Brokaw FFA Chapter Participates at State FFA Meats Evaluation Contest
Brokaw FFA Chapter members Ethan Herzberg, Alex Baker, Dalton Brown, and Dagen Price of Clarinda competed at the 2015 Iowa FFA State Meats Evaluation CDE on August 25 at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The competition included carcass evaluation classes of beef, pork, and lamb, along with a yield and grading class as well as identification of retail cuts. Members participating learned about proper techniques in evaluating carcasses and identifying high quality cuts of meat. Fifty-six members from seventeen FFA chapters participated in this year’s event. The meats judging team from Clarinda received a silver rating.
Caption for picture: Brokaw FFA members participating in the Iowa FFA Meats Evaluation CDE were, from left to right: Ethan Herzberg, Alex Baker, Dalton Brown, and Dagen Price.