Georgia’s Top Hand Stockmanship and Stewartship
4-H and Youth Programming
Paula Burke
Agricultural & Natural Resources Agent
University of Georgia
Carrollton
Abstract
Georgia’s Top Hand Stockmanship and Stewartship
Burke, P. *1
1 Agricultural and Natural Resources Agent, University, Carrollton, GA 30117
Students have limited opportunities to learn hands-on beef cattle handling and management in Georgia to better prepare them as potential employees or on the family farm. The Top Hand Stockmanship and Stewardship contest seeks to inspire, educate, and equip Georgia’s high school students with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to handle cattle. To prepare students for the contest, tutorial videos were produced and made available online; coaches took students to local farms to learn and practice their skills, and BQA certification was required by students to participate. Starting with the contest idea in Carroll County by the local cattlemen association in 2021, the program expanded to a Regional and State competition in 2022 with 33 youth participating and will continue in 2023.
Authors: Paula Burke
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Paula Burke Agricultural & Natural Resources Agent, UGA Extension Carroll County, Georgia, 30117