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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
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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,
+ro+ortionate to *ody0
)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,
+ro+ortionate to *ody0
)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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