South Central Livestock Judging Clinic & Contest May 24 Webster County Fairgrounds – Bladen, NE

The South Central Livestock Judging Clinic and Contest is scheduled for Thursday - May 24, 2012 at the Webster County Fairgrounds in Bladen, NE. This event is designed for area youth to improve their basic livestock evaluation/selection skills and provide a good foundation for all youth interested in livestock. It will be conducted by Dr. Matt Ellicott, UNL Livestock Judging Team Coach and area UNL Extension Staff.

Activities in the livestock judging clinic will include: Evaluation Factors; Terminology; Oral Reasons Format; and will include a practice class(s). The competitive livestock judging classes will include market and breeding classes of beef, sheep and swine and will also include a market class of meat goats. The clinic and contest will be open to all youth, ages 8 -18, as well as adults. Parents, leaders and advisors are encouraged to attend.

Age divisions are as follows: Adult-19 years & older; Senior - 14-18 years old; Junior-13 years & under as of January 1, 2012. Teams will consist of 3 or 4 members in the same age division. They can be from the same club, chapter and/or county. Trophies will be presented to the Top overall individual in each youth division. Rosettes will be present to top teams in each division. Ribbons will be awarded to all participants. There is a small cost for teams or individual judges. Concessions will be available at the fairgrounds.

The clinic starts with registration from 8:30-9:00 am with the clinic starting at 9:00 and going till 10:30 am. The judging contest will run from 10:30-12:00, followed by lunch. Reasons will be taken from 12:30-1:30 pm followed by the official placing and discussion of classes from 1:30-2:00 pm followed directly with results and awards.

The clinic and judging contest is cooperative sponsored by UNL Extension in Webster, Harlan, Thayer, Nuckolls, Franklin, Kearney, Adams & Clay Counties; UNL Livestock Judging Team; Harlan County Cattlemen; and South Central Nebraska Cattlemen.
 For more information, contact: Dewey Lienemann @ Webster County UNL Extension, 402-746-3417, email at dlienemann2@unl.edu or any of the UNL Extension offices listed above. A flyer and registration form may be found at the UNL Webster County Extension web site at: http://www.webster.unl.edu/county4h