Teaching Aids

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• Livestock Evaluation Coaches Workshop
  • Slide presentation used for program

• Market Animal Evaluation
  • An Introduction to Evaluation - Beef, Swine, Sheep (PP)
  • Live Animal Evaluation (PP)
  • Swine Evaluation (PP)

• Evaluating Volume & Capacity (PP)

• Evaluating Fat & Muscle in Livestock (PP)

• Performance Data
  • EPD - Expected Progeny Difference (PP)
  • Utilizing Performance Data for Livestock Selection (PP)

• Reasons & Notes
  • Taking Notes (PP)
  • Coaching Reasons (PP)
  • Reasons template (W)

• Scoring Classes
  • Scoring Judging Placings (PP)
  • Worksheet to Practice Scoring Placings (W)

• Activities & Quizzes
  • Beef Sire Selection Activities (W)
  • Beef Cattle Evaluation Practice (W)
  • Lamb Evaluzation Practice (W)
  • Swine Evaluation Practice (W)
  • Keep/Cull Suffolk Ewes (W)
  • Evaluation Exam (W)

• Practice Classes
  • Beef
    • Angus (PP)
    • Angus heifers (PP)
    • Limousin (PP)
    • Steers (PP)
  • Swine
    • Boars 1 - Hampshire, Duroc, Yorkshire (W)
    • Boars 2 - Duroc (PP)
    • Gilts - Hampshire, Duroc, Yorkshire (W)

• General Livestock Topics
  • Purpose of Youth Livestock Projects (PP)
  • US Beef Industy - 2005 (PP)
  • Selection of steer (PP)
  • Feeding a Show Steer (PP)
  • US Swine Industry - 2005 (PP)
  • Selecting Feeder Pig (PP)

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