At one of our editorial meetings recently, another editor asked us to share something happy from the recent weeks. It took me a second, but then it came to me. Livestock judging. In the past couple ...

Aug. 14—To show sheep, one cannot be sheepish. The animal needs a handler that can roll with punches — a testament to how much young competitors train for the Northwest Montana Fair. The sheep show ...

The Oklahoma State University Livestock Judging team continues to break records by winning its 23rd national championship. OSU was recently named high team overall at the 2023 North American ...

CHICO — Whether it’s learning to evaluate a sports performance, a piece of artwork or a living animal, the process is a long one. Experience and time are the only ways to gain the skill. That was the ...

The sheep weren’t being cooperative. The young 4-H members held onto them for dear life — the sheep had to give the kids a chance to examine them closely. All 30 kids stood in line eyeing them up and ...

After a yearlong search, Purdue Animal Sciences has selected Hattie Duncan to lead its livestock judging team as well as the department’s newly formed livestock judging program. Duncan is a Wingate, ...

Northeastern Junior College’s sophomore and freshman livestock judging teams competed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the Sioux Empire Livestock Show on Sunday, Jan. 29. They represented NJC very well ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—After attending a local animal show, 5-year-old Alexandra Pittman asked her mother and stepfather to buy her a piglet. Twenty years and numerous 4-H-related events later, she is now ...

MABEL, Minn. — Eric Smith sat on a folding chair between a corn crib and a livestock trailer listening to high school students say things like "the small heifer" and "I place them 2,1,3,4." Smith, who ...

The Logan County 4-H Livestock Judging Team represented the state of Colorado at the National Western Stock Show National Livestock Judging Contest Jan. 6. The team had been preparing and practicing ...

RHAME, N.D.—Dillon Bowman, a senior at Bowman County High School in North Dakota, never envisioned himself going to college. “I didn’t really want to go to college. I just wanted to stay at home and ...

Alex Theodore of Porter is serving as a member of the Connors State College livestock judging team. Theodore, son of Andrew and Kelly Theodore, is a sophomore pursuing an Associates of Science degree ...