Students engage in hands-on learning and application of skills related to the field of agricultural mechanics. This project provides an opportunity to explore various aspects of agricultural technology, equipment, and maintenance while developing essential problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities. 

When raising cattle, students choose between showing a steer to raise and harvest or a heifer in order to prepare to breed. Throughout their project, students will train their animals to show, feed them to maximize their genetic potential, and even wash and fit hair to ensure that these cattle perform to their fullest potential. Students will learn important skills about cattle such as crucial aspects of beef production and the ability to identify genetic characteristics to pass on to offspring.

Students showcase their carefully bred poultry, often featuring unique and visually striking breeds with specific color patterns and physical characteristics, where birds are judged based on how closely they adhere to the established breed standard, essentially a competition for the most aesthetically pleasing and well-maintained poultry according to breed specifications; this can include chickens, ducks, geese, and other domesticated fowl, with emphasis on their appearance rather than their production capabilities.

 Student raises and manages lambs, learning about sheep husbandry practices like feeding, health management, breeding selection, and potentially preparing them for market or showing at livestock exhibitions, all while keeping detailed records of their activities and expenses to demonstrate their agricultural knowledge and business skills.

Raising broiler (market) chickens is an excellent youth project for beginners to livestock exhibiting. Chickens are considerably easier to handle, require less space, and are less expensive than, other species. This project is short term because it typically takes only 6 weeks to raise a broiler to market weight.

When students choose to show rabbits  they can either choose between breeding or market. Through this, students will feed their rabbits to reach standards, genetic potential and broaden their knowledge of rabbits. Students will learn new information and develop an understanding about them.

Breeding rabbits consist of 49 breeds and several different ways to raise and breed them. When showing market rabbits you have three that have to be in exactly the same in weight, meat, color, size, and fur.

Student raise one or more pigs, actively managing their health, nutrition, and growth, with the goal of learning about all aspects of swine production, often culminating in showing the animal at a livestock fair or selling it at market, while meticulously recording all aspects of the project for evaluation.