National Swine Registry

The herd boar is Red Draw and he is the sire of most of the red pigs at Cody’s.
The young pig is the 10 litter that’s in the sale. This is a very deep set of pigs, Red Draw looks like he’s getting the job done!

Chris Martin, of Cardwell, left, holds the Purple Heart medal of Homer J. Moore that was found in a pig pen at Southland High School. Pictured with Martin is Moore’s daughter, Sherry Drury, Paragould, Ark., holding her father’s picture. (Photo by Lecia Forester; used with permission of The Daily Dunklin)

 CARDWELL, Mo. — The family of Homer J. Moore of Cardwell had always wondered what happened to the Purple Heart he received for bravery in World War II. According to his family, it’s been missing for over 60 years.

Recently, their days of wondering came to an end when Chris Martin, an 18-year-old senior at Southland High School (Mo.), found the long lost medal underneath the mud, in the FFA pig pens behind the high school. How it got there nobody knows.
 
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Michael Freund, Wis., topped the list in the 2010 National Barrow Show® Truckload Competition Carcass Contest, with a load of Berkshire hogs that were 4th in the live truckload placing. In second was Iowa State University with their load of Duroc hogs, which were Reserve Grand Champion in the live placing. Coming out in third was Forkner Farms TRULINE® Genetics, Mo., with a crossbred load that stood 3rd in the live placing.

Ranking of all carcass contest results is below. For a full list of results, including all live placings as well as individual measurements and scores, visit http://www.nationalswine.com/Show_Events_Pages/NSR_Show_pages/NBS/NBS_results_page.html#truckload.

2010 NATIONAL BARROW SHOW® Truckload Competition 09/27/2010 Carcass Contest Ranking

Michael Freund, Berkshire
Iowa State University, Duroc
Forkner Farms | TRULINE® Genetics, Crossbred
Steve Earnhart and Family, Hampshire
Kirkwood Community College, Crossbred
Forkner Farms | TRULINE® Genetics, Crossbred
Iowa Lakes Community College, Crossbred
Tuthill Family Farms, Berkshire
Joy Genetics, Spotted
Iowa State University, Crossbred
Toni Chicos, Crossbred
Iowa State University, Berkshire
Western Illinois University, Crossbred
AJC Berkshires, [ … ]

Stewart’s Duroc Farm/Stein & Stewart Genetics

Online Fall Showpig Sale #1

LIVE NOW!

Starts Monday, Sept. 27
Ends Tuesday, Sept. 28 – 7 p.m.
With extended bidding
19 Duroc gilts
2 Duroc barrows
2 Yorkshire gilts
Out of Questionable Love, Truck, Square D, Brawny, and Day Tripper

Stewart’s Duroc Farm and Stein & Stewart Genetics will be selling their top offerings of July-farrowed gilts and barrows. Approximately 20-25 lots of mostly Duroc gilts sired by Questionable Love, Truck, and Square D will sell, as well as several pigs out of Brawny, Stewart’s Reserve Champion Duroc Boar, 2009 Indiana State Fair. Several of Stewart’s Yorkshires out of JGR8 Day Tripper 345-11 will also sell. These pigs were born from early- to late-July, and will be prime for winter and early spring shows. Stewart’s Duroc Farm and Stein & Stewart Genetics consistently collect champion awards at state fairs and NSR shows. This summer they had Champion Gilt at the Missouri State Fair, Reserve [ … ]

This is just a sample of the gilts that Carl will be selling in his online sale

(l to r) Dr. Tom Baas, Ukrainian host, Dr. Clint Schwab, Dr. Harold Hodson

This is the second of a four-part series. Read Dr. Schwab’s description of the visit in Part I.

Part 1, Dr. Clint Schwab visits Ukraine

Dr. Clint Schwab, director of genetic and technical services for the National Swine Registry, visited Ukraine in July 2010 to both present information to swine producers in this country, as well as learn about their systems. Accompanying him were Dr. Tom Baas of Iowa State University, and Dr. Harold Hodson from Swine Genetics International, Iowa. Following are Schwab’s second set of photos and descriptions of this tour.



An F1 sow pre-farrow, and another illustration of the typical farrowing system in Ukraine.



This picture was taken just inside the front gate of a larger nucleus farm that operates 1,100 sows and finishes all progeny. This was the largest unit we visited; it began using U.S. [ … ]

Check out the new swine industry newsletter “Pig to Pork” from Trent Loos and Feedstuffs magazine — featured in the first issue of the Showbox section are NJSA members at the National Barrow Show, including Brandon Stickler, Adam Gradert, Zachery Brazel and judge Bruce Engnell. This e-newsletter is a weekly feature that will come out every Wednesday.

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Final revised results, updated Monday, Sept. 20See complete results at www.nationalswine.com

AUSTIN, MINN. (Sept 20, 2010) — Top teams in the 64th annual National Barrow Show® Swine Judging Contest held Sept. 13th in Austin, Minn., were Lake Land College, Mattoon, Ill., in the junior college division; and El Reno FFA, El Reno, Okla., in the junior division. The winning team in each of the levels of judging competition was awarded according to points accumulated in the contest. This year’s contest attracted 77 teams and 439 participants.

Senior College DivisionWestern Illinois University won first place in the senior college division with a score of 2974 points out of a possible 3250 points. The WIU team competed against a near-record 16 other teams in the university division. Members of this team, coached by Mark Hoge, included Alex Beniot, Ross Fogle, Alex Mahoney, Jordan McGrew, Nathan Schmidgall, and Torie Schwartz. Texas A&M University, College Station, was [ … ]

2010 National Barrow Show Yorkshire sale

Full sale results available on www.nationalswine.com.

Champion Yorkshire Boar1st Class 2Kyle & Carter Schulte, IAJGR7 DAY TRIPPER 345-11 x JGR7 SOUND SYSTEM 245-4Sold for $1,700 to Doug Lind, Minn.

Reserve Champion Yorkshire Boar1st Class 1Dr. Michael Tripp, OKJGR9 BIG EASY 12-5 x TRHF5 NEW BEGINNING 231-1Sold for $5,000 to Cody Donnaly, Okla.

Champion Yorkshire Gilt1st Class 3Kyle & Carter Schulte, IAJGR7 DAY TRIPPER 345-11 x JGR7 SOUND SYSTEM 245-4Sold for $2,900 to Dale McWhinney, Ohio

Reserve Champion Yorkshire Gilt1st Class 2Vista Brook Farms, KYJGR8 HAWKEYE 210-8 x JZP4 BEAR FOOT 36-8Sold for $3,000 to Bruce Butler, Mo.