4-H Events and Activities

Monday, February 04, 2008

Kaufman County 4-H’ers Fare Well at Ft. Worth Junior Livestock Show





Kaufman County Beef Club 4-H’ers did very well the first week of the Fort Worth Livestock Show. Kaufman County had 11 exhibitors competing in the Fort Worth Livestock Show competing in the Junior Heifer, and the Junior Breeding Swine show on January 16-20th.



Justin Jenkins of Crandall was Division Champion Shorthorn Heifer Calf (pictured). In addition, Klee Walker of Terrell, placed 4th with his junior Hereford heifer and 2nd in the senior showmanship. Hailey Hawes of Crandall placed 3rd with her Spring Yearling Maine Anjou heifer. Melissa Sleeper of Kaufman placed 6th with her January Junior Shorthorn Heifer. Also in the Shorthorn division, Kerri Hughes of Kaufman placed 7th with her Senior Heifer. In the Angus Heifer Division, Brooke Jones of Wills Point placed 2nd with her Junior Heifer, Brittany Krueger of Terrell placed 10th with her Late Senior Angus Heifer, Haley Breazeale of Forney placed 2nd with her Late Senior Heifer and Hannah Stalman of Kaufman placed 3rd with her Early Senior Heifer.


The Junior Breeding Swine Show featured Krista Day and Sara Holder showing their Berkshire Gilts.



The Kaufman County 4-H Beef Club will next be heading to San Antonio with their Junior Heifers and the Junior Breeding Swine projects on February 4th to the 9th.

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