In mid-July, 63 high school and middle school students attended the four-day Badger Dairy Camp on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, where they learned about the breadth of areas that contribute to Wisconsin’s dairy industry, and the higher education and career opportunities available to them. The programming, for youth ages 12 to 17, included hands-on workshops and visits to multiple campus labs, the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine and a nearby dairy farm – plus college prep sessions and recreational activities.
Dairy youth camp returns
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Badger Dairy Camp campers listen to undergraduate camp counselor Nick Needham as he helps lead a dairy judging and linear evaluation activity at UW–Madison's Dairy Cattle Center.
Sofia Ortega, assistant professor in the department of animal and dairy sciences, assists Badger Dairy Camp participant Alyssa Neuser with a lab activity evaluating bovine embryos under the microscope in UW’s Animal Science Building.
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