Aaron Fisher, Youth Livestock and Equine Specialist

The 2019 Tennessee State Junior Swine Show was held in conjunction with the Tennessee Pork Producers Association annual meeting. A special thank you to all the Extension staff, specialists, parents, volunteers and sponsors who made this year’s show a success! Award and general sponsors are included below:

Farm Credit Services of Mid-America, Harford Insurance, Hart Show Pigs, James Meat Company, Jenkins Show Pigs, PIC USA, Prater Show Pigs, Reese Brothers Mule Company, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, Tennessee Farm Bureau Insurance, Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, Tennessee Feed and Grain Association, Tennessee Livestock Producers, Tennessee Pork Producers Association, Tosh Farms, Tractor Supply Company, TTU School of Agriculture, Ty Jones Show Stock, Twisted Fitters Show Supply, UT Animal Science, UT Herbert College of Agriculture, Wampler’s Farm Sausage, Zoetis.

Show Result Highlights:

Read about the complete show results.

The Prospect Classes are part of the Market Hog Show. The Champion Prospect was Bethany Sims from Roane County and the Reserve Champion Prospect was Samantha Roberts from McMinn County.

New for 2019, a Grand Champion Drive was added where breed champions and reserve champions competed for an overall top 5. Below are the participants and winners from the grand drive.

Breeding Gilt Champion Drive:

Breed	Champion	Count	Overall Placing		Reserve Champion	County	Overall Placing
Berkshire	Gracie Rue	Roane			Sophie Helton	Cumberland
Chester White	Emma Rue	Roane	4th		Wesley Trew	Polk
Duroc	Bethany Sims	Roane			Tylan Lusk	Warren
Hereford	Jaden Mertz	Warren			Grace DeBusk	McMinn
Spot	Emma	Bedford			Emily	McMinn
Yorkshire	Ellie White	Clay	1st		Bethany Sims	Roane	2nd
AOB	Audra Hart	Bledsoe			Collen Mertz	Warren
Crossbred	Lincoln	Bledsoe	3rd		Gage	McMinn	5th

Market Hog Champion Drive:

Breed	Champion	Countu	Overall Placing		Reserve Champion	County	Overall Placing
Duroc	Mary Carter Shirley	White	2nd		Bethany Sims	Roane
Yorkshire	Lincoln	Bledsoe	4th		Eli Mundy	Claiborne
AOB	Audra Hart	Bledsoe	5th		Hannah Sanders	Warren
Crossbred	Bethany Sims	Roane	1st		Maddie Rippy	Sumner	3rd

In the Carcass Class, hogs are ultra-sounded to collect measurements of important carcass traits, with 38 hogs qualifying or the purple class. To be a Purple Award, hogs must have a live weight between 250-280 pounds, a 10th rib fat thickness between 0.50-0.80 inch and a loin muscle area between 7.0-9.99 square inches. A special thank you to Dr. Rob Fitzgerald of PIC for performing the ultrasound measurements.

Premier Exhibitor Winners: