The stockmanship division of the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association’s (OCA) BEST program promotes education of our youth by expanding participants’ knowledge of the beef industry. It provides youth with an opportunity to showcase their abilities and talents outside of the show ring.
What is it? The Stockmanship division of the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association’s BEST program provides a pathway for youth to participate in the BEST program without showing an animal. It expands BEST participants’ knowledge of the beef industry and provides youth with an opportunity to showcase their abilities and talents outside of the show ring.
Who can participate? This division of the BEST program is open to all Ohio youth. If an existing BEST participant would like to sign up for the Stockmanship division, they will do so under their BEST user profile at best.ohiocattle.org for no additional cost outside of existing cattle nominations.
How to start? If age-eligible individuals would like to participate in the Stockmanship division, but don’t have cattle enrolled in the 2021-2022 BEST program, they should create their username
and profile at best.ohiocattle.org and select to participate in the Stockmanship division. Non-cattle exhibiting BEST Stockmanship participants must have a current $75 family OCA membership and will pay a one-time participation fee of $60. Individuals may sign up for the Stockmanship program at any point throughout the season.
CONTEST SIGN-UP WILL BEGIN DEC. 1, 2021.
Points & Awards: Stockmanship contests will include their own registration and rules for each event and top-placing awards will be presented at each competition. Overall Stockmanship awards will be presented at the OCA BEST Awards Banquet on May 7, 2022. The top five individuals in the following divisions will be recognized: Beginner, Junior, Novice, Intermediate and Senior.
Age breaks will follow that of the BEST program’s showmanship rules. To qualify for the end-of-year Stockmanship awards, the participant must have completed two contests, be a current
OCA member by January 1, 2022, or at the time of Stockmanship sign-up and have completed their Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certification. Stockmanship participants may complete their BQA at any session offered at a BEST sanctioned show, online at BQA.org or at YQCA.org. A cumulative points scale for the Stockmanship division will be utilized for overall finishes and end-of-year point tabulation. More information on the year-end Stockmanship points is included in the BEST rules and more details on each Stockmanship contest is available at www.ohiocattle.org
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