I know that many of us probably competed in the livestock judging CDE. One way my school used to practice when we couldn't go out to a farm was to use online livestock judging sites.
Not only could these be utilized to coach CDE teams, but also to teach students about livestock judging. Take one day of class, reserve the computer lab at your high school, and take your students, sit them down infront of the computer and test their knowledge!
I found this website: http://ansci.colostate.edu/content/view/242/76/
which not only provides pictures for a variety of species (sometimes a little blurry), but also reasons as to why the "class" was placed the way it was.
I believe this to be a valuable as a virtural field trip, because it allows students who might not have the opportunity to travel to a farm and judge to still evaluate animals based on criteria that was covered in class.
-Hilary
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We recently launched http://www.livestockjudging.com as another online resource for practice livestock judging classes.
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