The workbook program provides a series of nine publications that can be used by a variety of organizations to foster educational growth.

All the workbooks are available to download on-line in a .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view them. If you don't have Acrobat installed on your computer, you can download it free by clicking on the link below. Once you have Acrobat, to open the documents on-line, click on the workbook title. To download the .pdf files, right click on the title to save them to your hard drive. We recommend downloading the files to your hard drive to save time

Please contact kdunklee@holstein.com with any questions.

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"The Rules and Black and White - And They Apply to All Breeds"
"Working with Dairy Cattle"

This workbook provides hints that will help make young people's experience of raising a dairy calf both educational and successful. The basic principles include

  • Basic techniques in feeding and caring for an animal
  • Good record keeping principles
  • Basic marketing principles
  • Buying, developing and showing animals
  • Presenting yourself and your animal to the public
  • Develop good personal character
  • Gain leadership experience
Learn to use tools such as "Where is your ethical compass" that will help make good ethical decisions in the showring. It also highlights the steps to ethical thinking, and offers suggestions to adult involvement with youth preparing for a show. The workbook is fun, educational, and is appropriate for use with dairy clubs, agriculture educators, and for dairy farming families 
(Not available to download-Available only by calling 800.952.5200 Ext 4124.)
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"Understanding Genetics and the Sire Summaries" "Pedigree Questions and Answers"

“Understanding Genetics and the Sire Summaries”, was developed to help individuals learn more about genetics and genetic evaluations. This workbook presents definitions of genetic terms, a basic explanation of official sire summaries, sire comparison, selection exercises, and genetics in the future. More comprehensive information on genetics, genetic measures and sire selection is available from each breed association.

This workbook assists young people in learning about pedigree formats and acquire basic skills in comparing and evaluating official pedigrees.

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"World of Dairy Cattle Nutrition"

Developed as a basic introduction to ruminant nutrition for young dairy enthusiasts, this workbook and corresponding exercise outlines the digestive system and how it affects individual cow and herd management.

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"The Path to Your Future" "Effective Group Leadership"
Designed to help your people develop potential career objectives, the book provides in-depth descriptions of a variety of challenging and exciting jobs available in agriculture.
(For additional information on careers, we also recommend Hoard's Dairyman's Dairy Related Careers, which can be purchased for $10 by visiting www.hoards.com/websote.asp, then select Gift Books.) 		This workbook is to teach young people the skills needed to serve as effective leaders in a group situation.
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"Dairy Cattle Marketing" "Dairy Judging"
Learn how to effectively market dairy cattle through a wide variety of means. The workbook presents ideas and strategies to establish your own marketing program. This workbook is an introduction to judging dairy cattle with the PDCA scorecard and five major breakdowns, featuring strategies and theories of evaluating dairy cows. Also, this publication is a basic introduction to judging dairy goats.
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