Louisiana Youths Named Champions at 85th Annual LSU AgCenter Livestock Show
By Richard Bogren
LSU AgCenter
Winners of the Meraux Foundation Supreme Champion Breeding Animal awards are, from left, front row Jenna Stelly, of St. Landry Parish; Kale Cloud, of Allen Parish; Morgan Thompson, of East Baton Rouge Parish; Ali Causey, of Ascension Parish; Wyatt Null, of Tangipahoa Parish; Mackenzie Castro, of Assumption Parish; Caroline Doise, of Jefferson Davis Parish; and Zoie Zaunbrecher, of Acadia Parish. Back row, award winner Jason Freeman, of Vermilion Parish; state Rep. Clay Schexnayder; Meraux Foundation representative Bill Haines; and LSU Vice President for Agriculture Bill Richardson. Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter
Gonzales, La. — Hundreds of young people from across Louisiana were named state champions during the 85th annual LSU AgCenter Livestock Show held Feb. 8 to 15 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.
To qualify for the state show, competitors had to first participate in parish and district livestock shows across Louisiana. At the state show, 1,900 youths exhibited 2,060 breeding animals, 1,261 market animals, 883 exhibition birds and 149 pens of broilers, according to the AgCenter Livestock Show manager Dwayne Nunez.