Mark your calendars for the upcoming 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl and Skill-a-thon Contest! If you have participated in the past or this is the first time you are hearing about the contest, we would love to have you join us for this day of learning, fun, and competition.

What are the contests?
These are two different contests all about livestock where you can use your knowledge about the animal species (beef, sheep, swine, meat goat) and the industry.

Livestock Quiz Bowl:
Livestock Bowl is a quiz competition where all the questions are about beef, sheep, swine, and meat goat topics. Students use a buzzer to answer the questions (similar to the game show
Jeopardy). Teams compete in a double-elimination format by giving oral answers to questions posed by a moderator. Each match has both an individual and toss-up question round. The top team earns the opportunity to compete at the national competition.

Livestock Skill-a-thon:
Everything you know about raising your animal adds up to so much knowledge of the species and the industry. The Skill-a-thon contest will help you challenge you to share that information through a written quiz and learning stations such as breed identification, feed identification, equipment identification as well as some team activities such as demonstrating evaluation skills. There are both individual and team stations. The top team earns the opportunity to compete at the national competition.

Who can participate?
Any current 4-H members, grades 3-13. Please note, there are age divisions for each of those contest and parameters for grade 13 members. Please see the contest information in the link below for more information on the age divisions.

Even if your county has not participated in the past, round up some 4-H friends and take advantage of this fun opportunity to show your knowledge of the animal species and industry.

Looking for more information, where to register, or resources to study from? Check out the links below:

4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl and Skill-a-thon – Saturday, March 25, 2023
Location: UW Madison Campus
Deadline: March 10, 2023 through 4-H Online (more information located in the registration materials link below)

More information and registration available at:
https://4h.extension.wisc.edu/opportunities/statewide-events-and-opportunities/livestock-quiz-bowl-skillathoncontest/

Additional resource information can be found at: https://youthanimalsciences.wisc.edu/

If you have any questions, please contact Jill at jill.jorgensen@wisc.edu, phone at 920-391-4659 or Bernie at borourke@wisc.edu, phone at 608-263-4304.