And right in the middle of it all will be Shoalhaven's Brittany Legge.

Twenty-five-year-old Brittany, from Falls Creek, who works as a dairy hand at Tom and Kyleigh Cochrane's Kangawarra Illawarras and Blissful Holsteins and Brown Swiss at Pyree, will be taking part in the dairy cattle judging.

After winning the state finals at last year's Sydney Royal, she is keen to mix it against the other best young judges from across the country, as well as an entrant from New Zealand.

"I'm looking forward to it, but I'm also a little bit nervous," she said.

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Seven young judges will cast their eyes over three classes of different dairy breeds and hope to place the animals as closely as the over judge.

"We also have to talk on one of the classes," she said.

"I'm looking forward to it, it will be a challenge."

Brittany won through to the state finals after winning the young judges competition as part of the Nowra Show and then the regional competition.

To prepare for the competition she has been visiting a number of local dairy farms looking through the herds, undertaking judging practice.

And judging won't be her only involvement at this year's Sydney Royal, she will also be exhibiting cattle with the Cochranes, including her own Holstein entry.

Brittany was part of a group of the state's finest young judges and paraders recently invited by AgShows NSW to attend a young judges workshop in Dubbo, to provide them with valuable mentorship to assist them in competing at the national championships.

Leaders in the NSW livestock sector volunteered their time to mentor the up-and-coming young judges in the lead up to the national championship.

Participants benefited from one-on-one mentoring with woolclasser Andrew Mills of Dunedoo, Matthew Coddington of Roseville Park Merinos in Dubbo, Murray Brown of Glamis Border Leicester Stud at Bedgerebong, Stephen Cresswell of Annalara White Dorper Stud near Dubbo and Wilcannia, Angus Kelly of Marocara Dorsets at Wongabon, Geoff Bush of Kirraweena Glenholme Herefords at Cootamundra, Steve Chesworth of Tomargo Recluse Holsteins in Rawsonville and poultry expert Brad O'Leary of Elong Elong.

President of AgShows NSW Tim Capp said it was a fantastic learning and networking opportunity for young livestock enthusiasts and hopes the workshop can be built on in years to come.

"It's great to see our leaders in their field share valuable knowledge with young judges and paraders," he said.

"So much can be learned from an experienced mentor and the sharing of this knowledge will give our competitors an added edge for the national championships.

"It builds the cameradie and collective skill of our NSW team, with NSW competitors meeting each other then supporting each other at the national competitions."

The national young judges and paraders competition brings together the best young judges and paraders aged 15 to 25 in each state to compete at the national finals.

Qualification is via success in competitive regional and state competitions.

NSW will be represented by 18 of the state's best across nine categories including beef cattle, dairy cattle, alpaca, poultry, Merino sheep, meat breed sheep and Merino fleece judging, as well as parading competitions in beef and dairy cattle.

The judging finals of the dairy competition will be held on Easter Sunday.

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