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The Blinn College livestock judging team continued its string of top-five finishes at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) ...

Blinn has finished in the top five at every 2025-26 contest it has competed in.

CHICO — Whether it’s learning to evaluate a sports performance, a piece of artwork or a living animal, the process is a long one. Experience and time are the only ways to gain the skill. That was the ...

RHAME, N.D.—Dillon Bowman, a senior at Bowman County High School in North Dakota, never envisioned himself going to college. “I didn’t really want to go to college. I just wanted to stay at home and ...

The Oklahoma State University Livestock Judging team continues to break records by winning its 23rd national championship. OSU was recently named high team overall at the 2023 North American ...

The Logan County 4-H Livestock Judging Team represented the state of Colorado at the National Western Stock Show National Livestock Judging Contest Jan. 6. The team had been preparing and practicing ...

FARGO, N.D. — Jacob Klaudt originally planned to play collegiate football, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed that. A competitive and driven person by nature, he knew he wanted to still compete in ...

The Oklahoma State University livestock judging team won high team overall at the 2022 North American International Livestock Exposition on Nov. 14. This fall marks the 22nd year OSU has brought home ...

MABEL, Minn. — Eric Smith sat on a folding chair between a corn crib and a livestock trailer listening to high school students say things like "the small heifer" and "I place them 2,1,3,4." Smith, who ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—After attending a local animal show, 5-year-old Alexandra Pittman asked her mother and stepfather to buy her a piglet. Twenty years and numerous 4-H-related events later, she is now ...