This school year I will be competing on the Kansas State University Dairy Judging Team. The cows I will be judging will be giving milk, some 20 lbs. a day (OR MORE).
We judge classes of 4 cows or heifers at a time, and then give oral reasons to an official (aka another judge) who then in turn gives us a score out of 50 points. Your original placings of the cows/heifers are judged against an "official placing" and given a score out of 50.
The point is to get you to choose exemplary livestock and then justify your placings with these aforementioned reasons. I'm sorry if this is confusing.
I judged livestock and meats in high school, but never dairy. I decided that I wanted judging to be a part of my K-State experience and dairy just kind of worked with my schedule. So here I am, embarking on the world of dairy cows.
Tomorrow I begin at 5:30am, now I just need to put phrases like "foreudder" "teat placement" and "defined vertebrae" into my vocabulary. Wish me luck!
Here's a link from the University of Georgia, that shows how I will use these terms in a set of oral reasons.
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