1. Youth Fest 2013

3. Fun Friends-friends and youth/adult partners valued. Education-Expanded program education beyond the show ring. A deeper understanding of the cattle feeding business.

4. FEEDING CATTLE IS SOMETIMES….. LIKE GAMBLING

5. –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. 5

6. 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….

7. The student is evaluated by the judge on cattle uniformity, knowledge, management and performance. EVALUATION

8. OUR PARTNERS Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Elkader Veterinary Clinic Innovative Agriculture Services/Purina Feeds Clayton County Cattlemen/Dairy Producers Edgewood Livestock Commission

9. 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-

10. ELKADER VET. CLINIC Developed/delivered training season on- –Animal Health –Environmental Impact on performance –Disease Diagnosis

11. 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.

12. Clayton County Cattlemen and Dairy 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.

13. Participants

14. FIGURING RECORDS

15. PRESENTING TO CROWD

16. Questions??? Thank you.