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1 PURDUE UNIVERSITY 4-H LIVESTOCK MEETING& Owen County Fair Board Superintendents & Purdue Extension February 1, 2015

2 4-H PLEDGES JR. SUPTS. INTRO OF OWEN COUNTY FAIR SUPERINTENDENTS PLEDGES.JUNIOR SUPT.

3 Livestock: Minimum weights are set for a 4-H animal to be allowed to show as follows: Swine Market Hogs & Cross Gilts: 200# Market Lambs: 55# Market Goats: 40# Poultry Broilers: 4 pounds If animals do not make these set weights they will be dismissed from the barn and not allowed to stay at fair and show. REASON FOR MEETING.Billy Roberts

4 Agenda: 4-H Brick Program Open Swine Show Livestock Selection Feeding & Water Facilities Exercise Health Care

5 4-H Brick Program..FAIRBOARD Put your families legacy in a brick the Owen County Fair see form for info

6 Open Swine Show May 21 BILLY ROBERTS Helps raise money for the fair Some Projects the Fair has done: New wash racks New pens Volunteers Needed? Coordinator?

7 Livestock Selection.. LINDY MILLER & KEVIN COOPER Breed Animal Age Size Cost GOAL: Swine Market Hogs & Cross Gilts: 200# Market Lambs: 55# Market Goats: 40#

8 Data on April 21: 1 JANUARY 1 $250 2 January 15 $300 GOATS: 3 February 15 $100 4 February 15 $250

9 PIG WEIGHT Eight-week-old pigs should weigh at least 35 pounds. Twelve-week-old pigs should weigh at least 60 pounds. It was noted that in many cases the January pigs and goats would be your safest bet. Source: OSU ANSI

10 1 JANUARY 1 55 pounds $ weeks old 2 January pounds $ weeks old 3 February pounds $100 9 weeks old 4 February pounds $250 9 weeks old Data on April 21: GOATS & WEIGHTS 1= 45# 2= 30# 3= 15#

11 Keys from the Selection slide Weight per day of age matters! Concentrate on January pigs and your late winter early spring sales. Bargains are bargains for a reason...avoid these. Small light weight animals will NOT make required fair weights.neither likely will February or March born animals in most but not all cases. In the last slide it is likely that only the #2 hog and #1 goat would make required fair weights.others might, but when purchasing go with the sure thing.

12 WHY FEED WHAT S IN THERE? Protein (Crude Protein) Amino Acids Energy Sugars Fats Minerals

13 Grower diets Feeding Grower diets represent approximately 30 to 35 percent of the feed usage. The growing pig (50 pounds) is still in the growth phase in which it is depositing lean tissue at a fast rate. Therefore, high levels of lysine and other amino acids are necessary to promote maximum lean growth. The grower phase (50 to 120 pounds) has been broken down into two phases, 50 to 80 pounds and 80 to 120 pounds, to better meet the pig's requirements For Goats and Lambs this is a post weaning diet

14 Finisher diets Finishing feed will represent approximately 45 to 50 percent of the feed usage, so decisions to change or modify finishing diets must be made based on economics. Finishing pigs are more subjected to changes which affect feed intake. For Goats and Lambs this is the last month or so prior to the fair

15 Water Clean Cool Available 24/7

16 Feed Additives / Problems Additives Paylean, meals, fats, and milk products Mold & Myotoxin Running Out of Feed in an Ad Lib program Underfeeding/Overfeeding Costs

17 Facilities & Exercise Shade Temperature Cleanliness or place to lay that is comfortable Pest Free Exercise

18 Facilities & Exercise

19 Goats & Sheep --HAY Priorities Green leafy dust free hay containing legumes (alfalfa & clover, birdsfoot trefoil, etc.) is ideal as it is a high protein high TDN (total Digestible Nutrients) hay. Green color indicates fresh non rained on hay. Stemy alfalfa still is good cow hay as even though leaves are gone it still has a higher protein amount than poor grass hay.

20 Hay Problems Mold Dust (Dust is a problem in horses and some other animals.) Rained on bleached hay Weeds Loose bales

21 Class 3 Hay DM= DRY MATER CP= Crude Protein TDN= Total Digestible Nutrients 2014 Livestock Skillathon Hay Judging Rank these hays as they would be used in a spring feeding program for market sheep or goats in a 4-H operation. The goal of this program is to grow the market animal and high quality feeds are being used. No. % DM % CP % TDN Cost ($/ton)

22 Class 3 Hay PLACING depends on how they merge with your feed sources. But for most goats and sheep with good high quality grain rations with adequate protein, the most economical placing would be (since it said below high quality feeds are being used)..now if you need the high quality and protein of the #3 hay, then go with 3.obviously the best, but at $220 a ton might be overdoing it if you have a great showfeed Livestock Skillathon Hay Judging Rank these hays as they would be used in a spring feeding program for market sheep or goats in a 4-H operation. The goal of this program is to grow the market animal and high quality feeds are being used. No. % DM % CP % TDN Cost ($/ton)

23 Health Care Vet Grant Minnemeyer.. Basic things to look for Is my animal eating regularly? Is the manure looking good? How s the coat? How s the energy level? Problems & worming.vet

24 TAG DAY FOR GOATS SHEEP & SWINE APRIL 30 th Swine 7-10 am Goats & Sheep 9-11 am QUESTIONS FOR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT Thanks for Coming!