< PreviousWhat more can we tell you? That our exclusive AmbitineTM technology formula helps support gut integrity and feed intake so your show pig feels and looks great? But the results pretty much tell you that. Animals speak louder than words.TM Contact your retailer to learn more, or visit purinamills.com/ambitine© 2018 Purina Animal Nutrition LLC. All rights reserved. That’s a pretty strong statement.Jayce Morgan Champion Yorkshire Market HogSage Becker Reserve Grand Champion FFA BarrowShae Becker Grand Champion 4-H Gilt Lauren Davis Grand Champion Yorkshire GiltAddie Foor Supreme Champion GiltElla Reed Grand Champion Spot GiltJUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE8018 June SE Form.indd 805/17/2018 11:23:52 AMAll out-of-state exhibitors welcome. Check in by Wednesday, Aug. 15 by 5 p.m.Show and sale broadcast by:Link on thepigplanet.comINDIANA DUROC BREEDERSTHUR SDAY, AUG. 16Saturday, Aug. 4 • 4-H Barrow Show :: Saturday, Aug. 11 • 4-H Gilt ShowJudge: Brett Beyers, Ill.Auctioneer: Kevin Wendt, #AU09200068 NSR Reps: Mike Paul: 765.427.2692Sale managed by: Indiana Duroc Breeders #AC30300016Scanning will be furnished. Credit cards will be accepted for a 3% surcharge.All animals selected by the judge for the sale must be offered in the auction.PresidentAdam Beck :: 317.626.2528Vice PresidentKyle Pullen :: 574.727.1816SecretaryAimee Inskeep :: 765.730.1666 TreasurerLarry Maxwell :: 317.442.8202 Show & Sale ManagerStan Rush :: 765.434.4220Breed Man. 4-H Jr. ShowKyle Pullen :: 574.727.1816Jackson Johnson :: 260-228-0014$11,000 Champion Duroc BoarExhibited by Goff Select Swine Genetics, Ind.Purchased by Crossroads Genetics, Ind.Entry deadline: July 1Enter online at in.gov/statefairINDIANA STATE FAIR DUROC SHOW & SALEComplimentary dinner provided by:Shaffer's Goldrush :: Crossroads GeneticsIndiana Duroc AssociationAug. 16 from 5-7 p.m.$3,700 Champion Duroc GiltExhibited by Megan Marion, Ind.Purchased by Chris Patrick, Ind.81JUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE18 June SE Form.indd 815/17/2018 11:23:52 AMJUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE8218 June SE Form.indd 825/17/2018 11:23:54 AM83JUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE18 June SE Form.indd 835/17/2018 11:23:56 AMFrom theWe ask questions and give you the answers from your NJSA show judges.Greg Krahn, Iowa 2018 WPX Jr. National Novice & Inter. Showmanship JudgeQ: What is the best hog you’ve ever seen?Oh that’s a good question. I would say the best hog I’ve ever seen at a livestock show specifi cally, not necessarily a boar would be the Trey Fecke Yorkshire bar-row that he showed in 2012 that was Champion Overall Barrow at the World Pork Expo and also at the National Junior Summer Spectacular. It was a Starbuck barrow from Triple B. That was actually the fi rst year there was a barrow show in Louisville and he won the barrow show in Des Moines and in Louisville and no one has done that since. He was a unique barrow; extremely heavy structured, really good in terms of his skeleton and balance, put a lot of really good things together. I thought he was really unique for that time and that year. Q: What advice do you have for young people in the livestock industry?Without question, take advantage of opportunities. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the NJSA, 4-H or FFA, go out and meet people and take advantage of leadership conferences, camps, as well as internships, judging teams and other activities like that. There are so many good people in this swine industry and also with that they are in a dire need for talented people. People in the NJSA and Team Purebred have a lot of talent and ability. So go out and meet people and fi gure out what you want to do in your future. Mike Clark, Iowa 2018 WPX Jr. National Junior and Senior Showmanship JudgeWhat is one important trait young individuals can gain from showing? Responsibility. It is every day. That animal needs to eat before you do, it requires time, it requires energy, it requires compassion, it requires dedication and that will serve them well for the rest of their lives. If you could tell every exhibitor one thing what would it be?Just to have a good time. Relax and just have a good time. There will be another pig show tomorrow, there will be another pig show next week so just have a good time and do your best. Work hard, work hard the entire time and you’ll have a good time and we will enjoy the day. What is your favorite thing about judging a show? To see people enjoy the day and enjoy everybody around them and learn something the entire time they had that project, I think that’s what I enjoy the most.JUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE8418 June SE Form.indd 845/17/2018 11:23:59 AMGarry Childs, Ga. 2018 WPX Jr. National Purebred Gilt Show JudgeWhat are you looking for in your champion gilt?Hopefully my champion gilt will be correct on her feet and legs with a sound, angular skeleton. She will possess a high quality functional underline, and be feminine about her head and neck. Her length, width, and depth of body should be balanced and in the proper proportion. I look for gilts that are heavy struc-tured while being correct in their skeleton. It is my desire to identify females that will generate physically superior offspring while remaining problem free.What advice do you have for young people in the livestock industry?Learn, look and listen! Learn to keep an open mind. Look and trust your own eyes and opinions. Listen to people who have more experience and try to learn as much as possible.Brandon Yantis, Ill. 2018 WPX Jr. National Crossbred Barrow Show JudgeWhat are you looking for in your champion barrow?Something that is hard to make and unique. I like stuff that looks like somebody tried really hard assemble and that’s very, very important to me. I think some-body who tries that hard needs to be commended for their job and be at the very top position. What did you enjoy most about being involved in NJSA?The lifelong friendships made. You never know when board members that you were on the Junior Board with will end up being the best man in your wedding and being lifelong friends. What do you enjoy most about being involved in the swine industry?The ability to do whatever you want to do on a regular basis and not be tied to somebody else’s opinion or somebody else’s version of what they think you should do. Your ability to take a stab at something and be right or be wrong and know that whether you’re right or wrong six months down the road you can swing for the fence and know that you can always make it over. AJ Genter, Ohio 2018 WPX Jr. National Crossbred Gilt Show JudgeWhat are you looking for in your champion gilt?In my opinion the champion gilt at the Expo will be a gilt that exemplifi es bal-ance and structural integrity and then of course we are at the World Pork Expo so we are going to see a wide variety and have lots of opportunities to fi nd a pretty elite gilt. So we are going to take balance and skeleton and then put a whole bunch of everything else on. The one that I think packs the biggest and most extras will be the one that gets crowned the champion.What is your favorite thing about judging a show?My favorite thing about judging a livestock show is giving those kids my full attention and just having that opportunity to interact with them. Because you know when those kids come through that gate they’ve got butterfl ies just as you did when you were a young person. If you can reach out, shake their hand, get them to smile and just enjoy themselves and if I can touch just one kid’s life or change their aspect or outlook then that’s what is important to me. 85JUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE18 June SE Form.indd 855/17/2018 11:23:59 AMJon Althaus, Ill. 2018 WPX Jr. National Purebred Barrow Show JudgeWhat is the best hog you’ve ever seen?Best hog I’ve ever seen. Gosh, that is a really good question. I’ll take you back to 1975 at the Illinois State Fair. This was prior to the Illinois State Fair having a sale after the show. It was the Chester White show back when at the Illinois State Fair it was not uncommon to have 500 head of Chesters. Parkison-Rodibaugh, Jack Rodibaugh, brought two littermate gilts to the Illinois State Fair. They were Champion and Reserve Champion. The reserve was good. The champion gilt, her name was Trump 24-11, she was sired by a boar that came from a 4-H kid in Mis-souri and I’m pretty well convinced that she is the best breeding female I’ve ever seen in my life. Her record there at the Parkison-Rodibaugh herd was tremen-dous because just about every good herd boar that Jack had at that time or any really great hogs that he brought out to shows, or shared with other breeders was out of Trump 24-11. In fact, in 1980 my dad and I bought a son of hers and he did a tremendous job. She was probably the best looking hog I’ve ever seen and the best generating hog I’ve ever witnessed. What advice do you have for young people in the livestock industry?In terms of the livestock industry and in terms of life in general the one thing my brother has always said is integrity is how you act when other people aren’t watching. And I think to be a great professional in whatever you do being honest and going about your business in a way that treats others as you yourself would like to be treated. The bottom line is being able to every morning when you get up and every evening when you go to bed to look in the mirror and you’re able to look that person in the eye who is your refl ection in the mirror and be very comfortable with how you approached your day and how you treated people and how you did business with people because if you want to build a successful business it’s based on long standing relation-ships. One of the things from my perspective from working here at the college as many years as I have and recruiting students is building those relationships and always being mindful of the fact that on a daily basis you never know who you’re going to meet and that whoever you meet might impact you for the rest of your life. I think that is one of the key elements for young people is to just constantly be aware of the fact that you always have to be a professional and you always have to approach your life with a degree of integrity and be good with yourself and comfortable in your own skin and believe in yourself and your goals in life. Ryan Watje, Calif. 2018 WPX Jr. National Crossbred Gilt Show JudgeWhat is your background and current involvement in the swine industry?Well my background in raising pigs, believe it or not is actually 40 years. That sounds like a lot; I’m 47 years old but I got my fi rst sow when I was 7, started my breeding project at 7 all the way to now through junior and high school. Then I had about 60 sows and now we have a 150 sow operation so it’s kind of one of those things I’ve been doing my whole entire life. My background is raising livestock, selling livestock for 4-H and FFA around the country and California for all the different clubs and FFA chapters out here. Getting them a good project pig is kind of my main deal. What are you looking for in your champion gilt?I’m one who is real particular on structure and feet and legs so my champion gilt will defi nitely be sound and really get out and move across the ring. I like to see body; a lot of upper and low-er rib design. I like them off the ground in terms of elevation of their front end and long through their neck, level down their top line. An adequate amount of muscle, they don’t have to be extreme in that area, just a longer muscle pattern that’s real correct and balanced. Really level and square out of their hip; they have to have a really good hip and hind leg, push and go off their hind two with a lot of fl exibility. I like bone like a lot of people do as long as it is proportional with their body. I do get a little picky if they are softer in their pasterns. I still want to have them stout featured also but at the same time be a feminine featured female. I want them to be a combination gilt that you can make replacement gilts with or a boar out of. That kind of elite female is what I’ll be looking for. JUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE8618 June SE Form.indd 865/17/2018 11:24:00 AMIowaStateFair2018PUREBRED SWINE SHOWS & SALESSee the best breeding stock in the industry, placed by nationally-known judges.Following the shows, the top boars and gilts will be sold at auction.Phone the Iowa State Fair offi ce at (515) 262-3111, ext. 241, for more information.THURSDAYAUG. 16FRIDAYAUG. 17SHOWS • 8 A.M.Berkshire (East ring) followed by Chester, Spot and Poland (West ring)SALES • 3 P.M.Berkshire, Chesterand SpotSHOWS • 8 A.M.Duroc followed by Hampshireand YorkshireSALES • 2 P.M.Duroc, Hampshire and YorkshireALLBREEDPICNICFriday, Aug. 17 Starts at noon in the swine barn and goes until it’s gone!BREED CONTACTS Spot • Dustin Feldman 319-231-2438Yorkshire • Matt Rohrig 641-344-8869Duroc • Tom Welk 563-264-3423Berkshire • Al Conover 515-491-8078Hampshire • Ron Iverson 641-990-0875Chester White • Randy Schmidt 319-668-2546Poland China • Frank Albertson 641-751-8315If interested in Landrace or Poland China swine, please contact the Iowa Purebred Swine Council for a Breeder Directory. 87JUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE18 June SE Form.indd 875/17/2018 11:24:00 AMBENEFITS:• Pay your NSR invoice or statement with the convenience of our online payment portal.• Avoid fi nance charges.• Immediate transaction approval• Save a stamp• Avoid postal service delays• Acceptingnationalswine.com > Click ONLINE BILL PAYJUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE8818 June SE Form.indd 885/17/2018 11:24:04 AMINVOICESFind your Account #HOW TO PAY:STATEMENTSFind your Breeder #INVOICESFind your TotalSTATEMENTSFind your Amount DueINVOICES/STATEMENTSFind your Name*(*Only enter the name listed fi rst)MAKE YOUR PAYMENT ONLINE!ORnationalswine.com > Click ONLINE BILL PAY89JUNE 2018 | SEEDSTOCK EDGE18 June SE Form.indd 895/17/2018 11:24:06 AMNext >