Livestock Judging Contest Resources
Looking for more judging practice? Check out these free resources to help prepare for livestock judging contests! 1) Livestockjudging.com 2) How to Judge Classes 3) 4-H/FFA Retail Identification Cuts 4) Judging Score Calculator 5) Meat Identification Card Join Hawaiʻi State 4-H for an introductory livestock judging workshop led by judging expert Jeff Goodwin, designed to help youth build foundational knowledge and strengthen confidence in livestock judging. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DfSY4s0OjU6Ny1Md6fLJE5wHNKqr57iT/view?usp=sharing
4-H Historic Marker Dedication on Maui
On January 25, a plaque commemorating 107 years of the 4-H youth development program in Hawaiʻi was dedicated on Maui near the site of the state’s first 4-H club. In 1918, visionary agriculturist and diversified farming advocate Frederick Krauss founded Hawaiʻi’s first 4-H club, the Boys’ Swine Club, which welcomed 31 young members from Maui near Haʻikū at the New Era Homestead. Krauss, who devoted decades to agricultural leadership in the state, helped shape the trajectory of what is now called the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical…