Career Development Events

What are Career Development Events?

CDEs are educational events that take what is learned in the classroom and apply it to competitive contest settings. Students who compete in these events are applying skills associated with agriculture or leadership positions.

Contest Results

https://www.judgingcard.com/Results/

Western Brown FFA CDEs

Throughout the year our students participate in several CDEs including:

Soil Judging (Urban and Rural)
Greenhand Quiz
Job Interview
Parliamentary Procedure
Public Speaking
Livestock Judging
Poultry Judging
Meat Evaluation & Grading
Equine Judging
Farm Business Management
Ag Issues Forum

Additionally, there are also the following CDEs offered in Ohio:

Ag Power Diagnostics
Ag Technology and Mechanical Systems
Ag Communications
Ag Sales
Agronomy
Animal Behavior
Dairy Cattle Judging
Dairy Handlers
Environmental & Natural Resources
Floriculture
Food Science
Forestry
Milk Quality and Products
Nursery and Landscaping
Outdoor Power
Veterinary Science
Wildlife Management

Students are encouraged to try any CDE of their interest. As you can see, there is something to suit the interests of any student enrolled in the program.

Opportunity for Science Credit

Students that meet minimum standards are eligible to receive science credit to be applied towards their high school graduation. Students at Western Brown must accumulate 3 total science credits to graduate. These include: Biology, Physical Science and another Science Elective. Currently, our program offers 0.25 credits to students who participate and meet minimum standards in Soil Judging and 0.5 credits to students who participate and meet minimum standards in Livestock Judging.

As an example, if a student participates in 2 years of soils and 1 year of livestock, they could potentially earn 1 credit of science to be applied to their transcript.

Collegiate Opportunities

Students who excel at CDEs may find post-secondary opportunities after high school that can equate to financial gain. Similar to sports, many schools offer scholarships to students to participate on their collegiate teams. Many schools offer: