Project Show 2021

Kilgore FFA Project Show 2021

Eligibility - students must be eligible in order to show.

Picture/Paragraph for Newspaper - students must have a photo with their animal and a short paragraph about their project written and turned in no later than February 18.

We will take those here at the Ag Farm - TBA OR you can take your own and email to Mrs. Wagstaff or Mrs. Murphy (mwagstaff@kisd.org, cmurphy@kisd.org)

It must be a good picture, in show attire (including shoes), and setting up your animal as if showing. No tshirts, tank tops, hats or shorts and the background needs be either open pasture/trees or a blank wall.

Preparing of the show:

Clipping animals - We will clip animals the week of the show - you must reserve a time to get your animal clipped. You certainly may clip your own, but you MUST let Mrs. Wagstaff or Mrs. Murphy know no later than March 15 when you are available to clip.

Pigs not at the farm will be clipped the Thursday before the show after they weigh in at the farm.

MANDATORY work night Monday March 22, 4 p.m. - mow, weedeat, set up pens/shavings, power wash, sweep, etc. IF NEEDED Tuesday March 23, 4 p.m.

Show Schedule:

Thursday, March 25

5-7 p.m. - Check in all Ag Mech projects and heifers, and weigh in all steers, goats, lambs and pigs. Animals will stay at the Ag Farm until the conclusion of the show.

Check in - bring your animal to the scales (under the show barn) and weigh the animal. They will then have assigned pens under the show barn. The animals will be put in those pens for Thursday night, for the show on Friday, and through the sale on Saturday.

Friday, March 26

4:30 p.m. - all Ag Mech, pig, cattle, goat, lamb exhibitors MUST be signed in by 4:30 p.m. - if you are not signed in by 4:30 p.m. you could be charged $50.

5:00 p.m. Ag mech show will start - all students must be with their projects.

5:30 p.m. - check in ALL rabbits and chickens. If you are not there at 5:30 p.m. you will not get to show your animals.

Rabbit exhibitors - if you need help selecting your pen of 3, please bring all 4 rabbits to the farm on Thursday and Ms. Wagstaff and/or Mrs. Murphy will help you.

Chickens - If you need help selecting a bird to bring, ag teachers must be notified so they can come Wednesday to help you choose. Bring in a box with clean shavings to the barn on show day.

6 p.m. - Start rabbit and chicken show

6 p.m. - Start livestock show - Show order: goats, lambs, pigs, steers, heifers

We will have a sign out sheet AFTER all of the shows are over. If you do not stay until the end and sign out on our official sign-out sheet, you could be charged $50.

Saturday, March 27

8:30 a.m. - Sign in sheet must be signed. Those that are late can be charged $50. Sale order sheets will be posted. If you are not present when the sale order is posted, you will be removed from the sale order.

8:45 a.m. - Take down panels and set up for the sale. We will have a sign out once everything is set up and ready to go for the sale. If a student leaves early and does not sign out, they can be charged $50.

4 p.m. - begin arriving/ registering buyers

5 p.m. - Begin serving dinner. Students must be signed in no later than 5 p.m. - at this time, they need to prepare their animal for the sale (give bath, clean pen, clean up, etc).

6 p.m. Sale of Champions will begin. Students will line up behind the podium at 5:45 p.m. If we get to your slot and you are not there, you will be skipped. We will have someone taking pictures at the sale - every student must have a photo taken (your buyer may take the picture with you if they wish).

Important information:

• We will sell in the order of the judge’s decision.
• Dress attire - nice shirt, jeans, and boots/shoes. No dresses, no hats, no shorts, avoid tennis shoes. This is for everyone who goes into the sale ring (even if they are only holding buyer’s gifts).
• Students will feed their animals the day of the sale and again prior to the beginning of the sale that evening.
• Students making the sale need to bring a buyer’s gift to give to the person that buys their project - Examples - plants, baked goods, gift baskets, etc.

AFTER the Sale:

• After the sale we will pick up trash, take down panels, etx. We will have a sign out sheet when it is all over. If you do not sign out, you could be charged $50.
• All sale animals/ ag mech projects will stay at the farm after the sale EXCEPT rabbits and chickens (those go home UNLESS THE BUYER WANTS THEM).
• Students will come out Sunday morning and care for their animals. The animals must be fed and watered until you are told differently by Ms. Wagstaff or Mrs. Murphy. If you do not continue to take care of your animals, then you are forfeiting your checks and turning over your animals to Kilgore FFA.
• ALL NON-SALE ANIMALS/PROJECTS must be removed from the ag farm by Monday, March 29, 2021.
• We will have a MANDATORY clean up day for everyone who exhibited a project - TBA

Additional Information:

Classes of livestock - goats, lambs, cattle, pigs:

• Each class will be broken by weight
• Classes will be posted Thursday night after all animals have checked-in
• Each class will be placed 1st, 2nd and so on- depending on the number in each class.
• All 1st place winners will come back into the show ring for Overall Grand Champion and Reserve Champion
• After the Champions are selected, we will call animals back to the show ring and place you in sale order.
• After sale order is complete, we will have Showmanship:
  • Senior - 9th-12th grade
  • Junior - 4th - 8th grade
• Belt Buckles and prizes will be awarded to champion animals as well as showmanship classes.
• All students that win a buckle MUST have their picture taken in front of our backdrop and they must turn in a thank you letter.

Classe of rabbits, roaster, and ag mechanics:

• We will have one class, and they will be placed 1st- end.
• Will will sell Grand and Reserve ag mech projects in each category (metal and wood) and then all other ag mech projects will be silent auctions. We will pull silent auction sheets at the end of the sale. An announcement will be made 30 minutes prior to pulling the sheets.
• Find the buyer after the sale and see if they are taking the project right then or do they need help with delivery. Delivering the ag mech project to the buyer is the responsibility of the exhibitor.

Clothing:

• This is for the show and sale.
• Jeans - no holes or rips
• Collared shirt (or ladies, a nice shirt with sleeves)
• Closed toed shoes - avoid tennis shoes
• No hats
• No tshirts

General Rules:

Minimum Show weights - all animals that do not make weight will NOT be able to stay under the show barn. They will need to be placed back in the livestock barns or taken home.

Steers - 950 pounds

Swine - 220 pounds

Lambs - 80 pounds

Goats - 65 pounds

Rabbits - 3.5 lb minimum, 5.5 lb maximum

Auction Rules:

• The live sale will be limited to the following lots:
  • Grand and Reserve Market Steer plus 3 more (5 total)
  • Grand and Reserve Market Swine plus 8 more (10 total)
  • Grand and Reserve Market Lamb plus 6 more (8 total)
  • Grand and Reserve Market Goat plus 6 more (8 total)
  • Grand and Reserve Market Rabbits plus 6 more (8 total)
  • Grand and Reserve Market Roaster plus 4 more (6 total)
  • Grand and Reserve Ag Mech Wood Projects
  • Grand and Reserve Ag Mech Metal Projects
• Students will be allowed to make the sale with ONE animal and ONE ag mech project. (options below)
  • One Livestock project
  • One ag mech project
  • One animal project and one ag mech project
• Failing to show up for your auction slot will forfeit your sale order slot.

ONCE AN ANIMAL IS SOLD, IT BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF THE BUYER. STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THE BUYER AFTER THE SALE IN REGARDS TO PURCHASING OR HAVING THE ANIMAL DONATED BACK TO THEM. A STUDENT OR PARENT WHO DOES THIS WILL FORFEIT ALL PROFITS AND WILL BE BANNED FROM THE KILGORE PROJECT SHOW FOR 3 YEARS.

Showmanship:

Ww will have 2 divisions for showmanship. Junior Showmanship grades 4th-8th grade, Senior 9th - 12th grade. Grand Champion in each division will receive a belt buckle.

A showmanship contest will be help for the following divisions:

• Cattle (steer & heifer)
• Lamb
• Goat
• Swine
• Rabbits
• Ag Mech
• Chickens

Students must show their own animals in showmanship.

The animal must have been shown in the market class to show in showmanship.

Buckles and Awards:

All Grand and Reserve champion animals will receive belt buckles. All students must write a thank you letter and turn it into the table in order to get your belt buckle. We will also need all students who win buckles to have their picture taken with the buckle.

Thank You Letters:

Writing a good thank you is VERY important. Unacceptable thank you letters will not be accepted.

Parts of a thank you letter:

Greeting: Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith OR Dear (local business name)

Thank you: Thank them for their generosity and support.

• Thank you for buying my pig at the auction and supporting Kilgore FFA.
• Thank you for purchasing the Grand Champion Rabbit at the Kilgore FFA Project Show.
• Thank you for buying my goat, I really appreciate your generosity.

Information that I learned:

Tell them what you enjoyed and what you learned. Tell a story about your project:

• I learned about pig nutrition this year.
• I learned how to clip my goat this year.
• I learned how to become a better showman.

How you grew as a person or what FFA/agriculture means to you:

• FFA has allowed me to make new friends.
• I have had opportunities to lead others this year.
• FFA has taught me about working hard and being responsible.

What you plan to do with the money:

• I plan to put the money from the sale into my college fund.
• I am going to use the money to buy a good breeding doe for my new goat herd.

Thanks:

• Thanks again for buying my goat at the auction!
• I really do appreciate your support.

Closing:

• Thanks again, your name
• Sincerely, your name

****** THANK YOU LETTERS - after the sale we will have a thank you letter distribution meeting (April 1, 2020 5 p.m. at KHS Ag Building). This meeting will be MANDATORY. At that time, you will receive a list of thank you letters that you are expected to write. These must be GOOD Thank You letters. If they are not long and in-depth, you will be asked to redo them. These letters must be written in blue or black ink, no mess ups, no white out, no scratch outs. You will turn them in unsealed, addressed correctly, WITH STAMPS. If they are not turned in on time, you could forfeit your money from the sale. DO NOT mail these yourself - they MUST be TURNED IN to Ms. Wagstaff.

Thank you letters will be due: Monday, April 5 by 3:30 p.m.