100% of Youth found the trainings to be valuable.
Youth Quality Assurance Trainings include the good production practices developed by the Pork Board, as well as lessons from the Beef Quality Assurance program. Youth participate in hands on activities which help them develop the skills to better explain the care, nutrition and housing of their animals to those who may have questions about their livestock projects.
For this year’s training, AllflexUSA donated electronic identification (eID) tags so the youth could tag a “practice ear” and scan the tag number into the computer system. 4-H members are learning about this technology, as it is being used in Kansas for show management, and in many Extension units and state shows. The eID technology has been adopted as an important management tool by many feedlots and other livestock production operations; this includes several producers in the Midway District.
44 youth from the Midway District and surrounding counties have participated in this year’s quality assurance training. We continue to receive additional requests for this training. The ultimate goal is to help 4-H youth understand how their actions influence the quality of product entering the food chain.
