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The next generation of livestock leaders gained hands-on experience in the livestock field at this year's Illinois 4-H Junior Livestock Conference held Jan. 21-22 at the Decatur Hotel & Conference Center.

Attendees included 100 youth from 50 counties across Illinois, with youth members of the 4-H Livestock Ambassador Team helping to plan and execute this learning experience aimed at 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. This year's conference theme was "Livestock in Paradise."

Cody Noller, Stockton, and Brogan Keltner, Pearl City, attended.

"It was such a fun experience cr...