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, PA 17022. 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 and 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.