youth fest 2013. fun friends-friends and youth/adult partners valued. education-expanded program...
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Clayton County Advanced Feeder Program
Youth Fest 2013
WHY ADVANCED FEEDING??
• Fun • Friends-friends and youth/adult
partners valued.• Education-Expanded program
education beyond the show ring. A deeper understanding of the cattle feeding business.
FEEDING CATTLE IS SOMETIMES…..
LIKE GAMBLING
NO EXTRA STRESS!!
– Market animals are identified during the December ID period.
– Youth sign up for the program. • They provide an email to communicate with the
county office on details.
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PROCESS CONT.
• Animals are brought to the Edgewood Livestock Commission in June.
• They are weighed, scanned and placed into pens.
• The participants use their feed records to finish their records.
• A display board is made….
• The student is evaluated by the judge on cattle uniformity, knowledge, management and performance.
EVALUATION
OUR PARTNERS• Iowa State University Extension and Outreach• Elkader Veterinary Clinic• Innovative Agriculture Services/Purina Feeds• Clayton County Cattlemen/Dairy Producers• Edgewood Livestock Commission
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
• 4H-provides the vehicle for the program to exist.
• Kristen Schulte-Farm Management Field Specialist-
• Tammy Muller-CYC-• Denise Schwab-Beef-Field Specialist-
ELKADER VET. CLINIC
• Developed/delivered training season on-– Animal Health– Environmental Impact on performance– Disease Diagnosis
INNOVATIVE AG/ PURINA
• Steve Wagner- prices all products and norms them to a standard number.
• Reduces the variance of costs to the youth if you norm the cost of corn and other high value inputs.
• Some costs are specific to the child.
Clayton County Cattlemen andDairy Producers
• Sponsor all the trophies for the program.• Pay for all the scanning cost for the program.• Provide a meal to the participants while they do
their calculations.• Help with the weigh-in and scanning of cattle. • Line up Edgewood Livestock Commission for the
program.• Provide shirts to participants.
Participants
FIGURING RECORDS
PRESENTING TO CROWD
Questions???
• Thank you.