National youth conference focuses on Charolais

The Canadian Charolais Youth Association is holding its National Show and Conference this week in Swift Current. 

Darwin Rosso, a director with the Canadian Charolais Association says it's great to see the youth involvement.

"It's very important to see the participation of the youth because they're the future of our breed down the road"

The event kicked off on Wednesday, with 92 youth members from Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Rosso says there are a lot of activities for the participants with a lot of educational components.

"They do species judging of heifers, steers and calves. They also do a lot of team marketing, team judging, and individual marketing projects, along with showmanship, the grooming competitions, and then the grand finale will be the confirmation classes on Saturday."

The public is invited to Kinetic Park on Friday to watch the Youth Showmanship Class at 9:45 a.m., and the Confirmation Classes Saturday at 11 a.m.