North Carolina 4-H Dairy Youth Program
2008 Events and Activities

 

Date
Event
Location
Time

Contacts

March 14

Entries due for State 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl

Contest and State 4-H Dairy Skillathon Contest

Dr. Brinton Hopkins 919-515-7592

Nelson McCaskill704- 878-3151

Melissa Staebner 336-679-2061

Brad Johnson 704-216-8973

April 12
State 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest and State 4-H Dairy Skillathon Contest
Iredell County Agricultural Center, Statesville, NC
8:30 a.m.

Dr. Brinton Hopkins 919-515-7592

Nelson McCaskill 704- 878-3151

Brad Johnson 704-216-8973

Ken Vaughn 704-878-3165

Melissa Staebner 336-679-2061

 

 

June 7
State Holstein Black and White Show
Ken Vaughn 704-878-3165
June 13
Applications due for National 4-H Dairy Conference

NC State Extension Dairy Office at NCSU fax no.

(919)515-2152

5:00 p.m

Dr. Brinton Hopkins 919-515-7592

June 13
Central Carolina District Junior Dairy Show

Central Carolina Dairy Barn

Orange Grove, NC

Marti Day 919-691-3062

June 14

Central Carolina Black and White Show

Central Carolina Dairy Barn

Orange Grove, NC

Marti Day 919-691-3062

 

 

June 23-26
National Holstein Convention
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Sheela Wright 336-382-0726
June 23

Location Madison, GA

July 14-18

5:00 p.m

Dr. Brinton Hopkins 919-515-7592

Nancy Keith 336-679-2061

Melissa Staebner 336-679-2061

Elizabeth Moretz 336-679-2061

 
June 24-28
National Jersey Convention
Asheville, NC
Shelley Lutz 704-473-7653
July 19
State Jersey Field Day

Huffard Dairy, Wytheville, VA

10:00 a.m.
July 18
North Carolina Dairy Youth Foundation Golf Tournament
Holly Ridge Golf Links, Sophia, NC

Dr. Brinton Hopkins 919-515-7592

J.D. Brooks 336-359-2042

Craig Pugh 704-873-1761

July 31
First Place county posters for State Dairy Poster Contest Due
NC State Extension Dairy Office at NCSU fax no. (919)515-2152
5:00 p.m.

Dr. Brinton Hopkins

919-515-7592

August 1
Statesville District Junior Dairy Show

Ken Vaughn 704-878-3165

August 5
Guilford County Junior Dairy Show

 

August 6
Greensboro District Junior Dairy Show

Marti Day

919-691-3062

August 8
Interviews and selection session for applicants for the National 4-H Dairy Conference

TBA

TBA

Dr. Brinton Hopkins

919-515-7592

 

August 8 Youth Dairy Day TBA  

Dr. Brinton Hopkins 919-515-7592

Melissa Staebner 336-679-2061

Nelson McCaskill 704- 878-3151

Brad Johnson 704-216-8973

Nancy Keith 336-679-2061

Ken Vaughn 704-878-3165

Shelley Lutz 704-473-7653

Tony McGaha 828-452-6731

Amy Kidd 336-824-4710

Elizabeth Moretz 336-679-2061

Sept. 12
Western District Junior Dairy Clipping and Fitting Contest
WNC Agricultural Center, Fletcher NC
4:30 pm

Tony McGaha

828-456-3575

Sept. 12
Western District Junior Dairy Cattle Show
WNC Agricultural Center, Fletcher NC
7:00 pm

Tony McGaha

828-456-3575

Sept. 13
Open Dairy Cattle Show
WNC Agricultural Center, Fletcher NC
1:00 pm

Tony McGaha

828-456-3575

Sept. 14
Open Junior Dairy Cattle Show
WNC Agricultural Center, Fletcher NC
10:00 am

Tony McGaha

828-456-3575

Sept. 12-16
State 4-H Dairy Judging Team competes at the Pennsylvania All-American Invitational Youth Dairy Judging Contest
Harrisburg, PA
TBA

Dr. Brinton Hopkins

919-515-7592

Ken Vaughn 704-878-3165

Brad Johnson 704-216-8973

TBA
Western District Junior Dairy Show
Tony McGaha 828-456-3575
Sept. 26- Oct. 1
State 4-H Dairy Judging Team competes at the National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest at the World Dairy Expo
Madison, WI
TBA

Dr. Brinton Hopkins 919-515-7592

Ken Vaughn 704-878-3165

Sept. 26- Oct. 42
National 4-H Dairy Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
TBA

Dr. Brinton Hopkins

919-515-7592

TBA
Dixie Classic Fair
Winston-Salem, NC
 
Oct. 23-26
North Carolina State Fair, Dairy Shows
Raleigh, NC

Ken Vaughn 704-878-3165

Nancy Keith 336-679-2061

Nov 18

State 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest

"Senior Division Only"

Rowan County Fairgrounds

TBA

Dr. Brinton Hopkins 919-515-7592

Brad Johnson 704-216-8973

Ken Vaughn 704-878-3165

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