Dairy Cattle

Advanced youth practice body condition scoring, selecting through records, mastitis detection, balancing a ration, pregnancy detection, delivery of calf, promoting dairy products and exploring career opportunities.

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By now you are probably an expert on dairy, or certainly know more than you did when you started this project. Whether you raise one or several project animals, you are in an excellent position to share your experiences with others. Rising to the Top provides several opportunities for you to develop your leadership skills as you strive to complete Level 3 of the Dairy Achievement Programs.

What You’ll Do:

You’ll find activities to help you develop a business, explore careers and teach others. Here are some of the things you’ll do:

• Identify parts of the DHI record
• Debate animal welfare issues
• Inspect a dairy for quality indicators
• Complete a career circle
• Perform a CMT and interpret results
• Give a presentation on embryo transfer
• Detect heat in dairy cattle
• Demonstrate how to detect pregnancy in cattle
• Demonstrate how to deliver a calf 

 Completion Certificate