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	Sign-In  Register            Land Judging The Land Evaluation Career Development Event (CDE) is a contest held in September that consists of a 4 person team.  Each team member must evaluate four different pits and the best three scores from each pit will count toward the team total.  More FFA chapters compete in Land Judging than any other CDE.  Chapters can compete in district and regional contests.  The top four teams from the regional contest move on to the state contest. The following is from the CDE Handbook:  The years of land judging history have taught us that the interest in knowing more about our priceless product is more far-reaching than most of us had ever anticipated. It’s surprising what can be accomplished in terms of youth development when the involved agencies cooperate in a totally unselfish effort to achieve the goals of a project like the land judging program. Equally surprising is the satisfaction we adults are receiving from this program separate and apart from youth development. The cooperative spirit is an asset both individually for our respective agencies and companies, and collectively for the agricultural community which we all represent. This event constists of the following components: A. Site Evaluations:  4 sites or pits will be evaluated.  Two markers 100 feet apart will be used to determine slope SCORING SECTION POINTS INDIVIDUAL - PER SITE Part I – Physical Characteristics of the Soil 46 Part II – Interpretation of Soil Characteristics 23 Part III – Management Practices 15 Part IV – Homesites 16 TOTAL INDIVIDUAL 100 TEAM (Top 3 Individual Scores) TOTAL TEAM 300 OVERALL TOTAL (300 x 4) 1200