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Helpful Links
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Local 4-H organization's web site http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/
National 4-H Youth Technology Leadership Team web site http://www.4-h.org
Johnson County Extension Office http://www.ces.purdue.edu/cnty/johnson/
National FFA Organization great resources on showing animals http://www.ffa.org
National Agriculture Day National Agriculture Day. As we welcome the beginning of the new season, it is worthwhile taking a moment to commemorate the many contributions of American agriculture to our nation's economy and the quality of our lives - more information on this site
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is pleased to announce the availability of the Cyber-Substation to the Johnson County community. Our website boasts up-to-date crime information, news bulletins, and introduces many other online resources to assist in securing and informing the residents of Johnson County, Indiana.
LIVESTOCK PROJECT WEB SITES
BEEF
http://www.jcbeef.org - Johnson County Beef Cattle Association
http://www.beef.org - National Cattlemen's Association
http://www.juniornational.com - developed by the National Junior Shorthorn Association. This site not only has information about their national junior show, but also includes a quiz about the cattle industry designed to practice for showmanship questions.
http://www.showrite.com - gives some helpful insight into feeding your show calf. There is scholarship information for those who use Showrite Feeds.
http://www.ianrww.unl.edu - University of Nebraska - Lincoln Cooperative Extension Service that provides great information on feeding the Club Calf properly and the four phases of feeding the steer, plus much more.
http://www.cattlepages.com - one of the largest and most comprehensive pages on the web devoted to the cattle industry, and provides information on showing cattle as well.
http://www.breedingcattlepages.com - this is a page for those that are interested in contacting people who are in the cattle breeding business with several links to other sites about purebred cattle.
http://www.showcattlepage.com - information about showing cattle and more links.
http://www.sullivansupply.com - Sullivan Show Supply Company's site provides useful information on how to properly use fitting and grooming products before and the day of the show.
SHEEP
http://www.clublambpage.com - large listing of club lamb producer links and also links to sheep equipment and organizations.
http://www.sheepusa.org - American Sheep Industry Association's site has information related to the lamb and wool industry as well as great lamb recipes.
http://www.ics.uci.edu - contains information on raising a lamb for 4-H and includes feeding, health, labor and newborn care. Also sheep supplies and important statistics about sheep.
http://www.sheepmagazine.com - profitable sheep tips as well as links to several sheep related sites including those specific to sheep nutrition and breeding.
http://www.reecusda.gov - contains a National Sheep Database developed by the USDA and includes a variety of information about the sheep industry in the US.
http://www.westbreed.com.au - Australian web site with interesting information about the new technology of artificial insemination of sheep.
http://www.showrite.com - useful feeding tips for feeding show lambs and scholarship information available to those who use Showrite Feeds.
SWINE
http://www.showpig.com - provides helpful advise about selecting weaning pigs, feeding hogs, and showmanship from some of the experts in the swine industry. Also includes listings of show pig breeders.
http://www.nppc.org - National Pork Producers Council's site includes a wide variety of information about the pork industry.
http://www.swineonline.com - youth oriented site that is helpful for beginning 4-H swine members. This site includes an "oinklopedia" in addition to a virtual pig raising contest.
www.annces.purdue.edu - Purdue University Animal Science Dept.'s Pork page provides information about genetics, nutrition, health, and environment.
http://www.showpigs.com - Prairie State Semen Supply in Champaign, Illinois site includes ear notching tutorial and a bulletin board where students can interact with others in the swine showing business.
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu - Animal Science Dept. of Oklahoma State University lists names, pictures and descriptions of most breeds of swine found world wide.
http://www.swine.net - provides a comprehensive look at the swine industry from markets to show pigs and sometimes provides a virtual livestock judging contest.
http://www.thepigpage.com - includes a large listing of show pig producers, and provides links to swine equipment companies, show supplies, and publications that cater to the showing industry.
http://www.showrite.com - has useful information about swine feeding management and a scholarship program for those who use Showrite Feeds.
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