Livestock Show Team!

Do you have an interest in obtaining hands on experience with livestock animals?  Cal Poly has you covered!  If you want to become a part of the College of Agriculture at CPP or already are and want to work with different kinds of animals, join the Livestock Show Team! You could work with cattle, sheep, pigs and goats.  Once you are assigned an animal, then the club holds competitions that are throughout California and out of state as well. This gives the student experience in the care and showing of livestock, as well as connecting with other students and livestock show teams.  Joining this team also provides students with benefits as well.  For example, the Animal Science Pre-Vet majors get animal experience hours for participating and all agriculture majors can use the experience for their resumes!

 A great aspect of the club is that all members do not have to pay for any of the costs that go into being a part of the team.  Expenses can really add up when it comes to livestock costs for showing.  Even though the students don't have to pay, they are required to volunteer at fundraising events and educate people on campus about what the team is about.  One of their volunteer activities they participate in is known as "Wool For A Worthy Cause."  Students donate the wool they sheer from their sheep every year to an organization that processes the wool into blankets and gives it to blind workers to sell. For more information go to:http://www.woolforworthycauses.org/

Lastly, one of the more well known competitions Cal Poly participates in is the Los Angeles County Fair which is in the fall at the Pomona Fairplex.  There they have won many awards and have connected with other teams throughout the region.  Individuals interested in learning more about the Livestock Show Team can go to this page for more information:  http://www.csupomona.edu/~avs/livestockshowteam.shtml








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