If you show livestock, you understand the frustration you feel when your animal goes off feed. Sure Champ® is proud to offer a product line that seeks to alleviate some of your frustration and keep animals on track; because if your animals aren’t eating, you’re not winning. “Keeping animal health and digestive health in the […]
4-H Youth Show You’re Never Too Young to Make a Difference
Young 4-H members often recite a pledge prior to each meeting that declares, “I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country and my world.” However, one young lady leads her local 4-H club […]
The Importance of Water on Show Day
As things are heating up across the country, both in temperature and competition in the ring, it is important to pay attention to the most vital nutrient…WATER. High quality drinking water is key to ensure that you have healthy and productive animals that feel good come show day. However, sometimes the quality of the water […]
Mark That Card: Market Wethers
Thank you Cooper Bounds, Show and Sales Rep at Miller Boer Goats, for providing the officials. <br /> Placing: 1-3-4-2 Cuts: 2-5-4 I like the Market Goats 1-3-4-2. Among the pair of truly elite parrot-mouthed wethers, the more exotic, black-headed wether is simply the hardest to make. Not only is he the roundest bodied option that feeds the most radical and expressive shape […]
Mark That Card: Red Angus Heifers
Thank you to Taylor Frank, Butler Community College Livestock Judging Team Coach, for providing the officials. Placing: 1-4-3-2 Cuts: 5-3-3 I like the Red Angus heifers 1-4-3-2. The most problem-free 1 heifer was the easy place to start- and it’s at the ground where she reads truly unique. It’s rare to find a Red Angus that […]
Sheep Nutrition 101
Q&A with Nick Warntjes, Associated Feed and Supply What makes up a ‘balanced’ feed ration? A balanced feed ration supplies the proper amounts and proportions of nutrients needed for a specific purpose or stage of an animal’s life. While a show lamb diet might have different specs than a lactating ewe ration, all diets should […]