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Volume 12 Number 1

Rounding Up the Best

Three young people in a showring presenting market goats.

4-H’ers from all over the state presented premier livestock at the 2026 Dixie National Junior Round-Up. Rankin County 4-H’er Landry Varner, center, shows his market goat.

4-H’ers showcase, succeed at the 2026 Dixie National Junior Round-Up

Story by Leah Bowers | Photos by Premier Livestock Imaging

With 1,152 young people in 4-H and FFA showing a total of 1,759 animals at the 2026 Dixie National Junior Round-Up, this year’s livestock competition was another resounding success.

Ranging in ages from 8 to 18, 4-H’ers used the opportunity to present their animals and demonstrate their responsibility, perseverance, pride, and leadership. The commitment to livestock showing teaches its participants work ethic, integrity, and respect.

Scroll down to see just a few of the pics highlighting a handful of Mississippi’s leaders of tomorrow.

A teen on the left holds his market goat by its head and collar. A teen on the right holds a show stick with one hand and guides her English commercial heifer by leash with the other hand.
Mason Williams of Hinds County 4-H presents his market goat, left, and Hailey Ivey of Tippah County 4-H, left, shows her English commercial heifer.
One child on the left shows a goat by holding leash with both hands and another child on the right shows a dairy cow.
Kai Wester of Simpson County 4-H, left, shows his Boer goat, and Beth Dedeaux of Pearl River County 4-H presents her dairy cow in the showmanship competition.
A child shows her breeding hair sheep on the left, and a teen shows his English commercial heifer on the right.
Wyleigh Holley of Jones County 4-H, left, presents her breeding hair sheep, while Wyatt Kurts of Bolivar County 4-H shows his English commercial heifer.
A child shows his Beefmaster breeding bull on the left, and another shows her Spot market hog on the right.
Ethan Duncan of Franklin County 4-H, left, shows his Beefmaster breeding bull, and Madison Brown of Hinds County 4-H presents her Spot market hog.
CLICK HERE to support the Animal and Dairy Sciences 4-H Youth Development Fund.

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