Teachers, *Area Meats Evaluation CDE's for 2019* *Registration:* 4 PM * Contest Starts:* 4:30 PM *Area 4:* Toombs County High School Ag. Center - Tuesday, September 24th *Area 3*: Rutland High - Thursday, September 26th *Senior Students:* 25 ID cuts, 3 Placing Classes, AND *Quality and Yield Grade Exercise* Students will have 1-3 ribeyes to Quality and Yield Grade using help sheets Students will have the Quality Grading Help Sheet, and be given Maturity, KPH and Hot Carcass weight. They will be required to know the Yield Grade Formula, the 5 Yield Grades, judge Marbling and Backfat. *Junior Students:* 20 ID cuts, 3 Placing Classes *Meats CDE TEAM *consists of 4 members. All four scores count. *T-shirts are available:* Proof is attached. *Cost:* $10,* Deadline for T-shirts is Wednesday, September 12th* *Registration: * Log on to GeorgiaFFA.org Go Event Registration Select either* Meats Evaluation CDE - Area 3* or* Meats Evaluation CDE - Area 4.* Click on the Edit for each team that you are registering Click on the Edit for T-shirts that you order. You can then print out an invoice. *Registration Ends: Wednesday, September 11th at 11 PM.* *State Guidelines: *https://www.georgiaffa.org/page.aspx?ID=84 If you have any questions, give me a call. -- Ricky Wheeler Area Animal Science Teacher Central Region - Agricultural Education 101 North Main Street Room 318 Swainsboro, Georgia 30401 478/595-5351 (c)