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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN,
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HEADLINES
UA professor named to Altheimer Soybean Chair
SWREC assesses windstorm damage
Division of Agriculture to operate state poultry testing lab
Wow! Students will do DNA fingerprinting in teaching lab
Don Hubbell named Livestock and Forestry Branch Station director
Gifts provide new scholarships, graduate student award
Bob and Hazel Spitze receive philanthropy award
Paul Beck appointed assistant professor
Delta Classic raises CSES scholarship funds
Farm Bureau conference to focus on the future
GSD celebrates 50th anniversary
27 attend Poultry Science Youth Conference
Local Master Gardeners lend a hand with fruit research
Bumpers College hosts Gifted and Talented group
Bumpers College sponsors Livestock Judging Camp
Farm Bureau awards scholarships
Summer orientation greets students
RECENT NEWS RELEASES
Poultry Science Youth Conference held at the University of Arkansas (with 2 photos)
Local Master Gardeners lend a hand with fruit research (with 1 photo)
Adding selenium to beef offers health benefits for consumers (with 1 photo)
UA Animal Scientist Receives Alltech Medal (with 3 photos)June 2004
Rice growers, millers, users focus on quality at UA conference (with 1 photo)
SWREC assesses windstorm damage (with 4 photos)
Researchers study impact of humans on public lands
UA expands genetic base for cotton breeders (with 1 photo)
UA Livestock Judging Camp prepares 4-H, FFA students for competition (with 2 photos)
UA shows non-toxic endophyte at international symposium (with 1 photo) May 2004
Time is money in transgenic variety development (with 2 photos)
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July-August 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 4
Bumpers College sponsors Livestock Judging Camp
More than 30 4-H and FFA students from Arkansas and Missouri honed their competitive skills at the University of Arkansas Livestock Judging Camp June 7-9.
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| Animal science instructor Bryan Kutz coaches a group of FFA and 4-H members in judging Simmental heifers during the University of Arkansas Livestock Judging Camp June 7-9. |
The students in grades 4 through 12 learned how to evaluate cattle, sheep and hogs and how to describe the reasons for their determinations, said Bryan Kutz, instructor in the Department of Animal Science in Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.
Members of the U of A Livestock judging team helped train the students at beginner, intermediate and advanced skill levels. Kutz said most of the advanced participants were honing their skills in preparation for the Arkansas 4-H Orama, which will be held at the U of A in July.
The purpose of livestock judging, Kutz said, is to evaluate an animal's fitness relative to its intended function.
"For each species, we judge how an animal's structure, volume, balance, breed characteristics and other factors suit depending on whether it will be used for breeding or grown for market," he said.
The students who participated in this year's Livestock Judging Camp are listed below by county.
Barry County, Mo.: Tiffany
Peoples and Courtney Thomas
Benton County: Chance Fink
Calhoun County: Matthew Lott and Bronson Sweeney
Columbia County: Jordan Baker, Clay Baxter and Lyndon Waller
Craighead County: Casey Gibson and Lane Lenderman
Grant County: Lacy Carter
Greene County: Andy Harvill, Holly Harvill and Jimmy Williams
Independence County: Leigh Ann Bridgers, Shannon Fennell, Derrick
Green, Justin Green, Jackson Mead, Tisha Roberson, Tim Street, Austin
Strickland and Natasha Workman
Ouachita County: Emily Howell
Poinsett County: T.J. Smith, Sky South, Clint Wallace and Dexter
Ward
Washington County: Will Pohlman, Kameron Sullivan and Troy Kutz
Yell County: Tiffany Holiman, Trey Johnson and Charley Pipes