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LIVESTOCK
JUDGING
Livestock judging is a highly competitive
experience that enhances independent
decision-making abilities while challenging
participants to process information quickly
and be able to defend a position or decision.
Livestock judging is the visual appraisal of
an animal’s physical traits, including positive
and negative features.
HORSE JUDGING
MEAT SCIENCE
In horse judging, you will compete on a
team as you learn to be the judge of a There are several contests throughout the
horse show! You will learn all the body year at almost every major stock show as
parts of a horse, the ideal characteristics well as District and State 4-H events.
of how a horse moves, determine how to Students are given a set of meats that they
score horses in competition, and explain must evaluate and score. After they have
how you decided on your scores. You will made their decision of which cut of meat is
learn decision-making and public the best they will write a set of oral reasons.
speaking skills. When you get to the It is a competitive environment to test their
senior level of this activity, you could knowledge of the subject of meat science.
compete in national competitions.
HORSE QUIZ BOWL LIVESTOCK
SKILL-A-THON
Quiz Bowl is an opportunity for
participants demonstrate all of the
information gained during the past year The Livestock Skill-a-thon contest tests a
through their project. It will also help 4-H member’s knowledge and
them learn more about their project while comprehension of animal science and
getting the opportunity to compete on a livestock management practices. The
state level. It is a team event. The team contest provides an opportunity for youth
that buzzes in first, gets to answer the to gain and develop production
question. Held at 4-H Roundup each year, livestock skills and life skills through a
competitors must qualify through their competitive environment.
district in order to compete in this event.
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