This year’s camps are designed for 4-H and FFA members interested in building their knowledge of evaluating market and breeding animals, including beef, swine, sheep, and goats.
For more information, please contact Caleb Boardman at 307.250.2298 or caleb.boardman@ag.tamu.edu.
2023 Summer Camps
Reasons Camp
This year’s camps are designed for 4-H and FFA members interested in building their knowledge of evaluating market and breeding animals, including beef, swine, sheep, and goats. The reasons camp focuses on selection principles, oral reasons, live market evaluation, and breeding animal performance data. Any 4-H and FFA member is welcome to attend. Instructors include Texas A&M faculty and staff, and members of the 2023 livestock judging team.
- Camp 1: June 11-13, 2023
- Camp 2: June 18-20, 2023
- Location: Louis Pearce Pavilion
- Cost: $325 – Include meals, literature, t-shirt and hotel lodging
- Ages: 11-18 years old
- Registration: Coming soon, April 3 – May 10
Non-Reasons Camp
New Camp Format!
This is a new camp that will focus on the Texas FFA contest format; however, it is open to any 4-H and FFA member. We will have live classes of breeding and market animals in each species. Additionally, we will cover Keep/Cull, performance data, and feeder and slaughter cattle grading. Questions on each class will be emphasized throughout the camp, but there will be NO ORAL REASONS. Campers will have the opportunity to compete in a contest at the end of camp.
We encourage ag teachers/coaches/parents to attend this camp with their students. These individuals will go through all live classes, and have breakout sessions for coaching strategy and roundtable discussions.
- Camp 1: June 15-16, 2023
- Location: Louis Pearce Pavilion
- Cost: $225 – Include meals, literature, and t-shirt (does NOT include lodging) | $150 for ag teachers/parents/chaperones
- Ages: 11-18 years old
- Registration: Coming soon, April 3 – May 10