While summer and county fairs are still a few months away, Wisconsin dairy cattle judges need to be thinking about renewing or obtaining their Wisconsin Purebred Dairy Cattle Association judging certification. PDCA has scheduled its annual judges training for April 18 at the Vernon County Fairgrounds in Viroqua.

Eugene B. Smalley, emeritus professor of plant pathology and forestry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died Monday, March 25, in Madison. He was 75 years old.

The Wisconsin Cheese Grading Short Course, an intensive two-day course covering the principles and practices involved in grading natural cheeses, will be held June 4-5 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2002 Badger Dairy Camp, June 13 through June 15 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Phil Harris of the Discoverer’s Fund, and Richard and Rosemary Gall of the Carl and Mina Gall Memorial Scholarships, major contributors to the Short Course scholarship funds, received Friend of Short Course awards for 2002 from the Farm and Industry Short Course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The awards were presented Jan. 26 at the annual Short Course alumni reunion in Madison.

Sevie Kenyon and Michael J. Maroney DVM, have joined the staff of the Department of Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in support of the Milk Safety and Quality Program. Kenyon works as the Extension milk safety and quality outreach specialist and Maroney serves as Extension milk safety and quality outreach veterinarian.

The University of Wisconsin Madison Farm and Industry Short Course annual alumni reunion will be held in Madison Saturday, Jan. 26. The reunion will be held at Jingles restaurant, 232 E. Olin Ave., across from the Dane County Alliant Center.

Young dairy experts from Door County had a runner-up finish as Wisconsin’s representatives to the National 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest held Nov. 3 in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Wisconsin team, represented by Dane County, was high team overall at the 80th Annual National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, held Oct. 2 at Madison, Wisconsin.

Entries for the 2002 Wisconsin 4-H Dairy Bowl competition on Jan.26 are due Jan. 4. The event will be at the Spring Hill Middle School in Wisconsin Dells, starting at 9:45 a.m.