SIU Livestock and Horticulture CDE - Registration Livestock:
Date: Friday, April 17, 2026 Registration link:
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Location: Metabolism and Physiology Center (2422 Union Hill Road; Carbondale, IL 62901)
Cost: $6/student
Registration: 8:30 - 9 am
Contest Start: 9am
Teams will consist of 5 members, with the top 3 scores counting toward the team score.
Each school is limited to one varsity team and one junior varsity team. You may bring as many practice teams/individuals as you like, and they will be scored as individuals.
This year, the contest will be capped at 350.
This year, the livestock contest will consist of 10 judging classes:
1. Breeding Gilts
2. Market Hogs
3. Breeding Heifers
4. Market Cattle
5. Breeding Does
6. Market Goats
7. Breeding Ewes
8. Market Lambs
9. Keep/Cull Swine
10. Keep/Cull Beef Cattle
There will be no reasons classes.
The contest will be following the state rules, which can be found at https://www.ilaged.org/o/iae/page/livestock-evaluation
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Horticulture:
Date: Friday, April 17, 2026 Registration link: https://www.judgingcard.com/Registration/Info.aspx?ID=25069
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 14, 2026 Location: Agriculture Building (1205 Lincoln Drive; Carbondale, IL 62901)
Cost:$6/student
Registration: 8:30 am-9 am
Contest Start: 9 am
Teams will consist of 5 members, with the top 4 scores counting toward the team score.
Each school is limited to one varsity team and one junior varsity team. You may bring as many practice individuals as you like, and they will be scored as individuals.
The contest will consist of the following:
1. Written Exam (50 Questions)
2. Plant ID (50 species)
3. 4 Judging Classes
4. Floriculture Practicum – Floral Arrangement
5. Landscape Practicum –Nursery Landscape Tool ID
The contest will be following the state rules, which can be found at https://www.ilaged.org/o/iae/page/horticulture