Abstract:
Fifty-one universities with agricultural programs surveyed to determine the degree of support for intercollegiate judging programs. Thirty-nine surveys were returned for a 76.5% response rate. Of the respondents, 84.6% sponsored at least one judging team related to animal agriculture (livestock, dairy, meats, horses, meat animal evaluation, and wool). The average annual expenditure for judging teams, salaries excluded was $10,950. Annual expenditures ranged from $2,500 to $25,000. Sources of funding were highly variable with departmental funds, on average, comprising the majority (45.4%). While respondents did not favor increasing the number of team members participating in each contest, a majority was in favor of including performance data for each contest class. The most frequently mentioned outcomes of judging programs were improved communication ability, logical decision-making, industry knowledge, and teamwork.
Keywords:
intercollegiate, judging activity, funding, philosophy
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