Plan now to attend Youth Dairy and Livestock Day

Three locations to offer daylong programs

Penn State Extension’s Youth Dairy Day has expanded into Youth Dairy and Livestock Day. This free program is open for youth ages 8 to 18 and is being offered at three locations throughout Pennsylvania. This workshop will provide a variety of fun educational activities with hands-on participation. Each event will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with lunch included.

Parents and anyone interested in dairy and livestock industries are encouraged to attend. Youth do not need to be a member of 4-H to participate. Included in the variety of production and herd management subjects will be bedding choices, genetics, medication, tagging, and much more!

Events will be held:

• Monday, June 27, Elizabethtown Fairgrounds, 900 E. High St., Elizabethtown, PA17022. Registration deadline is June 24.
• Wednesday, June 29, Indiana County Fairgrounds, 803 Hospital Rd., Indiana, PA 15701. Registration deadline is June 27
• Thursday, June 30, Huntingdon County Fairgrounds, 10455 Fairgrounds Access Rd., Huntingdon, PA 16652. Registration deadline is June 27.

A competition at the close of the event will involve having youth implement the knowledge they learn throughout the day by working together as a team to complete various activities.

Topics offered at the sessions include:

• Good night’s sleep: Bedding choices
• Not too skinny, not too fat: Body condition scoring
• Whole, cracked, or ground: Feed ingredient processing
• Make that dairy calf meaty: Genetic selection decisions for beef on dairy
• How much do they get? Reading medication labels
• Who are you? Do you need testicles?
• Tagging and castrating demonstrations

To register, visit https://extension.psu.edu/youth-dairy-and-livestock-day.