AgBIO COMMUNICATIONS UNIT
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

For release: June 4, 2004
Contact: Darrel Rennich, (605) 693-3215

South Dakota youth attend SDSU dairy camp

BROOKINGS, S.D. – More than 30 South Dakota youth aged 8 to 18 participated in the second annual dairy camp at South Dakota State University, May 25-27. The SDSU Dairy Club hosted the camp.
    “The youth visited SDSU’s dairy plant and made their own ice cream using a coffee can, a zip lock bag, and basic ice cream ingredients,” Dairy Club Advisor Darrel Rennich said. The campers also participated in “Farmer Olympics,” which included team obstacle games such as filling a calf bottle with water, climbing over a stack of straw bales and digging through cottonseed to find golf balls.
    Camp activities on the second day included sessions on fitting, showmanship, judging, and oral reasoning, and a field trip to Crosswinds Dairy of Elkton.
    On May 27, campers and other youth participated in a dairy judging contest. Three classes of cows and two classes of heifers were judged. Judging results were as follows for each age category:
Beginner: Nicole Howe, first; Brittany Rennich, second; Madalyn Plucker, third; Cassidy Wulf, fourth; and Andrew Thyen, fifth.
Junior: Ashley Pigors, first; Brianne Dunn, second; Natalie Thyen, third; Melissa Zemlicka, fourth; and Tina Boldt, fifth.
Senior: Stephanie Vostad, first; Ashley Vostad, second; Jackie Zemlicka, third; Jessica Berg, fourth; and David Kuhl, fifth.
    Dairy camp sponsors included Accelerated Genetics, AMPI, Land O’Lakes Farmland Feed, Tina Vilter-McDonald, Alpharma, Midwest Dairy Association, South Dakota Brown Swiss Association, South Dakota Holstein Association, South Dakota Jersey Association, West Central Soy, Semex USA, and Alltech.


 

Lance Nixon, Editor
AgBio Communications Unit
South Dakota State University
ACC, Box 2231, Rm 200
Brookings SD 57007
Telephone: (605) 688-4653
LANCE.NIXON@SDSTATE.EDU