Mar 20
The 2024 Oklahoma Youth Expo Barrow Show is rounding the final turn and will be heading for home on Thursday ahead of the Grand Drive a little after 6 PM in the Jim Norick Arena. After two days of showing- we have the winners in the nine purebred breed shows as well as the light …
Mar 19
It was a historic night for an event that started back in 2005 at what is called the World’s Largest Junior Livestock Show. On Tuesday evening, the 20th Night of Stars Gilt Sale had 130 gilts sell for a grand total of $1,610,750 and a per gilt average of $12,390. That far surpassed the record …
Mar 19
Three supreme heifer champions were named on Monday afternoon in the Jim Norick arena at the 2024 Oklahoma Youth Expo. That included the Supreme Heifer that came from the Purebred champs- the Supreme Influence Heifer from the Influence or Hybrid Champs and the Supreme Born and Raised Oklahoma Supreme Heifer. Ty Collum of the Perkins-Tryon …
Mar 19
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster recently had the chance to visit with the President of Oklahoma State University, Dr. Kayse Shrum, at the 2024 Oklahoma Youth Expo. Shrum was a participant in Monday’s OYE Legislative and Celebrity Showmanship and also attended the 2024 Pork Partners Derby. The Oklahoma Pork Partners Derby is designed to offer …
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 …
