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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Oklahoma State University livestock judging team won high team overall at the 2022 North American International Livestock Exposition on Nov. 14. This fall marks the 22nd year OSU has brought home ...

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 ...

Northeastern Junior College’s livestock judging team has had a busy and successful fall. On Oct. 16 the sophomore team competed in The American Royal in Kansas City, Mo., the first national contest ...

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 ...

FARGO, N.D. — Jacob Klaudt originally planned to play collegiate football, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed that. A competitive and driven person by nature, he knew he wanted to still compete in ...

Texas Tech's livestock judging team won the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo's 2023 Livestock Judging contest by a landslide. Competing in five separate judging categories on Feb. 3 — cattle, horse, ...

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 ...

SEQUIM — To the untrained eye, Forrest Gump is hardly distinguishable from his friends Clyde and June. But to members of the Clallam County 4-H livestock judging team, there are noticeable differences ...