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Publications

Publication Number: P2264
Publication Number: M1522
Publication Number: P799
Publication Number: P0852

News

A goat.
Filed Under: 4-H, 4-H Livestock Program, Youth Livestock, Youth Projects, Agriculture, Livestock, Goats and Sheep April 3, 2023

RAYMOND, Miss. -- Not so long ago, goats were niche livestock animals in Mississippi. But these small ruminants have grown in popularity in recent years, especially dairy goats. Farmers who have limited acreage or want to diversify their livestock operations often choose goats. Others want goats for their meat or milk. Regardless of the purpose, people who want to join the ranks of goat owners should understand some important aspects of goat ownership before bringing one home.

A young man holds three plaques.
Filed Under: 4-H, 4-H Livestock Program, Youth Livestock February 10, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. -- Since the age of 7, Smith County 4-H’er Chase Boone has been showing mostly Simmental cattle in the Dixie National Junior Round-Up each year.

He is now a high school senior who will soon be moving on to college but not before a final appearance in one of his favorite livestock show events. He ended up exhibiting two supreme champion livestock -- the supreme beef female and the supreme beef bull -- and was named one of six premier exhibitors.

It was a successful send-off, if not a bittersweet one.

Chickens feed inside a fenced enclosure.
Filed Under: Youth Poultry, Poultry April 20, 2022

Farm supply stores are full of cute chicks in the spring, and the sight of the fluffy baby birds, combined with future dreams of fresh eggs, prompts many people to impulsively start a backyard flock.

White chickens gather at a feeder.
Filed Under: Youth Poultry, Poultry April 18, 2022

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Keeping buffalo wings on menus is a supply chain issue that goes all the way back to procedures farm workers follow to protect the health of commercially grown chickens.

Two young women display a lamb in a show ring.
Filed Under: 4-H, 4-H Livestock Program, Youth Livestock February 11, 2022

JACKSON, Miss. -- Lily and Emma Grace Putnam raised their Mississippi-bred reserve champion lamb in their Sunflower County pasture, which they recently finished fencing in with the help of loans and grants.

“We have always had the land and have been pasturing it in piece by piece as we’ve been able to, but we needed to complete the fencing this year so we could finish breeding our ewes,” said Lily Putnam, a Sunflower County 4-H’er based in Sunflower County. “The loan was helpful to me because we used it to buy equipment to get ready for lambing and start a breeding business.”

Watch

Farmweek, Entire Show - Nov 27 2015
Farmweek

Season 39 Show #21

Thursday, November 26, 2015 - 6:00pm
Farmweek, Entire Show, Nov 13, 2015, #19
Farmweek

Season 39 Show #19

Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 6:00pm
Born For The Show Ring Feature
Extension Stories

Born for the Show Ring

Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 7:00pm

Listen

Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 7:00am
Thursday, January 2, 2020 - 7:00am
Thursday, December 26, 2019 - 7:00am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 7:00am
Monday, September 30, 2019 - 7:00am

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Contacts

Portrait of Mr. Cobie Rutherford, Jr.
Extension Instructor
4-H Youth Development