This project activity guide is a part of the 4-H “Skills for Life” Animal Science Series. The three youth guides in the swine series are designed for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners respectively. Youth may work at the level most appropriate for them. Each guide includes an achievement program to provide challenging activities, a way to expand project experiences beyond the animal and a means to recognize youth for what they have accomplished. The activities in this guide are specifically designed to help youth develop skills in decision making,relating to others, communicating with others and learning to learn.

Each guide is organized into four chapters:

1. Selection and Judging
2. Management and Health
3. Nutrition and Carcass and
4. Beyond the Pen.