Mar 19
Cargill awarded a three-year grant of $3.15 million to the National FFA Organization in support of its commitment to shape future agriculture leaders. The grant supports a variety of National FFA Organization programs and events during the three-year period (from 2023 to 2025), including the organization’s sustainability platform; the equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) pathway; …
Mar 18
At the Oklahoma Youth Expo on March 18th, over 130 lawmakers made their way to the OKC fairgrounds to be part of the 2024 Legislative and Celebrity Showmanship Contest. Lawmakers were paired with a 4-H or FFA member and had the chance to learn how to show a goat, lamb, steer, or barrow. The showmanship …
Mar 18
At the Oklahoma Youth Expo, Farm Director KC Sheperd caught up with Blake Kennedy, CEO and Founder of Kennedy Ventures, to discuss the Night of Stars Gilt Sale, which will take place at 6 p.m. on March 19th at the OKC fairgrounds. Last year’s sale hit record numbers, with 131 gilts sold for a record …
Mar 17
The 2024 contest landed in a new venue- the OKC Fairgrounds Pavilion Building and took up about 80% of the 70,000 square foot building. For the awards ceremony at one end of the building, It was a full house to honor the best of FFA and 4-H competitors who had worked hours and hours on …
Mar 16
Ag Mechanics has always been a big deal in the world of Ag Education with a lot of students enjoying welding and building projects- large and small. Now in Oklahoma- there is a creative outlet for both 4-H and FFA members with this passion at the World’s Largest Livestock Show- the OYE Ag Mechanics Contest. …
Mar 16
Just over a thousand purebred breeding gilts were competing for breed and overall honors Thursday and Friday- and when it came down to the nine breed champs on Friday afternoon, Madison Walker of Red Oak FFA took the Supreme Championship. She showed the Champion Berkshire Gilt on Friday that was then selected as the 2024 …
Mar 15
With the crossbred breeding gilt show in the books for 2024 and the top seventy of the over 1,200 females selected for next week’s Night of Stars Gilt Sale- Thursday afternoon had the OYE team moving on to the Purebred show with five of the breeds parading before judges Travis Platt of Indiana and Brandon …
Mar 14
Over 1,200 crossbred gilts were shown on Wednesday and Thursday to open the 2024 Oklahoma Youth Expo. Judges Troy Sloan of Missouri and Zach Schweke of Minnesota selected the dark cross gilts on Wednesday and finished with the light cross gilts on Thursday before the midday Supreme drive. They agreed on the Dark Cross Champion …
Mar 14
At the Oklahoma Youth Expo, Farm Director KC Sheperd had the chance to visit with Scott Eisenhauer of P&K Equipment, who has been a major booster of the OYE’s Ag Mechanics contest. This Saturday, the fourth Ag Mechanics Contest will move into a larger venue on the OKC Fairgrounds(The Pavilion) and there are a record …
Mar 12
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays is talking with Tyler Norvell, President of OYE about this year’s Oklahoma Youth Expo. As swine exhibitors have already begun moving into the barns in preparation for the upcoming livestock shows that will take place over the next two weeks, Norvell talked about the generous rewards and scholarships …
