South Central Spring Livestock Judging Clinic & Contest June 3

South Central Spring Livestock Judging Clinic & Contest June 3
Webster County Fairgrounds – Bladen, NE

     The South Central Spring Livestock Judging Clinic and Contest is scheduled for Wednesday – June 3, 2015 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 Bradley Bennett, UNL Livestock Judging Team Coach assisted by area UNL Extension Educators and Staff.  

     Activities in the livestock judging clinic will include:  Evaluation Factors; Terminology; Oral Reasons Format; and will include a practice session.  The competitive livestock judging classes will include market and breeding classes of beef, sheep and meat goats, plus a market class of swine. 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 all of the day’s events. 

     Age divisions are as follows: Adult-19 years & older; Senior - 14-18 years old; Junior-13 years & under as of January 1, 2015. Teams will consist of 3 or 4 members in the same age division.  They can be from the same club, chapter and/or county. Flyers and registration forms are available from your local UNL Extension Office or contact the Webster County UNL Extension at 402-746-3417 or on the web at www.webster.unl.edu .  Pre-registration is requested, but not required. There is a small cost for teams or individual judges to participate.

     The clinic starts with registration from 8:15-9:00 am with the clinic starting at 9:00 and going until 10:30 am. The judging contest will run from 10:30-12:00, followed by lunch. There will be a lunch stand on the fairgrounds. 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. 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. Concessions will be available at the fairgrounds.

          The clinic and judging contest is cooperative sponsored by UNL Extension in Webster and surrounding Counties; UNL Livestock Judging Team; Harlan County Cattlemen; and South Central Nebraska Cattlemen. For more information, contact: Bradley Bennett, UNL Livestock Judging Coach @ UNL Animal Science, 402-472-8834, email at: bbennett8@unl.edu;  Dewey Lienemann @ Webster County UNL Extension, 402-746-3417, email at dlienemann2@unl.edu; or Steve Landon @ Adams County UNL Extension, 402-461-7209, email slandon2@unl.edu; or contact any UNL Extension offices. You can also obtain forms and information at www.webster.unl.edu.