Nebraska Meat Animal Evaluation Team Places As 6th High Team Overall at National Meat Animal Evaluation Contest Friday, April 7, 2023
The Nebraska Meat Animal Evaluation team finished as sixth high team overall at the National Meat Animal Evaluation Contest on March 26-28 at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.
The Meat Animal Evaluation team serves as the capstone judging activity for those interested in the meat animal production industries and is an extra-curricular activity sponsored by the Department of Animal Science. The event comprises of three different components that strive to integrate all components of the livestock industry. The three-day competition includes a meats division, a breeding animal division, and a market animal evaluation division. Unique to this competition is the fact that students must apply their knowledge of livestock and meat evaluation to not only place classes and answer questions, but to determine true value given current market conditions. Additionally, students are given an opportunity to express their views and knowledge regarding current topics that will have a major impact on the livestock and meat industries through the Communications Challenge component of the competition.