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Most cattle judging occurs in show rings at agricultural shows and livestock shows. [1] Judgments on cattle are ultimately based on which animal is worth the most profit. [2] [page needed] There are many fine points to cattle judging. In a beef animal, for example, it is desirable to have a large animal with muscle development. [2] [page needed]
In Livestock judging, students only judge cattle, pigs and lambs; classes consist of animals from across the region. An element of the contest is the reasons that students give to justify their choices, delivered in a short persuasive speech in which the contestant explains their evaluation of the animals to an official for a score (0-50).
The Agricultural Pavilion (formerly known as the Livestock Judging Pavilion) is a contributing property to the Texas Technological College Historic District on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The Agricultural Pavilion was one of the campus' original buildings and opened in 1926.
Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) originated as an idea from the livestock committee of the Billings Chamber of Commerce in 1966. In 1967, the Public Auction Yards hosted an event to showcase the region’s vast livestock industry. [1] By the fall of 1968, a full-fledged livestock show with 250 exhibitors and 600 entries was ...
The United States grades feeder cattle that have not reached an age of 36 months on three factors: frame size, thickness, and thriftiness. [7]Frame size evaluates feeder cattle' height and body length as determined by their skeletal size in relation with their age; frame size affects the animals' mature size and weight gain composition as they are fed into fed cattle.
Livestock grazing comparison is a method of comparing the numbers and density of livestock grazing in agriculture. Various units of measurement are used, usually based on the grazing equivalent of one adult cow, or in some areas on that of one sheep. Many different schemes exist, giving various values to the grazing effect of different types of ...
The studies did not find a significant effect for the influence of rider weight on the race results; for 1998, the rider weight / horse's body weight ratio was significantly higher among horses qualified for metabolic criteria than for race finishers (but no significant effect on placing of the finishers).
Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options is a United Nations report, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on 29 November 2006, [1] that "aims to assess the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation". [1]