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4-H Livestock Club Reorganizational Meeting By Tony Rose Adair County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development The Adair County 4-H Livestock club will have a reorganizational meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 6pmCT, at the Adair County Cooperative Extension Service, 409 Fairground ST, Columbia, KY. (MAP) The livestock club will involve all youth who are interested in animal science activities. This will include beef, dairy sheep, swine, goats and country hams. 4-H members are now required to be part of an approved livestock club before they can do any livestock activities. These activities include show, judging, quiz bowls, skillatons and anything to do with livestock. Youth are required to get 6 hours of educational training from an approved livestock volunteer before they are allowed to participate in any livestock activities in the State of Kentucky. If a youth does not receive the 6 hours of training time then they will not be allowed to participate in any livestock programs and this does include the areas of beef, dairy, sheep, swine, goats, and country hams. So if you have any interest in participating in any livestock program, please make sure to attend this meeting. If you have any question you can contact me at (270) 384-2317. 4-H animal science programs and projects have a long history in Kentucky. These activities provide youth with opportunities to learn about animals and develop life skills that are needed to be positive contributors to society. Youth learn about animal selection and evaluation, nutrition and feeding, health and daily care, reproduction, marketing, and much more. In addition, youth learn the importance of hard work and responsibility, and also develop important life skills such as critical thinking, decision-making, and communication. Another essential element that youth can acquire is a sense of cooperative involvement. Although youth show animals to compete, raising an animal is an excellent opportunity for adults to serve as mentors. Adults can educate youth on the importance of working cooperatively with others to produce a prize animal. Teaching our young people to work together is a much healthier approach than teaching them to "win at any cost". Animal projects begin preparing youth for a wide variety of careers. Although many only think of the actual production of livestock as a livestock career, there are hundreds of other livestock-related careers available. These include careers in the fields of veterinary medicine, livestock/animal health specialists, sales, feedlot/farm operators, environmental specialists, market reporting, animal research, teaching, and many others. In several species of animals, young people may be involved in "market" and/or "breeding" projects. The focus of the market project is raising the young animal to the appropriate age/weight for sale. The focus of the breeding project is to care for the adult female animal throughout the breeding process and care of the young offspring. Although most youth declare each animal to be either a "market" or "breeding" animal, the same animal can actually be both. When the animal is both, the 4-H'er needs to remember that one animal cannot be shown in both market and breeding categories in the same show.A quick primer on animal competition:
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