SIU Livestock and Horticulture CDE - Registration

Livestock:

Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 

Registration link: https://www.judgingcard.com/Registration/Info.aspx?ID=18677

Early-bird Registration Deadline: Friday, March 22, 2024

Registration Deadline: Friday, April 5, 2024

Location: Metabolism and Physiology Center (2422 Union Hill Road; Carbondale, IL 62901)

Cost: $5/student

Registration: 8:30 - 9 am

Contest Start: 9am

Teams will consist of 5 members, with the top 3 scores counting toward the team score.

Each school is limited to one varsity team and one junior varsity team. You may bring as many practice teams/individuals as you like, and they will be scored as individuals. 

 This year, the contest will be capped at 350.

This year, the livestock contest will consist of 10 judging classes:

1. Breeding Gilts
2. Market Hogs
3. Breeding Heifers
4. Market Cows
5. Breeding Does
6. Market Goats
7. Breeding Ewes
8. Market Lambs
9. Keep/Cull Swine
10. Keep/Cull Beef Cattle

There will be no reasons classes.

Horticulture:

Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 

Registration link: https://www.judgingcard.com/Registration/Info.aspx?ID=18677

Early-bird Registration Deadline: Friday, March 22, 2024

Registration Deadline: Friday, April 5, 2024

Location: Agriculture Building (1205 Lincoln Drive; Carbondale, IL 62901)

Cost:$5/student

Registration: 8-9 am

Contest Start: 9 am

Teams will consist of 5 members, with the top 4 scores counting toward the team score.

Each school is limited to one varsity team and one junior varsity team. You may bring as many practice individuals as you like, and they will be scored as individuals. 

The contest will consist of the following:

1. Written Exam (50 Questions)
2. Plant ID (50 species)
3. 4 Judging Classes
4. Floriculture Practicum – Make and Package a Corsage
5. Landscape Practicum – Pruning Nursery Stock

The contest will be following the state rules, which can be found at https://www.ilaged.org/horticulture