PERSPECTIVE October 4, 2024
OKFB YF&R hosts more than 2,000 4-H and FFA members at 2024 state fair livestock judging contest klahoma Farm Bureau hosted 64 schools, totaling 2,023 4-H and FFA members, at the annual Young Farmers and Ranchers State Fair Livestock Judging Contest Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds. Students rotated through eight breeding classes of cattle, sheep, goats and hogs while evaluating for breeeding and market quality. Participants answered two sets of questions about one class of Angus bulls and one class of Hampshire breeding gilts. The top three individuals in the junior
4-H division were Bennett Landreth; Lomega 4-H: 462; Dax Inman, MulhallOrlando 4-H: 455; and Hayes Anderson, Purcell 4-H: 449. The top three teams were Fort Gibson 4-H: 1298; Alfalfa County 4-H: 1275; and Silo 4-H:1274. The top three individuals in the junior FFA division were Kendra Dillingham, Drummond FFA: 466; Raygen Greathouse; Fort Gibson FFA: 464; and Gracie Gis; Fort Gibson FFA: 463. The top three teams were Fort Gibson FFA: 1385; Checotah FFA: 1346; and Fairland FFA: 1317.
The top three individuals in the senior 4-H division were Madison Hood, Keys 4-H: 476; Kolton Kohler, Grady County 4-H: 468; and Berkley McKaye, MullhallOrlando 4-H: 464. The top three teams were the Keys 4-H: 1374; Kay County 4-H: 1352; and Dibble 4-H: 1348. The top three individuals in the senior FFA division were Oakley Gross, Stillwater FFA: 480; Major Langley, Adair FFA: 478; and Dade Delozier, Adair FFA: 477. The top three teams were Adair FFA: 1412; Stillwater FFA: 1402; and Cushing FFA: 1389.