Packing a trailer for a show can feel like a life-size version of Tetris. You have a limited amount of space with a long list of show supplies, equipment and feed that you and your livestock will need when you reach your destination. It doesn’t take a high-level engineering class to figure out how to […]
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How Three Clicks Can Help Lead to Improved Health
Good health starts in the gut. If your digestive tract is healthy, the rest of your body should be healthy, and that is true for humans and animals alike. However, you don’t always have control over your environment, what or who has been in your space before you, and that is why it is vital […]
Tips to Control Body Temps in Adverse Weather
From an outsider looking in, the life of a show animal might seem pretty pampered. Two healthy meals per day, unlimited fresh water, a nice bed to lay on that is generally cleaned up on a regular basis, typically in a temperature-controlled environment. Combine those comforts with regular skin and hair treatments by way of […]
Walking a Fine Line: How to Feed for Early Jackpots and Later Shows
There’s something about the spirit of competition that drives livestock exhibitors. Even in the dead of winter, cattle enthusiasts will bundle up, run bucket heaters to keep their aerosol cans working and pull to a jackpot show for consecutive weekends to get their fresh calves out to compete. All of this knowing that their final […]
Show Mom Perspective: Simplicity is Key for Equipping New Cattle Exhibitors
It takes a lot of time and practice to be successful at anything you want to succeed in, and for the Glover family of Elgin, Okla., raising and showing cattle is their “sport” of choice. Jamie and Dustin Glover run about 500 cows, working to raise top-quality show steer and heifer prospects to sell across […]
Mark That Card: Hereford Heifers
Thank you Jensen Bros. Herefords of Courtland, KS for providing the class and Huncovsky Marketing for the photos. Placing 2-4-1-3 Cuts 4-2-2 2413 is my ranking of the Hereford heifer calves. There’s no shortage of structural quality in this set, but 2’s elite balanced look and overwhelming stoutness and performance makes her the frontrunner. 2 […]