W.D. Hoard’s bronze likeness has welcomed visitors to the UW-Madison’s agricultural campus since 1922. After eight decades of watching over Henry Mall, Hoard’s statue has gotten a professional makeover.

A team of dairy cattle judges from the University of Wisconsin-Madison took first place with the high team overall score at the 34th All American Dairy Show Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest, Sept. 23 at Harrisburg, Pa.

Discovery Farms welcomes Jim Leverich to its staff. Leverich will serve as Discovery Farms’ On-Farm Research Coordinator in western and southern Wisconsin.

Applications for the 2002-2003 session of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy Farmers on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus must be received by Oct. 1. Classes begin Nov. 11 and run through March 28, 2003.

Prospective students have until Oct. 1 to register for the 2002-2003 Farm and Industry Short Course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

It’s still not too late to purchase tickets for the Wisconsin 4-H Calf Raffle. Raffle tickets cost $5 each with ten tickets per book. 4-H youth who sell the tickets receive one free raffle ticket for every ten they sell. The drawing for the winning ticket will be held at World Dairy Expo, Sunday, Oct. 6.

Discovery Farms is pleased to announce the addition of Bill Pearson to its staff. Pearson will serve as an on-farm research coordinator, working with the privately owned network of Discovery Farms to organize and assist on research and special projects. Pearson’s office is located at UW-Stevens Point.

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.

A new youth-oriented video on dairy show ethics entitled “The Rules Are Black And White – And They Apply To All Breeds” has been developed and released by video executive producer Ted Halbach, University of Wisconsin-Madison extension dairy youth specialist, and writer-producer-host, Dr. Jeff Goodwin at the University of Idaho.

County dairy exhibitors at last week’s Wisconsin Junior State Fair Dairy Show incorporated educational displays to inform urban consumers about the dairy industry. The educational displays were part of each county’s dairy cattle exhibit at the fair.