Wisconsin Holstein Youth

2023 Junior Convention Schedule

Friday, January 6 12 noon-5 p.m. DJM Interviews 12 noon Convention Registration & Activity Room opens Dairy Jeopardy Registration (deadline to check-in is 1:15 p.m.) Dairy Bowl Registration (check-in by 5 p.m.) 1:15 p.m. Dairy Jeopardy & Speaking Judges’ orientation 1:30 p.m. Dairy Jeopardy & Speaking Contest Roll Call & contests begin (all ages) 5:15 p.m. Junior Forum & Caucuses; Adult Forum 7:00 p.m. Dinner - Dairy Jeopardy, Essay Contest & Junior Farm Tour Awards, Junior Progressive Breeder & Long Range Production Awards Bell-R-Ring Contest to follow Game night Discussion Panel: Life after Junior Holsteins (featuring Tony Brey, Jessica Pralle-Trimner & Ty Hildebrandt) Saturday, January 7 7-8:30 a.m. Breakfast 7:45 a.m. Dairy Bowl volunteer orientation 8:00 a.m. Junior Dairy Bowl Contest begins 8:00 a.m. Contest Room opens 9:00 a.m. Royalty Interviews 12:00 p.m. Princess Luncheon Speaker: Dan Hagenow First-time Attendee & Graduate Recognition 1:45 p.m. Senior & Rookie Dairy Bowl contests begin 6:30 p.m. Banquet Dance Sunday, January 8 8:00 a.m. Breakfast and Contest Room results Spirit Award & Bell-R-Ring winner announced 9:00 a.m. Business Meeting, JAC Elections & Raffle Drawing 10:00 a.m. Dairy Bowl Finals 11:30 a.m. YQCA seminar

WANTED: JAC Candidates

The Junior Activities Committee is looking for five new members for 2023! Candidates will be selected at each District Caucus on Friday, January 6. They will then be introduced to all convention attendees at the forum and voted on by all the convention attendees at Sunday morning’s annual meeting.

Being a JAC is truly a great way to become a leader in the association, and you make lifelong connections in the industry. If you or someone you know has questions or doubts about running, please reach out to Laura at the office or one of current JACs.

2022 Junior Raffle

SELL, SELL, SELL! Tickets for the 2022 Junior Raffle are available for sale. Junior advisors should have tickets for their members to sell or contact the office to purchase tickets. This year’s calf is donated Ragnar Holsteins, the Ulness family of Valders. Ragnar Unix Becca born 9/2/22 Unix x VG-85 Sidekick x EX-90 Action x VG-87 Roy x VG-88 Outside x 7 more VG or EX dams Don’t miss out on the chance to own this special calf! Ticket sales help fund all Junior Holstein activities and your county will receive $1/ticket rebate. Thank you the additional prize donors:

Badger Dairy Club Dairy State Coop

Foremost Farms GENEX

Hoard’s Dairyman Origin Repro

Premier Cooperative Sartori

St. Jacobs ABC SWTC

UWRF Dairy Club UWP Pioneer Dairy Club

World Dairy Expo Zoetis

Wisconsin Holstein Association

Additional gift baskets donated by Junior Activities Committee and Royalty

Contest Room now the “Activity Room”

The former Contest Room is now the “Activity Room” and will include the former contests along with new educational and fun activities that juniors can participate in any time the room is open.

Ads, photos, crafts, and more! There are a ton of opportunities for recognition at junior convention in the Activity Room. Juniors can enter the Photography, Arts and Crafts, Folding Display, and Advertising contests. Drawing & Painting and Crafts has been combined into one contest with two divisions - junior and senior.

For rules and age divisions of these contests, check out the Junior Handbook online on the junior awards page. All contest room entries must be taken or produced during 2022 by the junior member entering the project. Entries will be due by 5 pm on Friday, January 6.

Due to low participation over the last few years, we have eliminated the scrapbook and banner contests. We do encourage groups to bring finished scrapbooks to the Activity Room to display their yearly activities - displayed scrapbooks will earn points for the Premier County contest.

Looking for more ways to earn points? We’ll have fun games, challenges and educational activities in the Activity Room to keep juniors busy when they aren’t competing in contests. Be sure to stop by the Activity Room each day to see what new things the JACs have in store!