American Royal Market Hog Show and Showmanship results



Photo courtesy of Karen Pennington, Lebanon, Ind.

Sunday, Oct. 24, marked the American Royal Market Hog Show. Entering the show ring in Kansas City were 348 market hogs, which were evaluated by Brian Anderson, Kan.

Anderson chose Reece Seibold from Sterling, Okla., with her 266-pound barrow as the Grand Champion Market Hog, which came from the Middleweight Crossbred and Champion Crossbred division. Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog went to Austin Denhart, Crawsfordville, Ind. His barrow weighed in at 257 pounds and came from the same division as the champion. Amara Danner from Chalmers, Ind., showed the Champion Duroc Market Hog and Dahlton Berg who drove from Minco, Okla., was awarded the Reserve Champion Duroc.

Aaron Cain dominated the Hampshire breed in both the gilt and market hog show as he was awarded the Champion Hampshire Market Hog along with his winning gilt. Following Cain was Ashtin Guyer hailing from Robinson, Ill., with her Reserve Champion Hampshire Market Hog weighing 249 pounds. Miles Toenyes of Highland, Ill., was granted the Champion Yorkshire Market Hog honors and Dustin Ham from Whitesboro, Texas, won the Reserve Grand Champion Yorkshire Market Hog banner.

The American Royal also hosted a showmanship contest Saturday, Oct. 23, for the youth who were interested in showing off their showmanship skills. Champion Showman Overall was Danielle Dobson and Reserve Champion Showman Overall was awarded to Bailey Farrer of Royal Center, Ind.. Division results are as follows:

Senior Division (17-20 years of age)

1. Danielle Dobson, Morton, Texas
2. Bailey Farrer, Royal Center, Ind.

Intermediate Division (13-16 years of age)
1. Peyton Hill, Nevada, Texas
2. Hailee Miller, Nevada, Mo.

Junior Division (9-12 years of age)
1. Skylar Knapp, Greenfield, Ind.
2. Matthew Whelan, Stigler, Okla.

The American Royal, Kansas City's longest running show, has been a Kansas City tradition since 1899. During September, October and November, more than 250,000 people attend the American Royal. For more information about the American Royal livestock shows, contact Karrie Manley at 816.569.4054 or karriem@americanroyal.com.

See other NSR blog posts on the 2010 American Royal:

• American Royal livestock judging contest results
• American Royal Pedigreed Gilt Show winners
• PHOTOS: NJSA members at American Royal

American Royal livestock judging contest results

American Royal Livestock Judging Contests
Kansas City, Missouri
Senior & Junior College – October 30, 2010
4-H & FFA – October 31, 2010

Kirby Carpenter, Texas Tech
2nd High Senior College Ind.

Congratulations to NSR's summer 2010 Marketing & Communications Intern, Kirby Carpenter, on winning second high senior college individual, marking cards for Texas Tech, which placed second as a team. Carpenter is a senior at Texas Tech, majoring in agricultural communications. She is from Kiowa, Colo. Texas Tech's assistant coach is Josh Flohr, of Emmitsburg, Md., who was the 2010 summer NSR Field Service Intern. Good job Kirby and Josh!

Junior – Overall Individuals

1. Carly Wesner, Lake Land College
2. Cody Lamle, Lake Land College
3. Brad Mendes, Modesto Junior College
4. Jamie Bloomberg, Black Hawk East College
5. Hunter Shoencke, Fort Scott Community College
6. Kaycee Vollmar, Casper College
7. Graham Blagg, Redlands Community College
8. Nathan Faust, Connors State College
9. Morgan Meisenheimer, Butler Community College
10. James Schinbeckler, Lake Land College
11. Levi Moyers, Blinn College
12. Ethan James, Butler Community College
13. Tyler Stutsman, Black Hawk East College
14. Whitney Stuart, Redlands Community College
15. Luke Strecker, Hutchinson Community College
16. Jake Warntjes, Redlands Community College
17. Tanner Wieghat, Connors State College
18. Austin Waltz, Black Hawk East College
19. Jordan Rauch, Lake Land College
20. Shelly Sutton, Blinn College

 Junior – Overall Teams

1. Lake Land College
2. Blinn College
3. Butler Community College
4. Black Hawk East College
5. Redlands Community College
6. Hutchinson Community College
7. Connors State College
8. Fort Scott Community College
9. Northeastern Oklahoma A & M College
10. Casper College
11. Clarendon College
12. Eastern Oklahoma State College
13. Colby Community College
14. Northeastern Junior College
15. Modesto Junior College
16. Lincoln Land Community College
17. Linn-Benton Community College
18. Illinois Central College
19. Northwest College
20. Northeast Community College

 Senior – Overall Individuals

1. Garrett Knebel, Oklahoma State University
2. Kirby Carpenter, Texas Tech University
3. Cody Green, University of Arkansas
4. Kaylee Kerbs, Oklahoma State University
5. Peyton Wilde, Texas Tech University
6. Darin Annuschat, Oklahoma State University
7. Torie Schwartz, Western Illinois University
8. Alex Benoit Western Illinois University
9. Webb Fields, Texas A & M University
10. Tucker Stewart, Kansas State University
11. Clint Mefford, Oklahoma State University
12. Dan Fox, University of Minnesota
13. Chase Reed, Oklahoma State University
14. Cassie Silviera, Kansas State University
15. Justin Stierwalt, Purdue University
16. Cassidy Hayes, Texas A & M University
17. Jara Settles, Kansas State University
18. Caleb Crosswhite, Texas Tech University
19. Britney Kaufman, South Dakota State University
20. Joseph Rathmann, Texas A & M University

 Senior – Overall Teams

1. Oklahoma State University
2. Texas Tech University
3. Texas A & M University
4. Western Illinois University
5. Kansas State University
6. West Texas A&M University
7. Purdue University
8. University of Minnesota
9. University of Arkansas
10. University of Illinois
11. University of Missouri
12. South Dakota State University
13. Colorado State University
14. Iowa State University
15. North Dakota State University
16. University of Nebraska
17. The University of Tennessee
18. Pennsylvania State University
19. University of Kentucky
20. Ohio State University

 FFA – Overall Individuals

1. Dalton Newell, Oklahoma
2. Chad Vaught, Missouri
3. Cody Reichart, Indiana
4. Kale Vickrey, Oklahoma
5. Zachary Foster, Texas
6. Jacob McKillip, Indiana
7. Bradon Marshall, Wyoming
8. Mark Degalyer, Indiana
9. Garrett Foote, New Mexico
10. Lindsey Foote, New Mexico

 FFA – Overall Teams

1. Oklahoma
2. Indiana
3. Texas
4. New Mexico
5. Wyoming
6. Ohio
7. Illinois
8. Missouri
9. Iowa 

4-H – Overall Individual

1. Stephen Gentry, Indiana
2. Spencer Scotten, Missouri
3. Jason Hieston, Indiana
4. Samantha Yonkers, Nebraska
5. Garrett Reiss, Kansas
6. Sam Mattingly, Indiana
7. Hayley Miller, Indiana
8. Colby Hales, Wyoming
9. Brian Steffen, Texas
10. Grace Hammer, Kansas 

4-H – Overall Team

1. Indiana
2. Nebraska
3. Texas
4. Minnesota
5. Missouri
6. Virginia
7. Wyoming
8. Illinois
9. Oklahoma
10. Kansas

NJSA's Kindschi wins swine production entrepreneurship award at national FFA



Austin Kindschi accepts the 2010 National FFA Swine Production Entrepreneurship award from National FFA Southern Region Vice President Chelsea Doss at the 2010 National FFA Convention. Photo courtesy of the National FFA Organization.

National Junior Swine Association member Austin Rhye Kindschi of the Mulhall-Orlando FFA Chapter in Oklahoma was named the National FFA Organization's national winner in swine production entrepreneurship at the organization's recent annual convention held in Indianapolis.

Kindschi began his swine operation with three sows, and has worked to develop award-winning breeding stock. Kindschi markets 85 percent of his swine and 18 of those have won county championships with one being named state fair champion. He has sold pigs to young swine exhibitors in eight states. He is supported by his FFA advisor Allen Miller. This award is sponsored by LA-CO Markal and the National FFA Foundation.

Kindschi is the son of Kenneth and Brenda Kindschi, and attends Mulhall-Orlando High School where he participates in livestock judging, FFA, golf, discus, and shot put. Outside of school, Kindschi enjoys 4-H, showing pigs, managing Real Time Genetics, and hanging out with his friends.

Kindschi started showing pigs when he was 9 years old. When asked why he shows pigs, he answered, “At the beginning it was because it seemed like a good 4-H project, but then I quickly realized that it was so much more. Setting goals, meeting people, trying to improve yourself along with the breeds of your choice along the way is what has captured my attention and keeps me doing what I love.” Kindschi says meeting new friends is his favorite part of showing pigs. “Being able to build those relationships with kids three states away is pretty unreal,” he said. “Showing pigs gives kids the opportunities to grow communication and leadership skills and that is what I enjoy most about showing pigs.”

Along with being named the national winner in FFA Swine Production Entrepreneurship, some of Kindschi's accomplishments include 2010 Oklahoma FFA swine production entrepreneurship proficiency winner, state 4-H vice president, Logan County 4-H president, Reserve Champion Bred-and-Owned Hampshire Gilt at the 2009 NJSA Southwest Regional, Oklahoma 4-H National Congress delegate, and Oklahoma 4-H Key Club.

Kindschi says his most memorable moment in the NJSA was driving his Hampshire gilt that he raised in his first NJSA show and winning Reserve Champion Bred-and-Owned Hampshire Gilt. When asked what he would tell a younger member about NJSA, Kindschi responded, “Although I haven’t been to many NJSA shows, I’ve been surrounded by the hog industry since I was 9 years old, and I would tell them that no matter the situation, always have fun. But, also know when it’s time to be serious, and through the great activities of the NJSA you are able to learn and grow as individuals in that area.”

Currently, Kindschi is managing Real Time Genetics, working on marketing methods, and would like to expand his customer base to northern states. “My primary focus at Real Time Genetics is to provide a high quality showpig at a reasonable cost, and produce the type of hog that I feel is durable, thick, wide based and sound, along with providing the one of a kind customer support!”

Kindschi's future plans are to expand Real Time Genetics’ sow base by incorporating new purebred Hampshire and Chester White sow lines. By the time he graduates from college, he hopes to own and manage approximately 15-20 Hampshire, Chester White, and/or exotic boars with which he will form Real Time Sires. He hopes to attend Oklahoma State University to become an ag teacher. After teaching, Kindschi would like to run for the state legislature and further a future in politics.

The NJSA would like to congratulate Kindschi on his national FFA award, as well as all of his achievements, and wishes him the best of luck with his future endeavors!

Written in part by Cally Hass, 2010 NJSA Intern


Listen to Kindschi's radio interview with Ron Hays, Director of Farm Programming for Radio Oklahoma Network, on the Oklahoma Farm Report website at:
http://oklahomafarmreport.com/wire/news/2010/10/01200_NatFFAProfAustinKindschi10222010_061426.php