Texas 4-H Steer Validation Demonstration available in live streaming media

To:  Texas AgriLife Extension Service, County Extension Agents

 

Texas 4-H Steer Validation Demonstration available in live streaming media athttp://agrilife.tamu.edu/livestock101/ 

The Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program in cooperation with the Animal Science Extension Unit are proud to announce our first offering of online resources to support Youth Livestock Project work.  This initial offering focuses on Steer Validation and is designed to get you up to speed quickly with the procedures for validating show steer projects through the Texas Steer Validation Program.  Granted these videos are no substitute for reading the validation guidelines, but they should add  visual references to the techniques used in the validation process.   These videos would also serve as a great resource for training your County Steer Validation Committee. 
 
This new website is going to offer a fresh, new, and exciting way for us to share information and help deliver programs to youth.
 
Topics coming soon include:  Swine, Lamb, and Goat Validation; Youth Livestock Project Evaluation; and in the near future, facilities, health care, and much more.
 
This website will be dynamic.  Through your promotion and support, it also has the potential to be one of the most heavily used online resources Texas AgriLife Extension Service has to offer.  In order to make it all of that,  we also want your input .  We obviously can't put everything there is to know about youth livestock projects on this site, but we would like your opinion on the topics and resources that would be most beneficial to yourself and your youth.  To let us know what you think, simply email Kevin Chilek at k-chilek@tamu.edu.

 

We look forward to hearing from you,

Kevin

 

 

Kevin D. Chilek
Extension Program Specialist 4-H