4-H 134R Swine Resource Handbook for Market and Breeding Projects
4-H 194R Sheep Resource Handbook for Market and Breeding Projects
4-H 117R Beef Resource Handbook
BU-6158/CCS8065 Swine 1: Growing with Swine
BU-6159/CCS8066 Swine 2: Putting the Oink in Pig
BU-6160/CCS8067 Swine 3: Going Whole Hog
BU-6161/CCS8068 Swine Helpers Guide
BU-6351/CCS8143 Beef 1: Bite Into Beef
BU-6352/CCS8144 Beef 2: Here's the Beef
BU-6353/CCS8145 Beef 3: Leading the Charge
BU-6354/CCS8146 Beef Helpers Guide
BU-6367 Sheep 1: Rams, Lambs and You
BU-6368 Sheep 2: Shear Delight
BU-6369: Sheep 3: Leading the Flock
BU-6370: Sheep Helpers Guide
Resources (Revised 4/09)
Intermediate Quiz Bowl
Senior Quiz Bowl
Quiz Bowl Example Questions
Poultry Judging
Meats Judging
Livestock Skill-a-thon
Livestock Quiz Bowl - Intermediate Division:
The resources for the Intermediate Division will be the 4-H project manuals and the current events/current topics references listed below.
Standard References
CCS7909 Meat Goat 1: Just Browsing
CCS7910 Meat Goat 2: Get Growing with Meat Goats
CCS7911 Meat Goat 3: Meating the Future
CCS7912 Meat Goat Helper's Guide
The CCS numbers above are the most recently revised copies of these project manuals.
A portion of questions (approximately 10-15%) will be related to the Meat Goat Project. The primary references for this are available on-line and include:
Additional References
4-H Meat Goat Guide from Texas A & M University
Meat Goat Home Study Course from Penn State Cooperative Extension
**NEW FOR 2009**
North Carolina State University Extension Sheep Facts
Tuskegee University: Assessment of the Meat Goat Industry
Alabama Cooperative Extension: Overview of the US Meat Goat Industry
Penn State Cooperative Extension: Selecting Meat Goats
Current Event and Current Topics References
A percentage of questions for both intermediate and senior division question will be based on current events in the beef, sheep and swine industries. The following on-line resources will be used to develop these questions.
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Pork Magazine (questions related to current industry issues, December 2008-May 2009 website at: http://www.porkmag.com/
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Beef Magazine (questions related to current industry issues, December 2008-May 2009 website at: http://www.beef-mag.com/
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American Sheep Industry Association website at: http://www.sheepusa.org/
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National Cattlemen's Beef Association website at: http://www.beef.org/ Questions from the NCBA site will focus on the following specific topic and links:
FAQ's for the latest BSE info at: http://www.bseinfo.org/FAQ.aspx
Product Enhancement, Beef Safety and Human Nutrition fact sheets found at: http://www.beefresearch.org /factsheets.aspx -
National Pork Board website at: http://www.pork.org/ Questions from the Pork Board site will be focused from the following specific topics and links:
PQA Plus, including History, FAQ's and GPP's: http://www.pork.org/Producers/PQA/PQAPlus.aspx
Fact sheets for youth producers (13 fact sheets): http://www.pork.org/youthproducers/default.aspx
Use of distillers grains: http://www.pork.org/NewsAndInformation/docs/Jan2007Newsletter.pdf - **NEW FOR 2009** National Agricultural Statistics Service website at: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/SheeGoat/SheeGoat-01-30-2009.pdf
The following articles from The Nebraska Department of Agriculture website will be used as current event references. You can link directly to them by clicking on the title.
Beef Industry at a Glance
Nebraska’s Beef Industry
Locate in 48
Vesicular Stomatitis
Nebraska Ram Project
Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot and Mouth Disease International Travel
Livestock Quiz Bowl - Senior Division:
All 4-H manuals listed above will be used as references for the Senior Division. However, in order to ensure quality and an adequate variety of questions, livestock NebGuides, Extension Circulars and other resources may also be used as a reference. Much of the material in the 4-H manuals is duplicated in the additional resources; however, the additional resources provide more details on many of the subject matter areas. The following references are available on-line or at your county extension office.
Beef:
The following references are available on-line under the "Beef" section of IANR publications:
G1409 Managing Feedlot Heat Stress
G1293 Feedlot Abandonment Recommended Procedures
G100 Feeding High Moisture Corn
G1637 Beef Export Verification Programs: What Should Cattle Producers Do?
Animal Health and Diseases:
The following references are available under the "Animal Diseases" section of IANR publications:
G1692 Banned Mammalian Protein What does it mean?
G1693 Attending Fairs: Safeguarding Your Health and Nebraska's Livestock Industry
G1694 Biosecurity: Protecting Your Health and the Health of your Animals
G1690 Information about Foot and Mouth Disease for Nebraska Residents
G1689 Guarding Against Contagious Livestock Diseases from Farm Visitors
G1576 Safe Use of Animal Medicines
G1541 Preventing the Spread of Animal Diseases - Applications for Youth Livestock Shows
G1485 Guidelines for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Food Animals
G1445 Understanding Vaccines
G1444 Medical Sharps Disposal from Livestock Operations
G1411 Biosecurity Basics for Cattle Operations & Good Management Practices (GMP) for Controlling Infectious Diseases
General Animals:
The following references are available under the "Animals, General" section of IANR publications:
G1500 Blending Grain and Feedstuffs- How to Figure the Proper Proportions
Sheep:
The following references are available under the "Sheep" section of IANR publications:
Swine:
The following references are available under the "Swine" section of IANR publications:
G1520 Current Issues Affecting Youth Shows
EC840 Pork Production in Nebraska: The Ability to Make a Living
Range & Forage:
The following references are available under the "Range and Forage" section of IANR publications:
G1393 Grazing Alfalfa
G1616 Windrow Grazing
Other:
The following references are available under the "Dairy" section of the IANR publications (information applies to beef cattle also)
G952 Estrus (Heat) Detection Guidelines
An additional meat goat reference for senior level is the Training and Certification Program for Meat Goat Producers from Langston University.
Quiz Bowl Example Questions -
The following questions are from past contests. Since these questions were used, some of the references listed may have become outdated, been updated or removed from the reference list.
2004 Intermediate Division
2004 Senior Division
2001 Intermediate Division 2001 Senior Division
Poultry Judging Contest:
The reference for this contest is "National 4-H Poultry Judging" (4-H 460), available from your County Extension Office. Judging Laying Hens slide set (on-line viewing only) provides the criteria for judging laying hens, both by description and in many pictures.
More examples of chicken feet are available at http://www.ansci.umn.edu/poultry/youth/feet.pdf
Meats Judging:
Resources for the identification section of the 4-H Meats for Consumer contest include the booklet " Identifying Meat Cuts " published by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the National Pork Producers Council and the American Meat Science Association.
Dr. Dennis Burson, contest superintendent, has also posted numerous retail cut identification practice photos on the web at the following addresses:
Meat Cut Identification
Meat Cut Identification - Nebraska 4-H List of cuts
Check the Animal Science Department's Meat Science page for more!
The retail ID cut list and example score sheets are as follows:
Retail ID Cut List
Retail ID Scorecard
For the written test, an example test and key is included here for you.
An example food safety lab practicum is included also.
Food Safety Practicum Examples
Livestock Skill-a-thon
The following example worksheets were used in the 2006 Livestock Skill-a-thon Pilot contest at PASE or in District Field Days and workshops presented in 2006 and 2007. Worksheets and stations activities for the current year's contest may be similar, but will not be identical to these.
Equipment and Breeds Station
Feeds and Feeding Station
Quality Assurance Station
Evaluation and Marketing - Swine Example
Evaluation and Marketing - Beef Example
Evaluation and Marketing - Lamb Example
Breeding Scenario - Intermediate Level Example - Sheep
Breeding Scenario - Intermediate Level Example - Swine
Breeeding Scenario - Senior Level Example - Cattle
Senior Cattle Key
Breeding Scenario - Senior Level Example - Swine
No worksheets are provided for the Meats Station. The meats station in the past has consisted of retail meat ID and a retail judging class with questions. The retail meat ID resources are found in the Meats Judging section of this page.
The AgMania website also provides numerous examples of feed and equipment identification, meat cut identification and other study sections for the skill-a-thon contest.
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