Show Animals Showing livestock is a fun and exciting way to raise your family, teach young people responsibility, and, most of all, make lasting memories with family and friends. Regardless of which species you show, animals require a lot of effort to maximize their genetic potential. You want to make sure they look their best […]
Category: Lifestyle
The Sure Champ® Guide to Gastric Ulcers in Pigs
Gastric Ulcers in Pigs There are a few things more frustrating than having your show animal stop eating. One day, your barrow eats everything you feed it in 15 minutes, during both feedings. The next, it turns up its snout and goes and lays in the fresh shavings. Gastric ulcers in pigs happen when an […]
How to Ensure a Healthy Pig by Summer Shows
Healthy Pig Springtime across much of the U.S. is exciting for show pig exhibitors. It marks the pursuit of the next great one. You’ll be visiting breeders, staying up late to see if you “win the bid” during online sales and loading the popper with your new show pig prospect. Spring also brings trials – […]
4 Tips for Fly Control for Your Show Barn
Fly Control for Your Show Barn Regardless of whether you show cattle, sheep, goats or pigs, or a combination of these animals, one thing is certain. You will eventually have flies in your show barn. These tiny little pests can often be the biggest nuisance. Yes, those pesky flies like to invade our barns, bite […]
Junior Spotlight: Justin Pfannebecker and Paige Wood
As we enter the month of May, we celebrate Mother’s Day, graduations, breeding season and start thinking more about how to #PreptoWin for summer shows. This month we shine our Sure Champ® Junior Spotlight on two young people who are passionate about the beef industry and have grown up in it surrounded by their family. […]
Five Tips to Beat the Heat this Summer
The days are getting longer, and the sun is finally showing up, meaning temperatures are slowly rising. Youth are counting down the days until school’s out, and that can only mean one thing – summer show season will soon be here! Summer shows give the exhibitor the opportunity to showcase all their efforts, but that […]