Beef
Understanding Low-Stress Cattle Handling Techniques to Improve Animal Performance and Human Safety
Understanding Low-Stress Cattle Handling Techniques to Improve Animal Performance and Human Safety
Producer Affidavit & Market Beef Health Record
Producer Affidavit & Market Beef Health Record
Meating the Grade: Raising Market-Ready 4-H Beef Projects
Meating the Grade: Raising Market-Ready 4-H Beef Projects
Do You Have Lousy Animals?
As we enter the colder, darker, damper time of year, we will be re-visited by a pest from the past: lice. An annual problem, lice can affect animal health and farm profitability. Here is a short primer on this parasite. Species Specificity Lice are generally quite species specific (Table 1). This means poultry lice won’t spread…
Goats
Producer Affidavit & Market Goat Health Record
Producer Affidavit & Market Goat Health Record
Selecting a 4-H/FFA Meat Goat Project Animal
Meat goat projects at county fairs and junior shows across the Pacific Northwest (PNW) are increasing in popularity. Many youth producers and their parents are discovering that goats make an excellent 4-H/FFA project. Goats are small in size, intelligent animals and easy to work with. After deciding on a meat goat project, youth need to…
Training, Grooming and Showing Market Goats
SHOWMANSHIP: EXPECTATIONS Showmanship: Showmanship can be defined by an effective presentation of your market goat. You are judged on your ability to: Control your goat Present your goat Bring out its best characteristics Show out the faults of your goat so they are less obvious to the judge MAKE YOUR GOAT LOOK ITS BEST Knowledge…
Resource Links (Animal Health)
Sheep
Producer Affidavit & Market Lamb Health Record
Producer Affidavit & Market Lamb Health Record
Monitoring Your Lamb’s Progress
Raising quality livestock for junior fairs and shows requires a combination of a good feeding, animal health program and overall management. These programs should not be treated as separate subjects, particularly when feeding market lambs. When you have a market project animal, you must also remember you are raising a food animal and your goals should…
Training, Grooming and Showing Market Lambs
SHOWMANSHIP: EXPECTATIONS Showmanship: Showmanship can be defined by an effective presentation of your lamb. You are judged on your ability to: Control your lamb Present your lamb Bring out its best characteristics Show out the faults of your lamb so they are less obvious to the judge MAKE YOUR LAMB LOOK ITS BEST Knowledge of…
Successfully Slick Shearing Show Lambs
Many shows around the country require market lambs to be shown in a fleece no longer than one-fourth inch and uniform in length over the entire body, with the exception of the lower legs (below the hocks and knees) and the top of the head and face, which may be longer. The main reason for…
Swine
Producer Affidavit & Market Swine Health Record
Producer Affidavit & Market Swine Health Record
Monitoring Your Show Pig’s Progress
Raising quality livestock for junior fairs and shows requires a combination of both a good feeding and animal health program, as well as good overall management. These programs should not be treated as separate subjects, particularly when feeding market hogs. When you have a market project animal, you must also remember you are raising a…
Do You Have Lousy Animals?
As we enter the colder, darker, damper time of year, we will be re-visited by a pest from the past: lice. An annual problem, lice can affect animal health and farm profitability. Here is a short primer on this parasite. Species Specificity Lice are generally quite species specific (Table 1). This means poultry lice won’t spread…
4-H/FFA
Parasite Control in Youth Market Hog Projects
Parasite Control in Youth Market Hog Projects
Understanding Low-Stress Cattle Handling Techniques to Improve Animal Performance and Human Safety
Understanding Low-Stress Cattle Handling Techniques to Improve Animal Performance and Human Safety
Yakima County Memorandum of Understanding 1995
Yakima County Memorandum of Understanding 1995 (PDF)
General
Understanding Low-Stress Cattle Handling Techniques to Improve Animal Performance and Human Safety
Understanding Low-Stress Cattle Handling Techniques to Improve Animal Performance and Human Safety
Preparing Youth for the Sale of their Market Livestock Project
Preparing Youth for the Sale of their Market Livestock Project
Beef, Pork and Lamb Checkoffs: Fairs and Youth Shows Responsibilities To Collect
Beef, Pork and Lamb Checkoffs: Fairs and Youth Shows Responsibilities To Collect
Fair Animals are Food Animals
“Produce healthy and safe animal products by being a knowledgeable and responsible youth producer” ***Understand Your Role In Food Animal Production*** Animal Used for Food Production: Almost every livestock animal exhibited at the fair/show will be used to produce food products for human consumption. For this reason it is critical that all youth raising livestock and…
Do You Have Lousy Animals?
As we enter the colder, darker, damper time of year, we will be re-visited by a pest from the past: lice. An annual problem, lice can affect animal health and farm profitability. Here is a short primer on this parasite. Species Specificity Lice are generally quite species specific (Table 1). This means poultry lice won’t spread…
Quality Assurance Education
Quality Assurance Education
Beginner QA Activity (PDF) Quality Assurance = Trust (PDF) Would you Eat This? (PDF) Roles in the Quality Assurance Chain (PDF) Quality Assurance: Making it Personal (PDF) Quality Assurance Skit (PDF)