Dairy Judging

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Dairy Judging Training

Charles F. Hutchison, Ph.D.

LSU AgCenterMarch 2 ! 2", 2#$#


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Objectives of Training a DairyJudging Team

Improve communication skills!ublic "peaking"peaking concisely

Taking #otesOrganiing thoughts

$eing a team member

$uild "elf %ondence


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Funda%entals

& 'ecogni(e the di))erent *reeds o) dairy cattle

& Learn the +arts o) the dairy co

& Learn hat traits and +arts are i%+ortant

& -aluate and co%+are to the ideal& Learn co%+aratie ter%inology

& -aluate and %a/e a decision.

& Pre+are and organi(e their thoughts anddecisions0 and +resent the% in a logical, clear,concise and conincing %anner *oth orally andritten.


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State Contest

& Conducted at LSU AgCenter Dairy Far%

on Ca%+us

&All classes ill *e Holsteins

& Classes o) lactating cos

& Classes o) hei)ers

& Placing on all 1 classes& ral reasons on the classes o) cos at

the "3H Mini3)ar% *uilding


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'-SU'C-S

& .holstein)oundation.org

& C-4 5 ideos and D4Ds

& ther Agents& Lie ani%al training sessions
http://www.holsteinfoundation.org/http://www.holsteinfoundation.org/


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Breeds of Dairy Cattle

6 Ma7or 8reeds and Seeral

Minor or 'are 8reeds


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Dairy Cattle Facts

-Most were imported

from Europe

-Most do better in temperate climates:

Milk production goes down in

extreme hot weather

-Most have horns:

hysically removed !de-horned" when calves

Few polled !born with no horns" bulls available


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Dairy CattleTerms

bull - Mature male dairy animalcow - Mature female dairy; shows

evidence of having produced one or morecalves

heifer - female dairy animal that has notborne a calf

calf - male or female dairy animal underone year of age

springer cow or heifer showing signs ofpregnancy

breed characteristics - physical traits that

differentiate one breed from another


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Dairy CattleTerms

dairy herd improvement records (D!"

production records #ept on producing dairy

cattle

mammary system - parts of the cow directlyresponsible for producing and storing mil#

disposition - manner in which an animal acts;

$uiet% docile% vicious

pedigree - register of lines of ancestry


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Dairy CattleTerms

dairy character - characteristics indicatingthe animal will be useful in the dairy

industrybutterfat - percent of fat in the mil#mil# production - amount in pounds of

mil# that a cow produces during a

lactation period lactation - span of time that a cow is

giving mil#Dry Cow mature cow that is not lactating

but is in late gestation&


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Holstein

& rigin9 :etherlands& Second oldest o) the

+ure dairy *reeds

& Color9 8lac/ and hite or

red and hite ith%ar/ings clearly de)ined.

& Head9 Clean cut

+ro+ortionate to *ody0

)orehead *road and%oderately dished

& Si(e9 $;## l*


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#olstein

-$argest of all %&'& Dairy (reeds

-#ighest Milk

roducer-$owest breed for

milk components

-)ccount for *+, of all dairy

breeds in the %&'&


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Jersey

& rigin9


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>uernsey

& rigin9 uernsey& Color9 Shade o) )an

ith hite %ar/ings

clearly de)ined0 a clear

?*u))@ %u((le is+re)erred oer a s%o/y

or *lac/ %u((le

& Head9 clean cut,)orehead *road and

slightly dished

& Si(e9 $$## 5 $$;# l*


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Ayrshire

& rigin9 Scotland& Color9 Light to dee+ cherry

red, %ahogany, *ron or

a co%*ination o) any o)

these colors ith hite orhite alone

& Head9 Clean cut,


)orehead *road and

%oderately dished

& Si(e9 $2## l*


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8ron Siss

& rigin9 Sit(erland& Color9 Solid *ron arying

)ro% ery light to dar/0

%u((le is *lac/ encircled

*y a %ealy colored ring

& Head9 Clean cut,


)orehead *road and

slightly dished

& Si(e9 $"## l*


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Mil/ing Shorthorn

& rigin9 -ngland

& Color9 -ither red, red

and hite or roan

& Head9 Clean cut+ro+ortionate to *ody0

)orehead *road and

%oderately dished

& Si(e9 $2;# 5 $;# l*


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'ed ! hite

& rigin9 Holland

& Color9 red and hite

& Head9 Clean cut

+ro+ortionate to *ody0)orehead *road and

slightly dished

& Si(e9 $"## l*


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Dairy BreedsMil# 'roduction acts

Breed 'ercent Butterfat 'ounds Butterfat 'ounds

Mil# 'rod

olstein )&** +,) .%/0

1yrshire)&.0 0*. 2%)./

3ersey 2&+0 */ )%,4,

Brown 5wiss 2&,) *,* 0%,*4

6uernsey 2&0+ * )%)*)

Thin# about this7

& 8hich breed produced the most total pounds of mil#7 8hy do thin# this is

so7

4& 8hy would butterfat be important to mil#7

)& 8hat breed produced the lowest total pounds of butterfat7

2& 8hat would you thin# the most popular breed of Dairy cattle would be

9udging from this data7 8hy7

0& 8hat is the definition of mil# production7 8hy would a cow be lactating7


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Minor Dairy 8reed

& DeBter

& rigin9 o*scure could*e cross *eteen

Deon and erry& :atie ho%e is

southern +art o)


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Minor Dairy 8reed

& Danish 'ed

& rigin9


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Minor Dairy 8reed

& Dutch 8elted ?La/enelder@

& rigin9 Holland

& The Dutch 8elted *reed

)lourished in the U.S. as adairy *reed )ro% around

$E$;3$="#.

& Today they are one o) the

rare *reeds o) liestoc/ in

:orth A%erica, ith )eer

than 2## registered cattle in

the country.


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Minor Dairy 8reed

& The Sedish 'ed3and3hite is the %ostco%%on dairy *reed)ound in Seden.


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Minor Dairy 8reed

& Mil/ing Deon

& rigin9 Deonshire

-ngland

& First i%+orted to theU.S. in $12 to

Ply%outh Colony.

& Tri+le +ur+ose *reed


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Minor Dairy 8reed

& >ir

& rigin9 Southest


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Dairy Breeds'arts of a Dairy Cow

Dairy Breeds


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Dairy Breeds'arts of a Dairy Cow :ui


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Dairy Cattle 3udging

8hich animal would be considered desirable7

8hat terms would you use to describe the differences7

8hich animal shows the best general appearance7

1re these cows or heifers7 8hy7


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Dairy Cattle 3udging

8hich animal would be considered desirable7 8hat terms would you use to describe the differences7

8hich shows more dairy character7 8hat are the

indicators7

8hat about the udder7


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