LOUISVILLE, KY — After winning top marks in the state 4-H barbecue contest in June, two Arkansas 4-H members have brought home third and fifth place awards in the chicken and turkey barbecue competitions at the National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference, held November 19-22.
The conference was held in conjunction with the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky. Arkansas 4-H members from Columbia, Conway, Howard, Pope and Sebastian counties competed in the barbecue contest, the Avian Bowl and Poultry Judging.
Andrew Bolton, extension poultry science instructor for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said the experience of competing at the national level has a significant impact on participants…