This month we shine our Sure Champ® spotlight on two accomplished exhibitors across multiple time zones who both enjoy showing multiple species. Meet Echo Bartels from Loma, Colorado and Austin Amick from Roanoke, Indiana. Both these young people have a passion for cattle and goats, but Austin prefers pigs, and Echo shows pigs as her […]
Goss Livestock Offers Advice to #PreptoWin in Life, Show Ring
“Remember your why.” These three words resonate with Danna Goss, the matriarch of the Goss family. She shares the sentiment with young people who she visits with, mentors and when she judges shows. For the Goss family of Leedey, Oklahoma, they work hard every day with their “why” in focus. According to Danna, their goal […]
Junior Spotlight: Payge Dahmer & Dustin Denton
The great thing about young livestock exhibitors is that they offer diverse perspectives. This month we shine our Sure Champ® Junior Spotlight on two young people who excelled at their respective state fairs this summer: Payge Dahmer and Dustin Denton. Payge Dahmer is the daughter of Cory and Amy Dahmer. She made lasting memories at […]
Manage Temperature Stress in any Season with Vita Charge® Climate Control
The seasons are changing, and summer’s heat is going away. But that doesn’t mean that heat stress or temperature stress isn’t an issue with show livestock. Manage your show animal’s temperature and keep them feeling and looking their best no matter the season. One simple way to manage heat stress is with Vita Charge® Climate […]
Junior Spotlight: Hunter Shike & Chaynee Tennant
This month we’re shining our spotlight on two exhibitors who excelled at their respective state fairs showing smaller species. Those athletes are, of course, Hunter Shike and Chaynee Tennant! These athletes excel both in their respective sports and in the show ring. Hunter Shike, Sadorus, Illinois, showed the Grand Champion Market Barrow at the Illinois […]
Vita Charge® Clench Gel Provides Livestock Digestion Support
Stress. Livestock can experience stress at the most inopportune times. The only problem is they can’t tell us what is wrong. However, they usually show us what is wrong. Signs of stress in livestock can vary from shortness of breath and panting to going off feed and water. One visible sign that leads to further […]