2026 Contest Updates  
     
ACCOMMODATION REQUEST      
Please be sure and notify us ASAP (21 days preferably) if a student needs accommodations for an event. 
Use this form to request accommodations.

CLIPBOARDS & PENCILS      
ALL STUDENTS with the exception of the two events listed below will need a FULL SIZED CLIPBOARD and a #2 PENCIL. 

A limited number of clipboards and pencils will be available for students who forgot their supplies. 

EVENT SPECIFICS      

Event

Date

Meals Provided

Transportation

Attire

Location

Notes from the CDE Chair

 Components to Expect 
(tentative and not guaranteed)

Ag Business

Friday

None

None

Full Official Dress

Main Campus

9:30-10:30 am, individual exam time at Marley 230

10:30-10:45 am, walk from Marley to ENR2

10:45-11:45 am,  group work on case studies in various ENR2 offices, 2nd floor Northwest suite

11:50-12:50 pm, lunch on their own

1-4 pm, Business plan presentation by team at ENR2 N450

  •  Individual Exam
  • Case Study
  • Business Plan and Plan Presentation

Ag Mechanics

Friday

Meat Wagon – Hamburgers* - brought to student mid-event

None

Shop attire & PPE

Campus Ag Center

Ag Mech Updates from Dr. Franklin
Day of Details from Dr. Franklin

Only to 25 teams eligible to participate - list sent on 2/9

Students need to bring:

  • Safety glasses
  • Welding PPE (optional)
  • Calculator
  • Clipboard
  • Pencils
  • Garden Bed - Team Activity
 See Updates from Dr. Franklin 
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Ag Sales

Saturday

None

None

Full Official Dress

Main Campus

 Ag Sales Product Details

  • Individual Sales Call
  • Team Activity

Agronomy

Friday

Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
(if you requested tickets)

None

Field Official Dress

Campus Ag Center

 

  • Insect ID
  • Equipment ID
  • Plant Disorders
  • Weed, Crop & Seed ID
  • Soil Profile

Aquaculture

Saturday

None

None

Field Official Dress

Campus Ag Center

You may bring your own water test kit and fillet knife if you have one. Otherwise, we will have some to lend out.

Students may bring a non programmable calculator.

Only top 20 teams eligible to participate. List sent on 2/9.

  • Species ID
  • One Practicum per student: water testing, fillet, feed ratio, plumbing
  • Team problem solving scenario

Dairy Evaluation

Both

Pizza Provided*

Bus departs at 9:00 AM Friday

Field Official Dress

Friday: Feenstra Heifer Facility

304 N Russell Rd. Casa Grande, AZ 85172

Saturday: Main Campus

  • Team Activity Topic – Genetics/Reproduction
  • NO KEEP CULL this year
 
  • 5 Judging Classes
  • 2 Reasons Classes
  • Team Activity

Entomology

Friday

None

None

Full Official Dress

Main Campus

 

  • Insect ID
  • Written Exam

Employment Skills

Friday

None

None

Full Official Dress

Main Campus

Only students with pre-submitted materials eligible to participate. List sent on 2/9.

Bring two copies of resume to the event

 

Floriculture

Friday

Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
(if you requested tickets)

None

Field Official Dress. Heels are not recommended.

Campus Ag Center

Students should bring: Clipboard, ribbon shears, wire cutters, pencil(s), floral shears, non-programmable calculator

  • Plant and Tool ID
  • Problem Solving
  • Plant Disorders
  • Floral Arrangement
  • Corsage

Food Science

Friday

None

None

Full Official Dress

Main Campus

Students should bring water to cleanse palate.

  • All students are required to wear closed-toe shoes, no rings and no bracelets. Additionally, students with long hair need to bring their own hair tie. These are requirements for our labs and certified kitchen.

Only top 20 teams eligible to participate. List sent on 2/9.

  • Team Product Development
  • Problem Solving
  • Customer Inquiry
  • Triangle Tests
  • Aromas

Forestry

Saturday

None

None

Official Dress

Main Campus

 

Students may bring non programmable calculator. 

Beta Test - Forest Business Component
  • Equipment ID
  • Forest Business
  • Species ID
  • Disorders
  • Maps
  • Team Field Exercise

Horse Evaluation

Friday

Pizza Provided*

Bus departs at 9:00 AM Friday

Field Official Dress

Al Marah Equine Facility

 

 

Livestock Evaluation

Friday

Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
(if you requested tickets)

None

Field Official Dress

Campus Ag Center

 

Nursery & Landscape

Saturday

None

None

Field Official Dress

Campus Ag Center

 

  • Selection 
  • Plant ID
  • Plan Reading
  • Disorders

Meat Evaluation

Saturday

None

None

Field Official Dress with lab coat and hardhat 

Campus Ag Center

Students MUST:
1. have closed toe shoes (no heels)
2. have a jacket (it is 35 degrees in the cooler)
3. wear a hairnet (UofA can provide)
4. wear a hard hat (students must bring; AZFFA will have limited to lend)
5. have a frock that cannot be worn outside; just in coolers  (AZFFA has a limited number to lend)
 

Milk Quality & Products

Saturday

None

None

Full Official Dress

Main Campus

Students should bring water to cleanse palate. May bring a non programmable  calculator.

  • Milk ID and Fat Content
  • Problem Solving
  • Cheese ID
  • Milk Defects

Poultry Evaluation

Saturday

None

None

Field Official Dress

Campus Ag Center

Students will need calculators and will not be allowed to use a cell phone as a calculator.

 

Range Management

Friday

Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
(if you requested tickets)

None

Field Official Dress

Campus Ag Center

 

  • Plant ID
  • Plant Utilization

Soils

Friday

Meat Wagon – Hamburgers*
(if you requested tickets)

None

Field Official Dress

Campus Ag Center

 

  • Soil pit evaluations

Vet Science

Saturday

Pizza Provided*

Bus departs from the Campus Ag Center at 8:00 AM and returns to Main Campus by 1:30 PM

Official dress or scrubs

Vet Science Facility

Only top 25 teams eligible to participate. List to be sent on 2/9. 

Team Activity Topic

Event will be themed around team activity topic. 

 

Wildlife

Friday

Meat Wagon – Hamburgers* - brought to student mid-event

None

Field Official Dress

Friday: Campus Ag Center

Team Activity Details

Students may bring their own water test kit if preferred. Otherwise they will be provided. 

If you have a GPS please bring it. Otherwise they will be provided. 

  • Pacing
  • Water Testing
  • Species ID
  • GPS
  • Maps
  • Tool ID
  • Team Activity

Tool ID - Greenhand

Saturday

None

None

Full Official Dress

Campus Ag Center

 
  • Tool ID

Tool ID - Advanced

Saturday

None

None

Full Official Dress

Campus Ag Center

 
  • Tool ID

Field Official Dress: Black jeans and boots are appropriate.

All students will need to be in full official dress for the awards ceremony and may not cross the stage otherwise.

*Dietary restrictions cannot be accommodated. A student may need to bring their own lunch of they have special dietary needs.


   
 
     
 
     
 
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