February 10, 2020
NSR Updates
2020 National Youth Leadership Conference
The 2020 NJSA National Youth Leadership Conference will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina March 26-28, 2020. The registration form is now live and can be found HERE . The registration deadline is Wednesday, February 19. Participants will experience three days of agriculture tours, professional development and educational training. Don't miss this opportunity. If you have any questions, please contact NSR Director of Education and Outreach, Nicole Hall, at nicole@nationalswine.com or 765-463-3594. For more information and to register online, click HERE . Please contact NSR Director of Education and Outreach Nicole Hall at nicole@nationalswine.com with rooming requests and travel arrangements.

Don't forget to complete the NJSA NYLC New Attendee Travel Scholarship application. This scholarship is provided by the National Pork Board and assists with travel costs associated with NYLC. The application deadline is Wednesday, February 19. The application can be found HERE .
2020 NJSA Scholarship Deadline
The application deadline for 2020 NJSA Scholarships is Sunday, March 1. For more information and to apply, click HERE .
Information Regarding Ractopamine Effects
Click HERE for resources and information regarding the effects of Ractopamine.
NSR Purebred Influenced Crossbred Class
Beginning at The 2021 Exposition and National Junior Summer Spectacular and Summer Type Conference, NJSA members have the opportunity to show NSR Purebred Influenced Crossbreds as market (barrows) or breeding animals (gilts). Additionally, these animals would be eligible to show and be offered for sale in the respective crossbred portions of the open shows at NSR events.
Requirements would include:

  1. A documented parent (sire or dam) that is Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace, or Yorkshire. If utilizing a purebred sow, a DNA sample must be submitted to verify parentage. The use of a purebred sire would meet the same sire requirements as members recording a purebred litter.
  2. The animal(s) must be recorded in the NSR Crosscheck Verification Program and documentation provided at the time of check-in.
  3. Animals eligible to show could either be sired by or farrowed by a documented purebred parent. Additionally, animals that may not meet purebred breed eligibility requirements but still maintain a pedigree would be eligible to show in this division (ie. short counting Durocs, off- belted Hampshires)

Junior Awards: NJSA will offer premiums for the Top 5 Purebred Influenced Crossbred Gilts and Barrows. The award structure will be as follows:

Champion- $2000
Reserve Champion- $1500
3 rd Overall- $750
4 th Overall- $500
5 th Overall- $250
(*) Champion and Reserve Gilts will be eligible to automatically enter the sale

Top 5 Animals will be required to pass the parentage requirements outlined to receive premiums.

This new program will provide youth swine exhibitors another opportunity to show swine projects at NJSA events and enhance the value and awareness of purebreds. Furthermore, this initiative increases value and education to NSR members by utilizing purebred genetics in crossbreeding schemes and helps build the crossbred swine registry data base. These animals would also be granted the opportunity to be merchandised during the crossbred sales at NSR events.
2020 NSR Annual Meeting
The 2020 NSR Annual Meeting will be held Tuesday, March 24 in Lafayette, Indiana at the Courtyard Marriott Lafayette. The meeting will begin at noon with an awards luncheon and breed board meetings to follow. All NSR members are welcome to join. To RSVP, please contact NSR Pedigree Department Director Lisa Kennedy at lisa@nationalswine.com by Tuesday, March 10.
Noah Morris Memorial Scholarship
The Noah Morris Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to honor the brief but rewarding life of Noah Morris. Noah was tragically killed in an automobile accident near his home on July 28, 2012.

Noah would have been a junior at Clinton High School where he was active in football and basketball. Noah’s true passion was exhibiting swine. He attended shows locally and across the United States. Noah touched many people with his big heart and amazing smile.

This annual scholarship will be awarded to those recipients who share his passion for showing pigs and wish to pursue a career in agriculture. It is our hope Noah’s dreams will make the scholarship recipient’s dreams come true as well.

The application deadline is Friday, February 14. For more information and to apply, click HERE .
Dates & Deadlines:

Feb. 19::
Registration deadline for the 2020 NJSA National Youth Leadership Conference.

Feb. 19::
Application deadline for the 2020 NYLC National Pork Board New Attendee Travel Scholarship.

Feb. 26-29::
2020 NSR Southwest Type Conference, Belton, Texas

March 1::
Application deadline for 2020 NJSA Scholarships.

March 9::
Advertising deadline for the 2020 April/May Seedstock EDGE .

March 10::
Deadline to RSVP for the 2020 NSR Annual Meeting.

March 12::
Entry deadline for 2020 NSR Weanling Pig Extravaganza.

March 24::
2020 NSR Annual Meeting, Lafayette, Ind.

March 26-28::
2020 NJSA National Youth Leadership Conference, Raleigh, N.C.
Upcoming Shows
The dates and deadlines for all 2020 NSR and NJSA events have been finalized. Click HERE for all 2020 show information.
Southwest Type Conference
The 2020 NSR Southwest Type Conference will be held February 26-29, 2020, in Belton, Texas. Entries are still open. To enter online, click HERE. For more information, click HERE.
The 2020 NSR Weanling Extravaganza will be held April 3-4, 2020, in Richmond, Indiana. This is the same location, but different dates. Entries are now live. The entry deadline is Thursday, March 12. to enter online, click HERE. More information, click HERE.
Reservations are now open for campsites at The 2020 Exposition. To book your reservation, click HERE.
Events & Education
2020 National Youth Leadership Conference
The 2020 NJSA National Youth Leadership Conference will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina March 26-28, 2020. The registration form is now live and can be found HERE . The registration deadline is Wednesday, February 19. Participants will experience three days of agriculture tours, professional development and educational training. Don't miss this opportunity. If you have any questions, please contact NSR Director of Education and Outreach, Nicole Hall, at nicole@nationalswine.com or 765-463-3594. For more information and to register online, click HERE . Please contact NSR Director of Education and Outreach Nicole Hall at nicole@nationalswine.com with rooming requests and travel arrangements.

Don't forget to complete the NJSA NYLC New Attendee Travel Scholarship application. This scholarship is provided by the National Pork Board and assists with travel costs associated with NYLC. The application deadline is Wednesday, February 19. The application can be found HERE .
2020 NJSA Scholarship Deadline
The application deadline for 2020 NJSA Scholarships is Sunday, March 1. For more information and to apply, click HERE .
Marketing & Communications
Seedstock EDGE Subscriptions
Have you enjoyed the January/February/March Spring Showpig Issue of the Seedstock EDGE magazine? Both the print and digital issue have been delivered. If you would like to subscribe, it only cost $25 for a one-year subscription or $60 for a three-year subscription. All subscribers to the print issue will automatically receive a complimentary digital issue. You also have the option to subscribe to the digital-only issue. To subscribe, click HERE .
April/May Seedstock EDGE Advertising Deadline
The deadline to reserve your advertisement in the April/May Issue of the Seedstock EDGE is Monday, March 9. This digital issue will be emailed on Friday, March 27. The print issue will be mailed on Monday, April 6. To reserve your ad, contact NSR Creative Design Coordinator DeShea Wallace at deshea@nationalswine.com or NSR Digital Content Manager and Editor Cassie Godwin at cassie@nationalswine.com .
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