Hudson FFA Members Compete in Iowa Pork Youth Swine Judging Contest

Four members of the Hudson FFA Chapter traveled to Des Moines on Thursday, Nov. 5, to compete in the 2026 Iowa Pork Youth Swine Judging Contest, sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Representing Hudson FFA were Landon Beardsley, Brady Greiman, Casey Greiman, and Mac Schrader.The annual contest, held at the Pioneer Livestock Pavilion on the Iowa State Fairgrounds, brings together FFA and 4-H members from across Iowa to test their livestock evaluation skills while gaining a better understanding of the state's pork industry.Throughout the competition, students were challenged to evaluate market hogs and breeding gilts based on their physical characteristics and production potential. One of the more challenging portions of the contest required students to evaluate eight gilts and select the four they would keep as replacement females in a breeding herd.

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