The State FFA Meat Judging Career Development Event (CDE) was held on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the Rosenthal Meat Science and Technology Center at Texas A&M University.  The contest included 48 teams (180 total students) that qualified to come to the state FFA CDE by their ranking at their Area meat CDE.  The State FFA contest culminates three meat judging contests (6-Area FFA qualifying contest, multi-district 4-H contest and the state FFA contest) hosted by the 2012 Texas A&M University Meat Judging Team, the Department of Animal Science, and the Rosenthal Meat Science and Technology Center this spring.  In addition, the team hosted a meat judging clinic for approximately 300 students earlier in March.