4-H Beef, Sheep & Swine Projects

Purpose: The purpose of the Sheboygan 4-H General Livestock program is to provide educational opportunities for youth to learn more about their market and breeding livestock projects through various hands-on workshops and seminars

Opportunities in 4-H Livestock programs include:

• Showing market and breeding animals
• Livestock judging contests
• Livestock quiz bowl contests
• Livestock skill-a-thon contests
• Meats judging contest
• Premier Exhibitor contest

4-H Livestock Forms

• Sheboygan County Premier Exhibitor Award Rules (1 page, 44 KB)
• County Fair Home Farrowed Class Rules (1 page, 36 KB)
• 2009 Livestock Qualification Meetings(2 page, 146 KB)
• 2009 Meat Animal Sale Rules (4 pages, 201 KB)
• Wisconsin State Fair Jr. Livestock Entry forms and information (due June 22nd to UWEX Office)

Links of interest:

• UW-Extension Youth Livestock
• UW-Extension Animal Science Department
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association
• National Pork Producers Council
• National Pork Board
• Sheep Quality Assurance
• Oklahoma Virtual Livestock Library
• American Sheep Industry Association
• National Institute for Animal Agriculture (Used to be National Livestock Ethics Council)
• Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
• Wisconsin Pork Producers Association
• Wisconsin Beef Council
• Wisconsin Cattlemen's & Beef Improvement Associations
• Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative
• University of Nebraska - Meats
• Temple Grandin (Colorado State University)
• Pork Information Gateway

In regards to 4-H Livestock Programs, please contact:

Tina Kohlman, Dairy & Livestock Agent
Phone: (920) 459-5900
E-mail: tina.kohlman@ces.uwex.edu

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