Youth Livestock Resources

• Breeds of Cattle: descriptions and pictures of cattle breeds.
• Beef Show Ring: description of fitting techniques in cattle (PDF).
• There are quite a few helpful documents available from Texas A&M University with information on everything from beef projects to livestock judging to meats judging. http://animalscience.tamu.edu/youth-projects/
• The Ohio State University also has helpful resource handbooks for each of the livestock species; I would highly recommend these books for information related to stockmens or skillathon, https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/beef-resource-handbook/.  

• There are quite a few helpful documents available from Texas A&M University with information on everything from beef projects to livestock judging to meats judging. http://animalscience.tamu.edu/youth-projects/
• The Ohio State University also has helpful resource handbooks for each of the livestock species; I would highly recommend these books for information related to stockmens or skillathon - Goat Resource Handbook.  

• Swine Showmanship: publication about basic swine showmanship practices (PDF).
  
• There are quite a few helpful documents available from Texas A&M University with information on everything from beef projects to livestock judging to meats judging. http://animalscience.tamu.edu/youth-projects/
• The Ohio State University also has helpful resource handbooks for each of the livestock species; I would highly recommend these books for information related to stockmens or skillathon, https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/swine-resource-handbook-for-market-and-breeding-projects/.  

• There are quite a few helpful documents available from Texas A&M University with information on everything from beef projects to livestock judging to meats judging. http://animalscience.tamu.edu/youth-projects/
• The Ohio State University also has helpful resource handbooks for each of the livestock species; I would highly recommend these books for information related to stockmens or skillathon, https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/sheep-resource-handbook-for-market-and-breeding-projects/.  

• Livestock Judging and Oral Reasons Resource (PDF | 40KB)
• There are quite a few helpful documents available from Texas A&M University with information on everything from beef projects to livestock judging to meats judging. http://animalscience.tamu.edu/youth-projects/

Oral Reasons

• Mississippi State University has great tips on giving oral reasons; they even suggest ways to organize your notebook to give the most effective set of reasons. http://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P2289_web.pdf (PDF)

• The American Meat Science Association has practice materials on their 4-H Meats Judging Program web site.
• University of Nebraska Meats Science Extension web site. Excellent on-line material including photos of wholesale and retail cuts and an on-line retail ID quiz.
• Texas A & M University Animal Science Department's 4-H Meat Judging page. Excellent information for contest preparation.
• Texas A & M University meats extension information. Good section information on meats judging.
• Texas A & M 4-H Meat Judging information

• Poultry Judging Resources from NC State.
• Resources (you must pay for these) including poultry showing and exhibition and small flocks

Breeds

• Oklahoma State University Department of Animal Science maintains a web site that includes a vast collection of information about breeds of livestock. There are many rare breeds shown as well as the more common ones. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

Quiz Questions

• http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/equiz/

• http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/equiz/