Livestock Exhibits Return With The 2021Tulsa State Fair

Friday, competitors got their animals ready for the junior livestock show at the Tulsa State Fair. 

"Some livestock just knows that they are supposed to be show animals and that they've been bred like that and they just.. you can tell," said Dax Delozier.

For competitors like Delozier, the goal is to sell his pigs to breeders and use that money to help pay for college. Delozier is just one of 15,000 competitors out at the fair. 

"Our market shows will move in on Monday and they'll qualify for the night of champions. There is 150 that will qualify out of thousands of animals and exhibitors that entered and it's definitely the state championship of livestock shows," said Brandi Herndon.

Herndon is the Chief Agriculture Business Officer. She hopes people attending the fair will make their way over to the livestock arenas to watch the junior livestock shows and learn more about the animals. 

"We also have our ag education area the ag Oklahoma building that houses our birthing center and our petting zoo and the milking demonstrations," said Herndon.

Delozier said he wants people to have a better understanding of why they spend countless hours raising and showing these animals. 

"Some people just see the pigs but in all reality, this is months of hard work, months of teamwork with other people. Families do this together and it's just a passion that people have for this industry," said Delozier.