By Ellie Schmidgall, OHS Torch reporter
On Wednesday, April 6th, members of the Olympia FFA attended the section 9 livestock and dairy judging competition at the Tazewell County Fairgrounds and various Dairy farms.
Livestock judging consists of carefully analyzing animals and comparing them to a common ideal standard. Those in livestock judging have to assess four different animals; sheep, cattle, hogs, and goats. Those in dairy judging have to analyze dairy cattle.
Students woke up early on Wednesday morning to be at the school by 7:45. The contest started around 8:30. Livestock judging was done around 11:45 and dairy judging got back around 1.
Genna VanWye, Carson Goff, Ellie Schmidgall, Andy Davis, Gannon Springer, Brian Tackett, Andrew Renfrow, and Luke Litwiller participated in livestock judging. Josh Kindred, Brock Gottschalk, Shelby Payne, and Laura Rankin participated in dairy judging.
OHS senior Brian Tackett said, “I’ve done livestock judging throughout high school. I love it and think it really benefits anyone going into the agriculture field.”
FFA secretary, Carson Goff, received fourth place in overall individuals while the livestock judging team got fifth place overall. Brock Gottschalk received 8th place in individuals and the dairy judging team received fourth place.
Many students participate in livestock or dairy judging throughout high school, but many colleges offer collegiate livestock judging. Senior, Carson Goff, will be attending Lakeland Community College where she will be on the livestock judging team.
OHS junior, Andy Davis, said, “We don’t always agree on the official scores and placings that the judge gives us, but we always have to look back and see where they’re coming from. Livestock judging really helps me keep an open mind about things.”
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