Members of Idaho FFA’s South Magic Valley District met at CSI on Wednesday, Oct. 30 for the district livestock judging contest. But it’s more than just looking at cows. FFA members use critical thinking and persuasive speech to analyze and then justifying their determinations
- Idaho FFA’s South Magic Valley district includes Buhl, Castleford, Filer, Hansen, Jerome, Kimberly, Lighthouse Christian, Murtaugh, and Twin Falls.
- Contestants had 8 8-minute period to study and rank each group of animals: cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs.
- There are over 6,000 FFA members in Idaho, and 100 FFA Chapters around the state.
(Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
“I love doing livestock judging or horse judging,” Jacob Stombaugh told me towards the end of the livestock judging contest.
Stombaugh from Twin Falls Chapter FFA was one of dozens of teens judging livestock at the CSI Expo Center on Wednesday.
He filled me in on what goes into judging hogs.
“My top pair: very long body, very meaty,” Stombaugh said. “I like how he looked, how he walked.”