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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1730324" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I do encourage youth to be involved in agriculture. I sponsor juniors by letting they use my animals to show. I am on the 3rd family. This family has 3 kids. This will be 5th year they have been "leasing" my animals for 4-H and all other youth events.</p><p>They live in suburb. No livestock. Live 10 minutes away. Animals stay here. They do all their own work on the show animals. Taught them to halter break, proper show skills, clipping, fitting, feeding, etc. But, they also are involved with learning all aspects. They have learned how to draw meds, inject IM or SQ, ear notch, ear tag, nasal spray, deworm, assist in calving (mostly just have watched some calvings), but we have explained what we do. Watched AI work. Planned breeding matings (mock). They know my cattle names & numbers better than me!! They are following all our calvings right now. Picking names, who should go into the next sale, etc.</p><p></p><p>I also work with the Extension. Put on clinics for the beef program. I was the state beef advisor for 25 years.</p><p></p><p>If we don't get youth involved, who will be taking the reins next. It's their choice if they can make a living at it, or just want to work in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1730324, member: 968"] I do encourage youth to be involved in agriculture. I sponsor juniors by letting they use my animals to show. I am on the 3rd family. This family has 3 kids. This will be 5th year they have been "leasing" my animals for 4-H and all other youth events. They live in suburb. No livestock. Live 10 minutes away. Animals stay here. They do all their own work on the show animals. Taught them to halter break, proper show skills, clipping, fitting, feeding, etc. But, they also are involved with learning all aspects. They have learned how to draw meds, inject IM or SQ, ear notch, ear tag, nasal spray, deworm, assist in calving (mostly just have watched some calvings), but we have explained what we do. Watched AI work. Planned breeding matings (mock). They know my cattle names & numbers better than me!! They are following all our calvings right now. Picking names, who should go into the next sale, etc. I also work with the Extension. Put on clinics for the beef program. I was the state beef advisor for 25 years. If we don't get youth involved, who will be taking the reins next. It's their choice if they can make a living at it, or just want to work in it. [/QUOTE]
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