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2005 Aggie Spring Classic

2005 Aggie Spring Classic
Saturday May 14, 2005
Dixon Fairgrounds

The Aggie Spring Classic is a student-run youth outreach event based around livestock production. The Animal Science Department at UC Davis along with Nutrena Feeds has established a four-species livestock show as a forum for local youth to exhibit, learn about animals, and gain new friends.

It is open to anyone between the ages of 8 and 21 and this will be our fifth year running the event. Funding for the Aggie Spring Classic is based upon charitable donations by outside individuals and corporate sponsors.

Individuals who participate in the jackpot do so by paying an entry fee and show their own animals against others from California and beyond. Livestock judges place the animals based on muscling, fat, and structure to evaluate the quality of each animal, much like the process that producers and meat packers use to evaluate livestock. Along with the entry fee prize money, we award jackets, equipment, and cash to participants who excel in the competition.

A common goal links the groups who fund the jackpot. Not only do they find it as an outlet to advertise their company or products, but more importantly, they see it as a beneficial activity for today's youth. Leadership, sportsmanship, communication, and the business side of raising livestock are all benefits with which our exhibitors leave the fairgrounds, and we strive to make each year's show better than ever.

Our ultimate goal is to give the next generation of youth an arena in which they can learn about livestock production and gain a lifelong respect for the industry in which it is based.

The show has been MOVED to the DIXON FAIRGROUNDS in DIXON, CA. This is where it was located in 2002 at 655 South First Street. Click on Directions.

Please look through the pages we have gathered for you about the 2005 Aggie Spring Classic and remember that we update the site as soon as more information becomes available. I am sincerely thankful for your interest in our show. Do not hesitate to call or email with questions!

Best wishes,