2018 May Board Book

Producer Relations

Dairy Princess Program – 2018 Contest Dates District Contest Date

Application Deadline Thursday, March 22, 2018

District 1 District 3

Friday, May 11, 2018

Dairy Princess Jeanette Furlong of Petaluma First Alternate Megan Binford of Petaluma Second Alternate Dairy Princess Sarah Kiser of Sonoma

District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Thursday, June 14, 2018 Friday, June 29, 2018

Thursday, April 19, 2018 Monday, April 30, 2018 Friday, May 11, 2018 Friday, April 13, 2018

Dairy Princess Monserrat Vazquez of Riverdale First Alternate Dairy Princess Elizabeth Martin of Fresno

District 9

Friday, June 15, 2018

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Districts 10 and 11 do not have a Dairy Princess program. The CMAB staff provides publicity for all contests via press releases to local media and dairy producers about upcoming events and contest winners. Dairy Princess Training Week is scheduled for Monday-Thursday, July 9-12 in Turlock. The four-day training will provide the Dairy princesses with presentation and public speaking skills, as well as etiquette training, social media tips and an overview of industry issues. Dairy Princess Program – January through March 2018 The Dairy Princesses and Alternates, collectively, have attended the following events from January through March 2018. • School visits – 18 different schools, 36 classrooms reaching 953 students. Eight Ag Days averaging 1250 students at each Ag Day. • Industry meetings – 19 meetings and an average of 105 people at each meeting • Community events – 29 events

District 3 Dairy Princess: L to R First Alternate Megan Binford, Dairy Princess Jeanette Furlong and Second Alternate Sarah Kiser

District 8 Dairy Princess Monserrat Vazquez and

First Alternate Elizabeth Martin