Minnesota 4-H took top honors at the 103rd National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest at the World Dairy Expo on Sunday September 28th in Madison Wisconsin. The MN team was comprised of Wabasha County 4-Hers Blake Siewert, Ashley and Emily Mellgren, and Nolan Kruger.
The Minnesota team edged out the 2nd place team from Wisconsin by 5 points. 84 youth from 23 teams across the nation judged 10 classes and gave 5 sets of oral reasons.
Results below for the MN team.
1st overall team
4th place team reasons
1st place team placings
1st place team Jerseys
1st place team Holsteins
3rd place team Brown Swiss
Blake: 3rd reasons, 5th overall, 10th Holstein, 3rd Jersey
Emily: 5th reasons, 4th overall, 7th Guernsey, 6th Holstein, 8th Jersey
Ashley: 7th reasons, 28 overall, 9th Ayrshire, 3rd Guernsey
Nolan: 9th placings, 21 overall
Special thanks to Kayla Sexton for coaching.
