St. Louis District Dairy Council has partnered with dairy farmers in Illinois and Missouri to bring our Adopt-A-Calf program to classrooms. The no-cost program allows classes to “adopt” a calf from one of our farmers, name it, and receive monthly pictures and updates. E-mail updates will arrive from a local dairy farmer from August or September through May. 

Upon signing up for the program and adopting a calf, the classroom will receive a poster to track the calf’s growth through the monthly photos that the teacher will receive via email.*

In addition to the monthly photo, updates on the growth and development of the calf will be provided along with various downloadable educational materials, such as: 

• Dairy farm videos 
• Fun-filled activity sheets
• Student-friendly infographics
• Hands-on activities

In addition, fun contests are offered throughout the school year for classrooms to win dairy cool prizes!

Enter the Adoption Barn

If you want to see how other classrooms have used the Adopt-A-Calf program, check out our testimonials.

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*For participants outside of the St. Louis District Dairy Council service area, printed program materials will not be mailed. However, we welcome you to participate in the Adopt-A-Calf program and have made all materials available to download and print from the monthly emails that will be delivered to all participants.