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Schools Commercial Pig Competition key dates

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Schools Commercial Pig Competition

The 2023 Schools Pig Competition has been postponed and will return in 2024. The Sydney Royal Schools Commercial Pig Competition runs as a trial at your school for approximately three months, and culminate at the Sydney Royal Easter Show as a competition. The competition is judged by experts from the pig industry and consists of three (3) components: Presentation of Exhibits: Pen of 3 pigs are judged on weight, temperament and market suitability. Carcase Component: Pigs are processed (organised by the RAS) and carcases are judged to commercial standards. Project Component – students are asked to create a PowerPoint presentation detailing how the pigs were raised and prepared for the Show.

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Pig Young Judges Competition

The Pig Young Judges Competition has been cancelled for 2022

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School Competitions

The Sydney Royal Easter Show is the largest classroom in New South Wales, it is the place to come to discover how to milk a cow or shear a sheep, how to grow the biggest pumpkins in Australia and even how to use horsepower for electricity. It is also the place students can come and show what they have learned and to be judged for the hard work in agricultural pursuits. In 1875 the first competitions for school students were held – in the areas of needlework, wood carving, natural history collections and drawing. By 1904 school competitions had expanded to include the first display of farm produce by school children – a precursor to the Schools District Exhibit Competition, and in 1935 junior judging of cattle was introduced. The tradition of exhibiting and judging for schools continues today and includes poultry, pig, goat, honey and scarecrows. Entry is free for all schools – city, metropolitan rural and regional.

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