December 13, 2024
Register Now for K-State Junior Producer Days
Registration is now open for the 2025 K-State Junior Producer Days! Junior Swine Producer Day will be Saturday, March 1, with Junior Meat Goat Producer Day scheduled for Saturday, March 22. Both events will be hosted at the Stanley Stout Center, north of the K-State campus in Manhattan.
These events are one‐day educational events for families to learn more about the selection and management of a specific specie. Youth, adults, extension agents, project leaders, and volunteers of all ages and skill levels are invited to attend! Presentations will be provided by K‐State faculty, staff, students, extension agents, former exhibitors, and guest speakers. Topics range from selection, to nutrition, reproduction, health, clipping and grooming, and showmanship. This is a family learning event! Everyone who plans to attend must register, including both youth and adults. The cost is $20/person by the deadline, or $25 after the deadline for both events. Only those who register by the appropriate deadline will receive a
t‐shirt. Both events will also be capped at 400 participants.
Junior Swine Producer Day registrations are due February 5, with Junior Meat Goat being due February 26. Registration is open now and can be completed online using this link: http://bit.ly/ksuasiregister. Junior Producer Day event registrations are non-refundable.
An optional YQCA instructor‐led training and state livestock nomination session will be offered at the end of each program. Specific details about the YQCA certification will be shared with those who indicate on their registration that they plan to stay for the additional class. The K-State Sheep & Meat Goat Center is also offering an opportunity to tour their facility the night before the Junior Meat Goat Producer Day program, or following the event on March 22. Additionally, any high school student who would like to participate in a campus visit on the Friday prior either junior day is asked to indicate that on their registration.
More information about the junior day events, including each of the flyers, is available on the @ksuylp Facebook page and the KSU YLP website: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/extension/youth-programs/events/ks-jr-producer/. For more information, contact Lexie Hayes at adhayes@ksu.edu or 785‐532‐1264.