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An Overview of Changes in the Livestock Management CDE

• B. A. Reiling

January 12, 2017

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Purpose of the Contest

 Teach scientific basis of mgmt concepts.  Teach application of basic mgmt concepts.  Develop & learn hands-on managerial skills.  Enhance industry awareness.  Promote “life skill” development.

• Team work
• Communication

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Brief History of the Contest

 Early 2000s

• Individuals could compete in selected species divisions
• Team honors for schools with representation in all species

 2006

• Team-based competition only (No individual awards)
• Teams required to compete in all species divisions

 Species Stations included ...

• Beef, Dairy, Horse, Poultry, Sheep, & Swine

 Four components to each station ...

• Applied, Industry, Skill, Science

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Contest Review, Summer 2017

 Committee Members

• Monty Larsen
• AnnaLisa Estrela
• Sam Jensen
• Whitney Lehn

 What were some of the issues ...

• More chapters  more teams (despite district qualifying)
• How can we accommodate?
• Repetition between species stations
• Repetition from year to year

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What’s New for 2017

 Individual Knowledge-based Component

• An individual, multiple-choice exam
• To be conducted as part of the rotation
• 5 questions from 6 industries = 30 questions
• Beef, Dairy, Poultry, Horse, Sheep, Swine
• Question Focus
• Industry structure and leadership
• Basic industry statistics
• Basic production statistics
• Current issues

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What’s New for 2017

 Teams are limited to 5 students

• Each member’s “exam” will contribute 20 pts
• Total 100 point contribution to the team score.

 Species assigned a disciplinary focus

• To reduce repetition between species stations
• To reduce repetition between years
• To provide more focused study for students
• To provide opportunity for more depth of learning

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What’s New for 2017

 2017 Disciplinary Focus

• Beef – Breeding, Genetic, & Reproduction
• Dairy – Nutrition
• Horse – Nutrition
• Poultry – Breeding, Genetic, & Reproduction
• Sheep – Herd Health & Quality Assurance
• Swine – Business, Marketing, and Product Eval

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Disciplinary Rotation Schedule

Species Year 1 (2017) Year 2 (2018) Year 3 (2019) Year 4 (2020) Beef B&G, Repro Health, QA Busn, Mkt Nutrition Dairy Nutrition B&G, Repro Health, QA Busn, Mkt Horse Nutrition B&G, Repro Health, QA Busn, Mkt Poultry B&G, Repro Health, QA Busn, Mkt Nutrition Sheep Health, QA Busn, Mkt Nutrition B&G, Repro Swine Busn, Mkt Nutrition B&G, Repro Health, QA

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What to Expect (Species Stations)

 Teams will have 13 minutes to complete station

• May work together, as needed.
• May wish to “divide and conquer” to complete station

 Three components to each species station

• Science
• Application
• Skill (Hands-on)

 Two teams working at each station, simultaneously

• For hands-on activities
• May have dual sub-stations, or may limit time access.

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Species-based Webinars

 Will provide detailed listing of what to expect.  Will provide instruction and examples.

• Listing of feedstuffs to identify/characterize.
• Parts & function of digestive or reproductive tracts.
• Listing of hormones; function & applicability to management
• Example calculations & interpretations
• of genetic data, performance records, marketing grids, etc.
• For the hands-one, skill component
• Provide up to 3 potential skills for students to perform
• Provide listing of additional instructional resources
• All questions should be answerable from resources provided.

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Questions & Discussion

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Thank You

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