All-East Livestock Judging Contest

12/19/2023

For those who wish to support PA youth at the Junior Market Sale at Farm Show, you can participate anywhere with an online bidding platform!

ATTENTION ALL PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW JUNIOR MARKET EXHIBITORS AND SUPPORTERS:

The Farm Show Scholarship Foundation is committed to helping everyone gather the most support for their project and giving buyers options to participate. Thanks to Wolgemuth Auction LLC, we will provide a LIVE, online bidding platform in addition to in person bidding to aid in supporting PA youth at the 2024 Farm Show Junior Market Livestock Sale held on Tuesday, January 9! Go to Wolgemuth-Auction.com or use the QR Code for more details and to register to bid.

12/19/2023

ATTENTION ALL PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW JUNIOR MARKET EXHIBITORS AND SUPPORTERS:

The Farm Show Scholarship Foundation is committed to helping everyone gather the most support for their project and giving buyers options to participate. Thanks to Wolgemuth Auction LLC, we will provide a LIVE, online bidding platform in addition to in person bidding to aid in supporting PA youth at the 2024 Farm Show Junior Market Livestock Sale held on Tuesday, January 9! Go to Wolgemuth-Auction.com or use the QR Code for more details and to register to bid.

06/28/2023

05/03/2023

Thanks to the incredibly talented Megan Anderson Photography, we have videos of the classes from the contest!

https://youtu.be/lHtbqIvf2sg

Thank you to HB Livestock for supplying a HIGH quality set of Dorset Ewes with lots of teaching!

05/03/2023

As the contest has passed, we still have some people that need to be recognized. Alumni have been incredible, and Livestock is another one on that long list!

Originally from SE PA, Donnie and Kelly are graduates of Penn State and then moved their farming operations to NE Indiana. As past of their operation, they raise competitive show pigs and calves, and are always huge supporters of "Dear Old State!" Dillon may have moved west to pursue his degrees, but I am not sure that I know a more dedicated Penn State Football fan. Thank you for your continued support, and look this family up. You are about to see the Sheiss name A LOT.

04/23/2023

Thank you MacCauley Suffolks for providing an incredible class for the All-East Livestock Judging Contest. Check out the sale for some functional Suffolks with Style!

It’s sale day!

04/23/2023

Please enjoy this highlight reel for this week's contest. Thank you Megan Anderson Photography, you are incredibly talented!

04/22/2023

Today is the 3rd and final day of the All-East Contest, and it is being combined with the the Penn State Block & Bridle Club spring judging contest for 4-H and FFA. We reached out to DelGrosso's Park, and they were happy to support ALL the youth and college contestants with helping us with lunches from Marianna's Fundraisers hoagie lunches! That might be the best contest lunch in any contest I have been apart of!
Thank you for all the support to both the contest and youth of PA!

04/21/2023

Day 2, and it is selections day! We would like to recognize our Swine Selection and Judging Award Sponsors, Leidy's Premium Meats. This actually mirrors today well, as they utilize Duroc lines to make a premium product, Nature's Tradition!
An artisanal line of specialty pork, which offers all the attributes and qualities that discerning retailers and consumers are looking for: humanely raised, fresh, juicy pork made in small batches from premium Duroc heritage hogs.

Leidy's Premium Meats are among the few processors in the US that offer premium Duroc heritage pork, recognized around the world for its authentic flavor, juicy tenderness and versatility. Nature’s Tradition program is built on select Duroc genetics and a proprietary feed program aimed at producing ruby red pork with a higher level of marbling, delivering an advanced tenderness and flavorful culinary experience.

Thank you for your support!

04/20/2023

We are underway with Day 1 of our contest, Live Evaluation! It only seems fitting for the Silver Sponsor of the day to be PA Beef Council The Pennsylvania Beef Council is a non-profit organization working on behalf of nearly 18,000 beef, dairy and veal producers in the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania's 53,000 farm families continue to be the stewards of more than 7.7 million acres of farmland. With $7.7 billion in cash receipts annually from production agriculture, Pennsylvania farmers and agribusinesses are the leading economic driver in our state.

Its mission, to work on behalf of farmers, building beef and veal demand with consumers of all ages.

The PA Beef Council is also the manager of the North East Beef Promotion Initiative, to educate consumers and promote beef as part of a healthy diet to the masses through the Northeast.

Follow PA Beef Council for additional information, or just recipe ideas to include beef in your meal planning. Remember: Beef, its what's for dinner!

04/19/2023

We have said it a few times now, but when I mean that our swine unit executed a plan to make the best contest hogs we could make they went above and beyond. We would like to thank Real McCoy Genetics for working with us with ordering semen to make a great set of contest hogs. Thank you, they are assets to not only the contest but our teaching mission!