State Contest Information      
NEW!!! this year all entries in Wisconsin FFA State Poultry CDE Event, must qualify by placing in top 7 or 8 at a regional competition.  (Southcentral, Platteville, Fox Valley & River Falls will host regional contests for Poultry)     

DATE: Live Contest on Friday April 25, 2025

TIME- Registration Starting at 7:30 - 7:45 am at UW Stock Pavilion 1675 Linden Dr - Madison
then to Animal Science Buildings - UW Madison Campus

EVENT HOST: UW-Madison Dept. of Poultry Science
 
SUPERINTENDENT:  Ron Kean- Division of Extension Faculty Associate Poultry Specialist 

Overview      
Participants in the Poultry Evaluation Career Development Event (CDE) select live meat-type chickens for broiler breeding, evaluate and place live egg-type hens, and rate the finished product by evaluating and grading ready-to-cook carcasses and parts of chickens and turkeys.

Wisconsin State Poultry Evaluation Handbook      

Rubrics      

Resources:      

National FFA Poultry Evaluation CDE      

Results and Awards      
2024 Top Individual - OWEN HEMLING Beaver Dam FFA
2024 Winning Team - Green Bay Southwest FFA

Photo Gallery      

2024 State Winning Team 

Poultry 1st Place team TEGAN SCHICKOWSKI Green Bay Southwest

Poultry 1st Place team MAYA WALLENFANG Green Bay Southwest

Poultry 1st Place team SHAUN THOMAS Green Bay Southwest

Poultry 1st Place team MARISSA MARTIN Green Bay Southwest

Emma Krahn, Emma Willems, Reese Cherney and Ayla Evenson

2023 State winning team from Brillion