Registration is now open for the Area I and Area II Livestock Judging CDE. Please complete this online link
to register your team. We will have T Shirts for sale. I need all T
Shirt orders by November 16th.
The Area I Livestock Judging CDE will be held on Thursday, December 1st in Calhoun at the NW Livestock Pavillion on Hwy 53 Spur.
**Jr Registration will begin at 1:30 p.m. Junior Division CDE will begin at 2:00 pm.
**Sr Registration will begin at 2:30 p.m. Senior Division CDE will begin at 3:00 pm.
The Area II Livestock Judging CDE will be held on Tues, Nov. 29th in Athens at the UGA Animal Science Instructional Arena on S.
Milledge Ave.
**Jr Registration will begin at 1:30 p.m. Junior Division CDE will begin at 2:00 pm.
**Sr Registration will begin at 2:30 p.m. Senior Division CDE will begin at 3:00 pm.
Potential classes for both contests:
Market Goats
Market Lambs
Breeding Ewes
Market Hogs
Breeding Gilts
Breeding Heifers
*One of the Breeding placing classes will have performance data or EPD's.
Keep/ Cull Heifers (with data) Team Activity for Seniors
20
question Management Test (for Seniors only - reference: Modern
Livestock & Poultry Production (7th or 8th Edition) by James Gillespie (see reference chapters below).
Reasons: Sr's will give 2 sets (sheep, hogs or cattle). Jr's will give 1 set of heifer reasons.
**Official
Dress** is recommended for this contest; however, girls are not
required to wear skirts or heels. Please encourage all your students to
wear official dress (substitute black (or dark) jeans and boots in place
of skirts/ slacks & dress shoes). Students should bring clip
boards, pencils and blank paper (for reasons notes) and a warm jacket,
gloves, etc.
Jr's should be finished by 7:00 p.m. and Sr's should be finished by 8:00 p.m.
Please contact me with any questions or concerns. Good luck on training your teams.
Registration link: https://docs.google.com/a/gaaged.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGdYck5pOGc2TDlwX3ZhRWV4U0dvcHc6MQ#gid=0
Reference Chapters:
Chapter 3- Safety in Livestock Production
Chapter 7- Feed Additives and Hormone Implants
Chapter 11- Biotechnology in Livestock Production
Chapter 13- Breeds of Beef Cattle
Chapter 14- Selection and Judging of Beef
Chapter 19- Marketing Beef
Chapter 20- Breeds of Swine
Chapter 21- Selection and Judging of Swine
Chapter 22- Feeding and Management of Swine
Chapter 27- Feeding, Management, and Housing of Sheep
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Christa Steinkamp
North Region - Area Livestock Teacher
204 Four Towers Building, UGA
Athens, GA 30602
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