Do you want to learn more about the dairy industry? Do you have an interest in large animal science? If so, the Dairy Cattle Evaluation CDE is perfect for you. This CDE takes place in April at Tennessee Tech University and is an amazing opportunity for anyone interested in the above fields. If you would like to learn more about the CDE or are already preparing to compete, please evaluate the following resources:

• An overview of the Dairy Cattle Evaluation rules as well as the rubric for each part of the CDE can be found starting on page 52 of the Tennessee FFA CDE Handbook
• Basic information about the dairy cow unified score card, placings, and reasons can be found here
• To increase your reasons score, study dairy judging terminology and the "oral reasons top ten"
• Use this interactive page from the University of Vermont to practice placing two sets of dairy cattle
• Watch these National 4-H Dairy Judging Videos to get further practice placing several different breeds and age groups of dairy cattle
• The Dairy Cattle Evaluation test bank can be found on tnffa.org under Teachers>Downloads>CDEs