2026 Intermountain Calf Contest

2026 Rules:

WHO - Any junior member of the Holstein Association, 4-H or FFA in good standing and at least 12 years old as of Jan.1 2026. Juniors from outside the Intermountain region are welcome to apply.

Previous calf winners (if eligible) may compete for prizes other than the calf.

WHEN - The contest officially starts March 9, and the deadline is March 30, 2026. Entries may be emailed to beth@mtnviewdairy.com You will get an email response upon receipt of application.

INSTRUCTIONS- Please submit answers to all 6 questions on a separate sheet of paper and submit as a PDF or word document attached in an email or to the QR code link.

FINALISTS - Contestants providing the best responses to questions will be invited to an individual interview by the final selection judges. The applicants qualifying for interviews will be notified to schedule interviews by Friday, April 3, 2026, with Zoom interviews taking place April 8-14, 2026.

The panel of judges may come from the dairy industry and contest sponsors. Entrants will be judged as to their knowledge of the questions on the application, the dairy industry, and their participation in agricultural and community activities. Applications featuring original content as their responses to questions will be prioritized.

Contest sponsors reserve the right to make awards different from the guidelines noted.

The three finalists will be notified by April 17, 2026 and will be required to attend the Spring Western National Holstein Show in Richmond, UT on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 for presentation of the calf and other awards.

PAST DAIRY HEIFER CONTEST WINNERS

Thank you to all our generous sponsors who have made this contest a success for so many years

YEAR WINNER DONOR

1990 Chad Degeorgio, Weber Boyd & Craig Gardner, Box Elder

1991 Bob Ropelato, Weber Jay & Lynn Hardy, Box Elder

1992 Staci Zilles, Cache Scott Wayment, Weber

1993 Julie Olsen, Cache Ken Degn, Idaho

1994 Marlene Israelsen, Cache Thayne Mickelson, Cache

1995 Effie Tueller, Idaho Ellis Roberts, Idaho

1996 Brian Olsen, Cache Steve Gillins, Millard

1997 Becky Korn, Idaho Life-O-Riley Holsteins, Idaho

1998 Nicole Spronk, Weber Elberta Dairy, Utah

1999 Paul Buttars, Cache Butter-Dell Holsteins, Utah

2000 Glen Mickelson, Cache Idaho Association

2001 Seth Israelsen, Cache Brown Dairy, Summit

2002 Dallin Buttars, Cache Idaho Association

2003 Stephanie Zilles, Cache LaSue Holsteins, Weber

2004 Maria Israelsen, Cache Harris Dairyland, Cache

2005 Katherine Nye, Millard Sherman Toone, Idaho

2006 Kade Harris, Cache Kyle Anderson, Cache

2007 Devin Olsen, Cache Craig Gardner, Box Elder

2008 Daniel Israelsen, Cache Kent Aston, Idaho

2009 Quinton Zilles, Idaho Eskdale Dairy, Utah

2010 Hannah Roberts, Idaho Wadeland Dairy, Weber

2011 Katie Wallentine, Cache Lon Tueller, Idaho

2012 Holden Aston, Idaho Clark Israelsen, Cache

2013 Landon Schumann, Cache Kade Harris, Cache

2014 Madison Leak, Cache John Anderson, Idaho

2015 Nolan Jenson, Idaho Bill Wright, Holden

2016 Bracken Schumann, Cache Eskdale Dairy, Utah

2017 Eneli Jenson, Cache Seagull Bay Dairy, Idaho

2018 Stephen Roberts, Idaho Dallin Butters, Cache

2019 Kylie Konyn, California Pappys Farms, Weber

2020 Makenzy Hildebrand, Millard Triplecrown Genetics, Idaho

2021 Seth Atkinson, Cache Matt and Lena Leak, Cache

2022 Jace Buttars, Cache Gordon Zilles, Cache

2023 Trey Leak, Cache Erik Petersen, Idaho

2024 Jaden Wilks, Idaho, (WadeLand Doorman Rizzo-ET) Wadeland South, LLC

2025 Fernando Vega, Utah (MS Eskdale Hasitall Raquel) EskDale Dairy, Eskdale, Utah

2026 Quinn Quesnell, Idaho (Lasue RB Rudolph-Red-ET) Lasue Farms, Murtaugh, Idaho