2024
Lake Land College Livestock Judging Contest - Registration Close March 4!
TO: Ag Instructors, County
Extension Advisors, and 4-H Leaders
WHAT: Lake Land College Livestock Judging
Contest - Mattoon, IL
WHEN: Saturday
March 16, 2024 - Contest begins at 9:00 A.M.
- Pre-Registration
is required via Google
Form
- Registration
Form will close on Monday March 4, 2024.
- No
late entries will be accepted.
You
will not have to designate team members when you register - that can be done
the morning of the contest.
NO ADDITIONS the morning of the contest.
Arrive between
8:00-8:45am to check-in at the Fieldhouse
(Use Parking Lot B).
(This is back to the
original location, instead of the Luther Center used in 2023).
The students and staff of the Lake Land
College Agriculture Division are again making plans for our Annual Livestock
Judging Contest and would like to invite you to participate. We feel confident that our contest will have
quality classes for your students to evaluate.
The contest will offer 9 classes; 3 cattle, 3
swine, 2 sheep and 1 goat. The contest will offer 3 divisions, detailed below. Please
feel free to bring as many teams as you can.
Division information:
|
Division
|
Ages
|
Number on Team
|
Classes Judged
|
Questions or Reasons
|
|
Junior Questions
|
8th Grade and Down
|
4, Count Top 3
|
9
|
3 Sets of 10 Questions
|
|
Senior Questions
|
9th Grade and Up
|
4, Count Top 3
|
9
|
3 Sets of 10 Questions
|
|
Reasons
|
All
|
4, Count Top 3
|
9
|
4 Sets of Oral Reasons
|
All
Contestants Need to Bring a No. 2 Pencil and a Clipboard. Scantrons will be
used.
One class in each species will have performance data that may include:
Cattle EPD’s: Birth Weight
Weaning Weight
Yearling
Weight
Milk
Weight
Breed Relevant Indexes
Swine EPD’s: Loin Eye Area
Back Fat
Number Born / Number
Weaned
Days to 250 lbs.
Sow Productivity Index
Sheep EPD’s: 60 Day Weight
120 Day Weight
Type of Birth –
single, twin, triplet
Type
of Rearing
Dwarf
Gene Status
The entry fee is $10 per
student for questions contestants
and $20 per student for reasons contestants (lunch included for reasons
contestants). This can be paid at check-in.
The contest will be held on the Lake Land College campus, located
one-half mile south of I-57 at Exit 184. 5001 Lake Land Blvd, Mattoon,
IL 61938. If you are planning to arrive in Mattoon on
Friday evening, there are high-quality motels located just off I-57 at exit
190, just 6 miles north of Lake Land’s campus.
Super
8 Motel – (217) 235-8888
Baymont
Inn – (217)
234-2355
Hampton
Inn – (217)
234-4267
Following the contest, the results will be announced and top teams
and individuals will receive awards. In
addition, the Lake Land Ag staff and students will be available to answer any
questions you might have concerning the college.
If you have any questions, call Hayden Wilder at (219) 208-1466 or
email at hwilder@lakelandcollege.edu. We look forward to seeing you on March 16th!
--
Megan Coy
Facilitating Coordination in Ag Education (FCAE)
Phone: 217-493-8791 Cell: 217-493-8791
Email: mcoy@ilaged.org
Address: 8 S. Washington, Sullivan, IL 61951