Gulf County 4-Hers have great success at West Florida Livestock Show
By Anitra Mayhann | Guest Columnist
Gulf County 4-H youth participated in the West Florida Livestock Show in Quincy, Florida on March 6 and 7. The twelve youth that participated were Jared, Allie, Travis and Adam Archibald, Conner and Ellie Olsen, Ava and Riata Peck, Ashley Tucker, Sadie Scoffield, and Camden and Coulton Winder.
This activity is known as the annual 4-H steer and swine livestock project. For each youth to participate in this event, there are certain requirements that must be fulfilled within a short time frame.
The 4-H youth members learned self discipline and responsibility through the process of this project. Youth have fed, watered, gentled and groomed their steer. The steers must be trained to be led by a halter and to be loaded in a trailer for travel before the show.
The youth also have had the responsibility of tracking expenses and logging feed consumption. Youth learn the importance of feeding the correct amount at the same time each day and have worked extremely hard preparing their steer and swine for the show and sale since last summer. The youth represented Gulf County very well in the show and brought home multiple awards for their hard work and dedication.
To kick things off, Sadie Scoffield had a big win! She and her swine, “Her Swiney,” brought home Grand Champion. The awards and placings are as follows:
LIVESTOCK JUDGING:
Teams:
1st place Junior Division: Ellie Olson, Adam Archibald, and Jace Winder
2nd Place Junior Division: Ava Peck, Travis Archibald, Conner Olson, Coulton Winder
4th Place Senior Division: Allie Archibald, Jarod Archibald, Camden Winder, Riata Peck
Individual:
1st Place Junior Division: Travis Archibald
3rd Place Senior Division: Camden Winder
SWINE:
Showmanship:
1st place Junior Division: Conner Olsen
2nd Place Junior Division: Ashley Tucker
3rd Place Junior Division: Sadie Scoffield
Weight Class C:
1st Sadie Scoffield
2nd Conner Olsen
Weight Class B:
1st Ellie Olsen
Weight Class A:
1st Ashley Tucker
Grand Champion:
Sadie Scoffield
Reserve Grand Champion:
Ellie Olsen
STEERS:
Junior Showmanship:
2nd Ava Peck
4th Conner Olsen
Weight Class C:
2nd Ava Peck
5th Coulton Winder
6th Camden Winder
7th Allie Archibald
Weigh Class D:
2nd Travis Archibald
3rd Jarod Archibald
4th Adam Archibald
5th Conner Olsen
6th Riata Peck
WEIGHT GAIN COMPETITION
1st Ava Peck
2nd Jared Archibald
3rd Travis Archibald
4th Riata Peck
5th Conner Olsen
9th Adam Archibald
9th Coulton Winder
10th Camden Winder
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS: B. J. Moore Swine Spirit Award: Conner Olsen / Bernard Clark Herdsman Award: Adam Archibald / Joshua Timothy Wilder Memorial Award: Adam Archibald
Congratulations to all Gulf County 4-H Livestock Club Members! Well Done!
On a heartfelt note, the overwhelming outpour of love and support for the late Mr. Michael Archibald and his family were felt throughout the show. Michael had a great love for agriculture and a strong desire to help the livestock club grow. He leaves an amazing legacy behind with his 5 children whom he loved dearly, four of whom participated in this year’s steer project.
The Gulf County 4-H and Livestock youth want to thank our buyers and supporters, without them this project would not be successful.
Buyers: Francis Hinson of GCEC, Deseret, Beau Hatcher of ADM, Stuart Shoaf of St. Joe Gas, The Feed Store of Havana, Eddie Holman of Mile Pond and Elite Construction, George Crenshaw of D&B Properties of Madison, Florida Cattleman’s Association Past & Present Members, Beard Equipment/John Deere
Livestock Project Supporters: Gulf County Cattleman’s Association, Miller Heating & Air, Taunton Truss, Comforter Funeral Home, Ramsey’s Printing, David Rich’s IGA, Kilgore Brick, Mize Plumbing, UPS, The Westerner, Gulf North Enterprises Inc., Wewa Outdoors, Cox Transmission, Appliance Doc of NWFL, Farm Bureau, Barkman Apiaries, Pettis Pest Services, Bayside Resell LLC, In due season Property Services, Robyn Rennick, 98 Real Estate, Duren’s Piggly Wiggly, Ake’s Septic Inc. and Miss Emily Flowers.
