All through my years in High School in 4-H and FFA, I did almost every activity that had to do with livestock. I showed sheep and beef, judged livestock and meats, and quiz bowls. I've always loved working at home with the dairy animals, but never thought about getting involved in anything off the farm.
That has all changed in the last 2 years. As my previous posts have said, I am involved in K-State Dairy Science Club, participated in Dairy Challenge and have taken Dairy classes and taken dairy related trips.
But now, I am officially a Dairy Cattle Judger! I just recently returned from Madison, WI after judging at the World Dairy Expo. My team and I have been preparing for this contest for 5 weeks, and that's about all the time I've had to learn everything about dairy cattle and giving dairy cattle reasons. All the work paid off! This past weekend, the K-State dairy judging team finished 13th out of 19 teams. Not bad for a rather inexperienced team! My teammate Cassandra and I led our team in reasons scores, but Cassandra led us all in placings!
It was a great time to be in Wisconsin as well and hanging out at the Dairy Expo talking to dairy industry professionals and watching the show of the serious Elite dairy cattle!
It was a great experience and in November, we will be heading to Louisville, KY for the National contest and then to Fort Worth, TX in January to finish off the season. Will be super fun and an amazing experience. It really is an amazing opportunity.
Hope life is bringing great surprises and wonderful promises to everyone's lives! Take Care! God Bless!!
