Open AccessIncorporating Growth Performance with Youth Market Hog Shows
Author(s) -
Chad Carr,
Travis Arp
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-an257-2010
Subject(s) - exhibition , carr , test (biology) , work (physics) , production (economics) , marketing , engineering , business , biology , visual arts , economics , art , ecology , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics
Florida, like many other states, has extensive youth swine exhibition programs but little to no commercial pork production. To remain relevant, the focus of these programs should be both educational and industry-applicable. By incorporating growth performance, youth swine shows can provide opportunities for education about growth performance and lean gain per day on test, and reward genetically superior animals. This 6-page fact sheet explains how such an exhibition program would work. Written by Chad Carr and Travis Arp. Published by the UF Department of Animal Sciences, January 2011.AN257/AN257: Incorporating Growth Performance with Youth Market Hog Shows (ufl.edu)