Livestock FAQ

Quality Counts Program

All new exhibitors are required to complete a safety and ethics course provided by the Texas Extension Service. All of the enrollment information can be found here:

Texas Quality Counts

Here are a couple of new components of the program to be aware of:

Exhibitors will first be required to engage in the full learning content before being presented with the verification exam.
Please be aware of this in advance as this could take around two hours for most students to complete the full content and test.
Exhibitors will be able to start and revisit the curriculum as many times as needed.
Exhibitors will have to complete the test once it is started.
Exhibitors must achieve 80% or great to pass the exam, but can take it as many times as needed.
Exhibitors will be exposed and tested on the content potentially three times in their livestock showing career: junior (grade 3-5), intermediate (grade 6-8), and senior (grade 9-12).
Exhibitors will access the course and exam at a new website: https://agrilifelearn.tamu.edu/s/product/quality-counts/01t4x000008HBZdAAO
1. This will be connected to the current Texas Livestock Validation Website for ease-of-access to information for supervising County Extension Agents and Agricultural Science Teachers.

Can I still participate in the stock show even if I am not raising a livestock project?

Yes! While completing a livestock SAE project is common, there are other categories of the stock show including: Homemaking (Art, Baking, Cooking, Photography, Sewing, Jewelry), Ag Mech, Wood projects, etc. Please get with one of our FFA Advisors for more information, there are multiple opportunities for your student to be involved at the stock show, county or Majors. For Chapter Members (grades 8-12) , you must be enrolled in an AFNR class in order to be eligible to participate at the stock show.

Join our GroupMe to stay up to date with Livestock Info, Dates, etc! Please only join what pertains to your student's current or future Project.