Showcattle.com Ag Education Accounts

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Showcattle.com began in 2001 as an online game serving the agricultural niche.  It simulates the breeding, feeding, raising, showing, and marketing of a herd of cattle from 1 to 1,000 head.  Each animal has ratings for traits such as muscling, structure, growth, and milk production.  These traits are improved from generation to generation through selective breeding programs.

The Showcattle.com ag class program began with ag teachers who are members of our simulation.  They realized Showcattle.com had become complex enough to be used as an educational resource.  They integrated the program in their classes with much success. 

Those ag teachers helped us develop administrative tools that make the monitoring and management of students a breeze.

Showcattle.com exposes students to over 30 breeds and crosses of cattle including everything from Angus, Hereford, and Maine Anjou, to Balancer, Maintainer, Belgian Blue, and SimAngus.  Each breed has unique strengths and weaknesses and accurate color genetics.  Crossing produces a realistic hybrid vigor effect on the calves.

Students learn the basics of Mendelian genetics with five different color genes and horns.  These types of genetics are tied into current issues and breed knowledge through TH and PHA.

While the old fashioned method of leaving a bull in a herd of cows is certainly an option, our program exposes students to all aspects of beef cattle reproduction.  Students can collect, buy, sell, and use semen from the virtual cattle.  Embryo transfer allows superior maternal genetics to be used in a larger scale; numerous estrus synchronization protocols can be chosen from, and realistic success rates for artificial breeding are used.

As complicated as it sounds, at its heart, Showcattle.com is a game.  Students with agricultural backgrounds are motivated by a system that models what they see in real life.  Urban students gain “hands on” experience with aspects of agriculture they’ve heard of but have never experienced.

All of this is packaged in an easy to use program that allows complete control over student accounts.  Extensive information on how your students are progressing through the program is provided through numerous online reports.  Ten lessons, assignments, and optional grading methods are provided with access to “instructor only” forums that allow you to discuss how you are using the program with other agricultural science instructors.

Ready to get started?

First, e-mail us within the game (or call the above number) and let us know you would like to get started with your class.  We will upgrade your account and you will have access to the administrative console immediately.

Second, have your school district send a purchase order for the program you would like...

One Year - $200/year

Six-Months - $100

We'll take it from there.