at the National 4-H Contest in Madison during World Dairy Expo. Dane County finished second in the contest and Grant County placed third. Grant County also earned the opportunity to compete at the Pennsylvania All-American Youth Dairy Judging Contest in Harrisburg, Pa.