Browsing College of Agriculture and Life Sciences by Subject "YouthLifestock"

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    • Approach to Placing a Market Steer Class 
      Skaggs, Chris; Boleman, Chris T. (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
    • Breeding Beef Cattle Judging Outline 
      oleman, Larry L. (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
    • Evaluating Market Steers From a Grading Standpoint 
      Boleman, Chris T. (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
      This handout is to help the reader reach their goals of being a more accurate evaluator of market steers.
    • Fundamentals of Evaluating Market Steers 
      Callis, Brandon; Franke, Jake (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
      Market steers that are carcass oriented (muscular and optimally finished) plus supported with a sound, and correctly balanced skeletal design will be class-winning or top pair candidates. Steers that have problems/faults ...
    • LIVESTOCK JUDGING CONTEST SCORING PROCEDURES 
      Skaggs, Chris; Boleman, Chris (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
      There are 24 possible placings on a class of 4 animals. The official judges rank the animals from top to bottom and designate cuts for each of these three pairs according to the difficulty of the decision.
    • Presentation of Oral Reasons 
      Boleman, Chris T. (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
      Oral reasons are very important to 4-H and FFA livestock judging team members. This is their opportunity to defend their placing and to help paint a clear picture of a particular class.
    • Proper Handling of Market Lambs 
      Franke, Jake (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
      A market lamb class is best seen, and therefore, placed from further away rather than close up views and while handling. A common mistake made by many livestock judgers is to get too close to the sheep, which results in ...
    • Reasons Terminology for Breeding Cattle 
      Skaggs, Chris; Boleman, Chris T. (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
    • Reasons Terminology for Market Steers 
      Skaggs, Chris; Boleman, Chris T. (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
    • Sample Sets of Oral Reasons for Livestock Judging Contests 
      Texas A&M University Agriculture and Life Sciences. Department of Animal Science (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
    • Why Judging Beef Cattle Is So Important 
      Boleman, Larry L (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )