EVENT UPDATES
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Event
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Date
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Meals Provided
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Transportation
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Attire
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Location
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Notes from the CDE Chair
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Ag Business
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Friday
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None
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None
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Full Official Dress
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Main Campus
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Test will be in the morning and then team presentations will be from 2:00-4:00 PM.
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Ag Mechanics
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Friday
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Meat Wagon – Hamburgers* - brought to student mid-event
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None
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Shop attire & PPE
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Campus Ag Center
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Ag Mech Updates from Dr. Franklin
Only to 25 teams eligible to participate.
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Ag Sales
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Saturday
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None
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None
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Full Official Dress
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Main Campus
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Ag Sales Product Details
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Agronomy
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Friday
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Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
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None
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Field Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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Aquaculture
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Saturday
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None
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None
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Field Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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Bring a water test kit if you have one. Otherwise, we will have some to lend out.
Only top 20 teams eligible to participate.
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Dairy Evaluation
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Both
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Pizza Provided*
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Bus departs at 9:00 AM Friday
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Field Official Dress
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Friday: Feenstra Heifer Facility
304 N Russell Rd. Casa Grande, AZ 85172 Saturday: Campus Ag Center
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Team activity topic will be housing and facilities. |
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Entomology
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Friday
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None
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None
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Full Official Dress
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Main Campus
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Employment Skills
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Friday
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None
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None
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Full Official Dress
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Main Campus
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Only students with pre-submitted materials eligible to participate.
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Floriculture
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Friday
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Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
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None
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Field Official Dress. Heels are not recommended.
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Campus Ag Center
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Students should bring: Clipboard, ribbon shears, wire cutters, pencil(s), scratch paper, non-programmable calculator
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Food Science
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Friday
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None
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None
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Full Official Dress
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Main Campus
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Students should bring water to cleanse palate.
Only top 20 teams eligible to participate.
Please do not arrive before 9:00 AM - wait at Student Union if you arrive early.
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Forestry
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Friday
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None
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None
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Official Dress
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Main Campus
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Horse Evaluation
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Friday
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Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
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None
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Field Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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Livestock Evaluation
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Friday
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Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
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None
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Field Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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Nursery & Landscape
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Friday
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Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
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None
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Field Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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Meat Evaluation
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Saturday
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None
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None
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Field Official Dress with lab coat and hardhat (not required)
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Campus Ag Center
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Students should dress warmly with field official dress. Students should bring a lab coat and hard hat if they have them – otherwise they will be provided.
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Milk Quality & Products
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Saturday
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None
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None
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Full Official Dress
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Main Campus
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Students should bring water to cleanse palate.
Due to technical difficulties regarding the forms currently in the rules for the Milk Quality & Products CDE, the forms used in 2022 and earlier will be used again this year. Below is a sample of each form that will be used. Please show these to your teams so they are familiar with the forms they will be using during Saturday's event.
Forms
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Poultry Evaluation
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Saturday
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None
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None
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Field Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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No live birds. Students will judge laying hen class from photo/video due to avian flu.
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Range Management
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Friday
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Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
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None
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Field Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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Soils
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Friday
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Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
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None
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Field Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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Vet Science
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Friday
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Pizza Provided*
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Bus departs at 9:00 AM
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Official dress or scrubs
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Vet Science Facility
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Team Activity Details
Only top 25 teams eligible to participate.
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Wildlife
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Both
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None
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None
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Field Official Dress
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Friday: Main Campus
Saturday: Campus Ag Center
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Bring compasses, GPS & water test kit if you have one. Otherwise, we will have some to lend out.
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Tool ID - Greenhand
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Saturday
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None
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None
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Full Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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A clipboard would be helpful
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Tool ID - Advanced
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Saturday
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None
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None
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Full Official Dress
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Campus Ag Center
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A clipboard would be helpful
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Field Official Dress: Black jeans and boots are appropriate.
All students will need to be in full official dress for the awards ceremony and may not cross the stage otherwise.
*Dietary restrictions cannot be accommodated. A student may need to bring their own lunch of they have special dietary needs.