A Texas Curriculum for

Livestock Educationhttp://qualitycounts.tamu.edu/

HOWDY!!!• Introduction

Curriculum Focus

Quality Assurance Quality Assurance

Character EducationCharacter Education

Objective 1

• Ensure all 4-H and FFA livestock projects meet all food quality standards

Objective 2

• Enhance character education for Texas

4-H and FFA Youth

Objective 3

• Promote a Positive Image of Youth Livestock Programs

ACTIVITY 1

• Slumber

• Bed

• Blanket

• Snore

• Snooze

• Shut Eye

• Zonked

• Pillow

• Sheets

• Tired

• Dream

• Nightmare

• Comforter

• Nap

How many of you wrote down slumber?

• Slumber

How many of you wrote down nap?

• Nap

How many of you wrote down sleep?

• Slumber

• Bed

• Blanket

• Snore

• Snooze

• Shut Eye

• Zonked

• Pillow

• Sheets

• Tired

• Dream

• Nightmare

• Comforter

• Nap

This is an exercise in perception• Everything indicated “sleep” but sleep is not

here.

• Character is always there!!!

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. --Immanuel Kant

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The

shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

The Six Pillars

• Trustworthiness• Respect• Responsibility• Fairness• Caring• Citizenship

Trustworthiness• Be honest• Don’t deceive, cheat or steal• Be reliable• Do what you say you will do• Have the courage to do the right thing• Build a good reputation• Be loyal• Stand by your family, friends and country

Respect• Treat others with respect• Follow the Golden Rule• Be tolerant to differences• Use good manners, not bad language• Be considerate of the feelings of others• Don't threaten, hit or hurt anyone• Deal peacefully with anger, insults and

disagreements

• Do what you are supposed to do

• Persevere: Keep trying!

• Always do your best

• Use self control: be disciplined

• Think before you act

• Consider the consequences

• Be accountable for your choices

Responsibility

• Play by the rules

• Take turns and share

• Be open minded

• Listen to others

• Don't take advantage of others

• Don't blame others carelessly

Fairness

• Be kind

• Be compassionate and show you care

• Express gratitude

• Forgive others

• Help people in need

Caring

• Do your share to make your school and community better

• Cooperate• Stay informed; vote• Be a good neighbor• Obey laws and rules• Respect authority• Protect the environment

Citizenship

START COUNTING!!!

Our Role in Food Supply ContinuumFood Supply ContinuumFood Supply Continuum

ConsumerConsumer

FoodFoodServiceService

Retail/Retail/DistributionDistribution

ProcessingProcessing HarvestingHarvesting

MarketingMarketing

TransportationTransportation

ProducerProducer

AttitudeAttitude

From: NPPC, Youth PQA;

2000

Responsibility

• ALL producers are affected by negative publicity concerning our food supply

• Product safety can be compromised at any time in the food supply continuum

Responsibility

Citizenship

Our Role in Food Supply Continuum

Our Role in Food Supply Continuum

• Past failures in food safety process– Recalls, scares, contamination

• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plans and monitoring now required by every packing plant, regardless of size - PREVENTION

Responsibility Citizenship Trustworthiness

Our Role in Food Supply Continuum• Role of producer in providing packer with

safe product– “On-farm HACCP”– Certain hazards occur before product reaches

packer– Notify packer of potential hazards

• Importance of record keeping– Medication use and storage

Responsibility Citizenship Trustworthiness

ACTIVITY 2Group Sit

Identify Potential Hazards in Meat Products

• Three types of hazards:– Microbial

• E. coli, salmonella– Chemical

• Antibiotic residue– Physical

• Broken needle

CaringResponsibility Citizenship

Trustworthiness

Prevent Potential Hazards in Meat Products

QUESTIONS:• What could potentially happen if a person extremely

allergic to penicillin (or ibuprofen) ate meat with such a residue?

• What would happen if a consumer bit into a portion of a broken needle?

ACTIVITY 3Banana Injection

Prevent Potential Hazards in Meat Products

Subcutaneous Injection

Citizenship

Prevent Potential Hazards in Meat Products

Intramuscular injection

Citizenship

Prevent Potential Hazards in Meat Products

Responsibility Citizenship

Appropriate Animal Facilities - HOUSING

• Impact of decisions on the general welfare of the animal

Caring Respect

Appropriate Animal Facilities - HANDLING

• Always handle animals calmly and gently

• Provide water immediately after transport (and during if possible)

• Provide shade while transporting

Caring Respect

Appropriate Animal Facilities - HANDLING

• Handle animals while temperatures are optimum

Caring

Wet shavings

Keep trailer moving to provide air flow

Straw bedding

Prevent drafts

Respect

Appropriate Animal Facilities - HANDLING

• Never use electric prods, buzzers or slappers to handle animals

• Use proper equipment (i.e. sorting panels for hogs) when handling, loading and transporting animals

• Train animals to load ahead of time

Caring Respect

Appropriate Animal Facilities - HANDLING

• Proper handling, including during loading and transport, should be exhibited at all times

Avoid distractions, such as shadows

Always move animals in a calm, slow manner

Keep your temper!From: Dr. Temple Grandin, CSU

Caring Respect

ACTIVITY 4 Maze Craze

Animal Well-being• Nutrition and feeding

– Meeting animal’s requirements– Management to reach optimum weight, not “feed

and then withhold right before show”• Importance of a clean, fresh water supply at all times

Responsibility Caring Citizenship

Evaluate Herd Health• Animals should be observed daily for signs

of illness• If an illness or injury occurs, animal should

be treated promptly and correctly, following label directions and may need the care or advice of a veterinarian

Responsibility CitizenshipCaring

Evaluate Herd Health• Many producers have strict biosecurity

practices on their operations– Prevent spread of potential disease– Be aware of, and observe these

practices when visiting farms• Youth may want to consider adopting

some simple biosecurity measures on their operation

Responsibility CitizenshipCaring

The Impact of 4-H and FFA Projects

• Reveal impact of 76,000 market projects

ACTIVITY 4 – What’s under that hide?

Orange and Tin Foil

How many pounds of carcass are there?

• Terms & Calculations: (1) Live Weight, (2) Dressing Percent, and (3) Carcass Weight

Citizenship

Total Entry Numbers

Market Swine: 32,617

Meat Goats: 23,821

Market Lamb: 11,349

Market Steers: 8,438

TOTAL: 76,225Responsibility

What is Dressing Percentage?

• Dressing Percentage = The percentage of the live animal that ends up as carcass (Carcass Weight / Live Weight X 100) – Pork: 73%– Market Lambs: 53% (shorn)– Meat Goats: 55%– Beef Cattle: 62%

Responsibility

Dressing Percentage is Affected by: • Gut fill – The more gut fill at the time the live weight is

taken, the lower the dressing percentage will be. • Muscling – A heavier muscled animal will have a higher

dressing percentage than a light muscled animal. • Fatness – A fatter animal will have a higher dressing

percentage than a lean animal. • Mud – Cattle with a lot of mud attached to their hide will

have a lower dressing percentage than clean cattle. • Wool – Lambs with long wool will have a lower dressing

percentage than recently-shorn lambs • Skin – In market swine, the skin is left on.• Stomach Type – Market swine are monogastics, cattle,

sheep and goats are ruminants.Citizenship

PORK

Ave Wt. – 240

D. P. - 73%

5,714,498.4 lb

Responsibility

SHEEP

Ave Wt. – 125

D. P. - 53%

751,871.25 lb

Responsibility

GOATSAve Wt. – 110

D. P. - 55%

1,441,170.5 lb

Responsibility

BEEFAve Wt. – 1200

D. P. - 62%

6,227,872.0 lbResponsibility

Grand Total: 14,185,412.15

pounds of carcass!!!!!!

What does this mean?• Livestock projects can IMPACT

thousands of people!!!

• Think about the CONSUMER!!!!

• You never know who they might be……..

ACTIVITY 5Mrozinski

story

“It’s OK, kid, everybody does it!”

What about Fairness?

• Fairness is tied to the other pillars

• Showing the right way

• Helping others

• Being a team player

• Sportsmanship

Fairness

Eight Core ConceptsCharacter Education• Six Pillars of

Character• Purpose of 4-H/FFA• Purpose of Livestock

Projects• Making

Decisions/Goal Setting

Quality Assurance• Impact of Livestock

Projects on Red Meat Industry

• Responsibilities of Producing a Safe Product

• Medication use/Reading and Following Labels

• Animal Care and Well-Being

In closing………

The Future of the Youth Livestock Show Program Depends on Us!

Thank You!