CAREER

For a complete list of rules and details for all CDE’s, please download the following handbooks. Specific CDE event details are also listed in each section below.

Crops

To create interest and promote understanding in agronomy by evaluating various areas including, crops, weeds, seeds, insects, disease and deficiencies and grain evaluation through the agriculture education curriculum.

Dairy

To provide a competitive event for agricultural education students, emphasizing skills in dairy cattle evaluation, selection and dairy herd management.

• Understanding Dairy Markets
• Grade "A" Pasteurized milk ordinance

Dairy Foods

To enhance learning activities related to milk quality, federal milk marketing attributes of milk products and substitutes for them. The focus of this Career Development Event is on achievement of high quality raw milk, federal milk marketing orders and attributes of selected products of milk.

Forestry

To stimulate student interest and to promote forestry instruction in the agricultural education curriculum and to provide recognition for those who have demonstrated skills and competencies as a result of forestry instruction.

Horse and Pony

The purpose of the Horse Evaluation Career Development Event is to stimulate the study of and interest in equine science selection, management and production through the agricultural education curriculum.

• Additional Information

Horticulture

The purpose of the Horticulture CDE is to allow members to demonstrate mastery skills in the identification, production, marketing and buying of flower, fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops.

• Purdue University Garden Publications
• Purdue University Senior Study List

Livestock

To provide a competitive event for agricultural education students, emphasizing skills in the livestock industry including; evaluation, selection of desirable traits, communication and decision making skills, and management.

• Additional Information

Meats

The purpose of the Meats CDE is to allow members to demonstrate mastery skills in the areas of identification and evaluation, allowing for students to be more knowledgeable consumers of meat and meat products.

Poultry and Eggs

Poultry Evaluation Career Development Event stimulates learning activities relative to production and management, processing, marketing and consumption of poultry products.

Soils

The purpose of the Soils Evaluation Career Development Event is to demonstrate understanding and mastery in determining soil physical properties and corresponding best use management practices for farmland use and/or home site development.

Wildlife Habitat

Environmental and natural resource education has a responsibility to ensure an educated public and provide students prepared to enter careers in the environmental and natural resource industry. The purpose of the environmental and natural resource career development event is to stimulate student interest and to promote environmental and natural resource instruction in the agricultural education curriculum.

• CDE Preparation Tips