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Welcome to the 95th annual Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging Contest.You and your family, students or club members are invited to join the thousands of others who participate in this fun and educational picture judging contest.

The January 10, 2025, through March 2025 issues will feature five classes of dairy cattle for you to evaluate in our 95th Annual Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging Contest.

2024 Official placings, reasons, and scoring keys for each breed

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Last year, 96% of all farms across the U.S. were family-owned. Those businesses produced 83% of our country’s agricultural output

The following benchmarks have come up in discussions over the past two months: income over feed costs, cost per pound of dry matter, feed conversion efficiency, yield per acre, milk per ton, etc

We know you have been faithfully reading your Hoard’s Dairyman issues this year, so now it is time to see what you learned! From articles and information in the previous 14 issues of 2024, we have pulled the following 70 questions in seven categories that …

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