Get Your Show Shoes On! It's Showtime

2019 State Show Highlights
Showmanship Winners by Grade
Class 1-Peyton Clark, Madison County 4H
Class 2-Luke Huff, Oglethorpe County 4H
Class 3-Lane Bridges, Chattooga County FFA
Class 4-Sydney Coble, Burke County 4H
Class 5-Emma Turner, Oconee County Middle FFA
Class 6-Torrie Reed, Gilmer County FFA
Class 7-Trent Maddox, Jasper County FFA
Class 8-Morgan Patterson, Jasper County FFA
Class 9-Lawton Harris, Piedmont Academy FFA
Master 4-H Showman
Sarah Ullom-9th grade, Coweta County 4H
Supreme FFA Showman
Morgan Patterson, 11th grade, Jasper County FFA
Weight Division Champion and Reserve Champions
Class 1-Jayden Evans, Whitfield County 4H
Class 2-Josie Roberson, Coweta County 4H
Class 3-Hannah Newberry, Rutland High FFA
Class 4-Eliza Jane Glover, White County High FFA
Class 5-Christian Page, Oconee County 4H
Class 6-Chayse Culbert, Chattooga County FFA
Class 7-Caeden Swartz, Coweta County 4H
Class 8-Reagan Britt, North Hall FFA
Class 9-Trent Maddox, Jasper County FFA
Class 10-Sarah Kimbrell, Wilbanks Middle FFA
Class 11-Katarina Jackson, Houston County FFA
Class 12-Christoper Pittman, Piedmont Academy FFA
Class 13-Morgan Patterson, Jasper County FFA
Class 14-Sydney Coble, Burke County 4H
Class 15-Lawton Harris, Piedmont Academy FFA
Class 16-Alexis Adams, Rutland High FFA
Class 17-Trent Maddox, Jasper County FFA
Class 18-Sarah Ullom, Coweta County 4H
Class 19-Ariel Lawson, Rutland High FFA
Class 20-Emma Newberry, Oconee County FFA
Grand Champion
Morgan Patterson, Jasper County FFA
Trent Maddox, Jasper County FFA
Congratulations to all competitors!
Thank you sponsors, family, friends and advisers for your support with showing! You provide an awesome experience for students.


SHOWING COMMERCIAL DAIRY HEIFERS
Students borrow dairy heifers from local dairies to raise and train for showing in showmanship and confirmation classes. The heifers are generously loaned to keep the cost of raising and showing a heifer down for the students. Heifers are selected and brought home to students or their county’s barn around November
each year.
After training their heifers, students can exhibit at local shows and at UGA’s show in Athens, Ga., during the first two weeks of February. The state livestock show follows UGA by two weeks and is held in Perry, Ga. After the showing at the state show, the heifers are returned to their home dairies. In August, students can pick their heifers back up and show them again during the fall season. The largest fall show is at Perry’s Georgia National Fair in October. GDYF typically contributes money to individual shows, sponsors awards and hosts informational workshops. Check out the information below to learn more about showing a dairy heifer in Georgia 4-H and FFA.
GA Commercial Dairy Heifer Show Program,
by Katie Williams
Showing Ready: Entering the Line and Posing Your Animal
The Holstein Foundation created four 3-4 minute long videos about how to show. A super resource to watch... even Veteran to the ring should watch! The foundation discusses a rule change about how to pose you animal side by side.
Resources
Contact these people for more information about
Showing Dairy Heifers:
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For GDYF support, contact Carol Williams,
President of the GA Dairy Youth Foundation:
H – 706-342-3479, carolwms1217@gmail.com
Calendars:
page 33 for Dairy Heifer Schedule
To Register For Each Show:
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Health Requirements must be met
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Each facility’s and show’s rules must be acknowledged
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Advisor forms turned in
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Entry form and fees completed online or mailed in by deadline
(Usually at least a month in advance)


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UGA Extension: Is Your Heifer Fit to Show? A Guide to Fitting and Showing Dairy Animals: (includes feeding and training info)
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Holstein Foundation: A Beginner’s Guide to Showing Dairy Cattle: (includes feeding and training info)
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Oklahoma Extension: Guide on Training and Showing Dairy Heifers