1. Career Development Events
CDE’s

2. Career Development Events
These are competitive contests offered by the FFA.
Two categories:
a. Leadership
b. Skills

3. Leadership Contests These are speaking contests.
Conduct of meetings – 7 member team of freshmen
Parliamentary Procedure – 5 member team
Chapter Program – 3 person team
Creed Speaking – 1 member
Radio Broadcasting – 1 member
Public Speaking – 1 member
Extemporaneous Speaking – 1 member
Ag Sales – 1 member
Job Interview – 1 member

4. Skills Contest These contests are team (4 member) contests.
Ag Business Management
Poultry Judging
Horse Judging
Livestock Judging
Soils Judging
Food Science
Agronomy
Ag Mechanics
Horticulture
Marketing
Ag Communications
Ag Sales
Dairy Products
Dairy Cattle Judging
Biotechnology

5. Skills vs Leadership CDE’s
Skills is offered only at the state level. Winning team goes to the Nationals. There are team portions and individual portions of the contests.
Leadership contests begin at the sub-district level. Top 2 advance to Districts. Top 2 at districts advances to State. Top at state advances to Nationals.

6. Dairy Products – Cheese ID

7. Aroma ID (Food Sciences)

8. Poultry Evaluation -- Patties
Evaluate = Rate them
Rate from 1st place to 4th place

9. Soils ID -- Agronomy Determine by feeling the moist soil if it is:
Sand
Silt
Clay

10. Animal Evaluation -- Swine

11. Hammer – Ag Mechanics