SIU Livestock and Horticulture CDE - Registration
Livestock:
Date: Friday, April 11, 2025
Registration link: https://www.judgingcard.com/Registration/Info.aspx?ID=21491
Early-bird Registration Deadline: Friday, March 21, 2025
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025
Location: Metabolism and Physiology Center (2422 Union Hill Road; Carbondale, IL 62901)
Cost: $6/student - Early Bird
$7/student - Late Registration
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:
- Breeding Gilts
- Market Hogs
- Breeding Heifers
- Market Cattle
- Breeding Does
- Market Goats
- Breeding Ewes
- Market Lambs
- Keep/Cull Swine
- Keep/Cull Beef Cattle
There will be no reasons classes.
The contest will be following the state rules, which can be found at https://www.ilaged.org/livestock
Horticulture:
Date: Friday, April 11, 2025
Registration link: https://www.judgingcard.com/Registration/Info.aspx?ID=21491
Early-bird Registration Deadline: Friday, March 21, 2025
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025
Location: Agriculture Building (1205 Lincoln Drive; Carbondale, IL 62901)
Cost:$6/student- Early Bird
$7/student - Late Registration
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:
- Written Exam (50 Questions)
- Plant ID (50 species)
- 4 Judging Classes
- Floriculture Practicum – Identifying and Controlling Plant Disorders
- Landscape Practicum –Landscape Drawing
The contest will be following the state rules, which can be found at https://www.ilaged.org/horticulture
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SIUC Agricultural Sciences
Southern Illinois University
Phone: 618-453-2469 Cell: --
Email: siucffa@gmail.com
Address: 1205 Lincoln Drive, Mail Code 4416, Carbondale, IL 62901