A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15, 1992
THE VALUE OF
JUDGING PROGRAMS
Keith A. Bryan
Instructor of Dairy
And Animal Science
Recent trends in animal agricul
ture education nationwide have
focused more on the scientific and
technological aspects of undergra
duate programs, partly because of
the need to attract students from
non farm backgrounds who often
lack practical experience with
farm animals.
Understandably, prospective
Attend Seeds
Seminar
LANDIS VILLE
(Lancaster Co.)
Hoffman Seeds, Inc.
recently conducted a
one-day training ses
sion for its service cen
ter representatives.
Thirty representa
tives attended the semi
nar, which focused on
sales programs, product
attributes, and company
procedures. Company
service centers are
located throughout the
Hoffman territory, and
their representatives are
responsible for distri
buting product and
coordinating the efforts
of sales associates.
David Parker, a sales
training specialist from
Agri Business Com
pany in Indianapolis,
was the featured speak
er. He talked about
needing to add value to
a customer’s seed
purchase through better
service. Aspects of
improved service
include greater sharing
of agronomic informa
tion, greater attention to
detail, and ontime
deliveries.
Hoffman Seeds
markets a variety of
farm seed products for
the Northeast, including
Funk’s G® brand
hybrids from the CIBA
GEIGY Seed Division.
employers value that experience,
but more importantly, they seek
employees with a basic under
standing of technical subject mat
ter of the major coursework, who
possess confidence, the ability to
concentrate, and skills in effective
communication, decision-making,
and critical thinking. These skills,
necessary for life-long learning
and job success, form the founda
tion of any effective collegiate
judging program and benefit even
those students with farm
background.
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Results of two recently pub
lished surveys outline the benefits
of participiting in a judging prog
nun. The surveys were distributed
to participants in meats, livestock,
horse, and wool judging programs
who had graduated in the past 70
years. Courses in meat judging
and evaluation improved writing
ability, decision-making, and
judgmental sills; exposed students
to animal agriculture; developed
concentration ability; and pro
vided an opportunity for the pur
suit of excellence through compet
ition (Davis, et al., 1991).
In a second survey (McCann
and McCann, 1992), respondents
were asked to rank personal attri
butes developed or enhanced by
judging programs. In terms of
developmental importance, com
munication skills and decision
making skills ranked second and
third, respectively, behind evalua
tion skills. Respondents in this
survey woe also asked to rank
personal attributes gained through
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judging programs that have been
the most useful to them through
out their lives. Improved commu
nication skills was the single most
useful attribute for 34 percent of
the respondents. Evaluation skills,
confidence, and decision-making
skills were each ranked highest by
an avenge of 16 percent of the
respondents.
In all of the judging program
courses offered by Penn State’s
Department of Dairy and Animal
Science, students must demons
trate an appropriate level of tech
nical expertise in the subject mat
ter and develop the communica
tion skills appropriate and
necessary for organized and logi
cal justification of decisions. It’s
believed that the communication
skills components of many of our
judging program courses are more
intense and individualized than
some courses in English or speech
communication.
For example, the number of
presentations delivered during a
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semester avenges approximately
80 sets of either oral or written
reasons. Moreover, students may
present reasons for critique to the
course ins turn tor, unversity facul
ty and staff, classmates, and
industry personnel. They also can
critique themselves on videotape.
In addition to the speaking
skills components of the livestock
evaluation courses, students are
required to understand and use
performance records and genetic
evaluations of the records in their
decision-making strategies. Effec
tive communication of their
understanding of the pertinent
data is imperative. Thus, students
must integrate subjective and
objective information, arrive at a
decision, and then justify the deci
sion based on the information
gathered.
Students invest both time and
some of their own money in judg
ing program participation, gaining
the opportunity to travel to various
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