In dairy judging, youth evaluate classes of dairy cows and heifers and are then asked to defend their placings through oral reasoning. Youth learn the dairy cow unified scorecard and major breakdowns, anatomy of the dairy cow, along with dairy judging terminology. Allamakee County had eight 4-H’ers represented at the State 4-H Dairy Judging contest held at the Iowa State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 7 in Des Moines. They made up two teams, one Junior Division and one Senior Division. 

The following youth participated in the...