​​​​​​​​​​​​​2020 Schedule (subject to change)

​Workshops for the year will be held the last Friday of each month, January through April.

  • January 31st:  (6:30pm at extension office). New members 6pm & returning members 630pm.  Pizza, Difference in breeds of dairy cattle, Hoards Dairyman judging kick off.  WANT TO GET A HEAD START ? Regular printed copies will be handed out at the meeting. We may have guest speakers to give some advise on evaluating dairy cattle and judging contests at our January meeting.  2020 Classes now available online. It is free to register on the Hoards Dairyman web site to see the judging classes. Link to Hoards Dairyman HERE. You can enter the contest online as an individual or as family. However, I will need your results of the classes to enter us as a 4-H group and for our county judging contest. Remember this is a required event for the Lease-A-Dairy and Cow-less Dairy projects. This is also the tiebreaker for the Mike Dickinson Award. There are some very informative videos on the Hoards Dairyman website under the Youth tab about judging this contest. You can contact me about any questions.
  • February 28th: 6pm new members, 6:30pm returning members at extension office in Fort Collins. Hoards Dairyman judging continued (if needed), Dairy project selection, Training tips, What's new in dairy farming! or Topic chosen by group. Snacks provided
  • Livestock field day - February 29th at The Ranch. This is an opportunity to meet the Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) and Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) requirements and learn so much more. 
  • March 1st - Mike Dickenson Scholarship application due >apply here
  • March 10th:  Last day to turn in Hoards Dairyman contest results to Shari
  • Effective March 13, 2020, all face to face Larimer County 4-H events, meetings and activities are suspended (cancelled) until *June 30th, 2020. (updated April 20th)
  • March 27th: (6:30 at extension office). Safety First! Why record keeping is important, Topic chosen by group, Fun activity about project - CANCELLED
  • April 24th:  At Dyecrest Dairy (weather pending). Showmanship and other topics TBA - CANCELLED​​​

4-H/Dairy Scholarships

Larimer Diary project

2020 Larimer Dairy Clinics

Larimer Dairy Project

"4-H is a community of young people across America learning leadership, citizenship and life skills."

COVID-19 and the Dairy Program - March 18th (updated April 20, 2020)


   All dairy clinics AND previously scheduled 4-H events are CANCELLED UNTIL JUNE 30TH 2020. This will not effect the eligibilIty for the Lease A Dairy participants because this is out of your control.
   Those who own their dairy cattle that are at your residences, you can continue to practice and care for your cattle as usual.
   Lease A Dairy participants – Unfortunately at this time you are not allowed to go to your sponsors farm to select and/or work with selected cattle if already selected as of March 13th until further notice. I know this is disappointing and can make you feel sad, but don't give up! I was informed today by Brittani Kirkland, the 4-H livestock extension agent, that this will be reevaluated in a few weeks. We feel for you all because of what happened last year with the VS virus and you all had to cancel your plans last minute to show your cattle at fair. Hopefully this will not happen again this year with this Covid-19 virus. 
  DAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA IS CANCELLED FOR 2020
   This would be a good time to do some self study to learn about dairy industry and cattle on your own and maybe do your Informational Posters for fair!
    Again, sorry this happened and so many restrictions on the 4-H dairy project and other 4-H projects and events but this is for the good of all people. Prayers for all effected by health or other situations related to this rare event. There could be more changes. Hopefully the virus will end soon and things can return to normal but we all need to do our part.
Take care, Shari Stroup
Note to first year participants: Luckily dairy calves can usually be broke to lead quickly. When we are released to work with the calves we will try help you as much as possible to get them ready for show.

Dairy Project Meeting Information:


We have 4 meetings during the year and Lease-A-Dairy members are required to attend at least 3 of these.  LEASE-A-DAIRY Members - Record Books begin in January.  Books are available from Shari and online from the Extension Office.

Thank you to the following dairies/farms for supporting this project: DyeCrest Dairy; Ft. Lupton Dairy, Mountain View Dairy & Shani McBride (Severance)


Here is the link to another good site about getting ready to show.  MSUcares​

Larimer County 4H Dairy Project