Spring Livestock Show, Blue Jacket Jamboree Are Saturday

March 20, 2018

University of Florida IFAS Extension in Escambia County is hosting the Gulf Coast Agriculture & Natural Resources Youth Organization Annual Spring Livestock Show and Northview FFA Blue Jacket Jamboree Saturday March 24 at the Escambia 4-H Livestock Facility located at 5701 Highway 99 in Molino.

This year’s livestock show begins at 8 a.m. with over one hundred 4-H and FFA youth exhibiting hogs, beef cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, and rabbits from Escambia and neighboring counties. The day will conclude with youth exhibitors auctioning off their market animals beginning at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Youth exhibitors receive quality premiums for their animals as well as proceeds from the auction of their animals. The GCA/NRYO show and auction is the culmination of the projects that youth have invested months and numerous hours in preparation. The livestock auction has become a success through the generous support of local sponsors and businesses who purchase the animals.

The Northview High School FFA Blue Jacket Jamboree will be held from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. with plenty of arts and crafts, a car show, a tractor show and more. An Egg Drop will be held at 11  a.m. with a special area just for toddlers and pre-schoolers.

Admission is free for all events.

The Blue Jacket Jamboree is sponsored in part by NorthEscambia.com

NorthEscambia.com file photos.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News