4-H Livestock Projects
2024 Market Animal Project Guidelines
2025 Market Animal Project Tag Identification Form
2024 Jr. Fair Pen Reservation Form (due July 1)
2024 Community Project Entry Form (due July 1)
2024 Carcass Entry Form (due July 1)
Meat & Carcass Evaluation Video with Dr. Garcia
County Pride Entry Form (due July 1)
Breeder's Own Entry Form (due July 1)
BEEF
2024 Beef Project Guide & Interview Questions
2024 Dairy Beef Feeder & Dairy Steer Study Tips
SHEEP & LAMB
2024 Sheep & Lamb Project Information
2024 Lamb & Breeding Sheep Skillathon Study Guide
SWINE
DAIRY
Dairy Project Book Completion Requirements
Animal Lease - Dairy (due June 1)
GOAT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2024 DUNF Information
**required for all market and lactating dairy animals.
Sheep & Goat Scrapie Tag Information
Scrapie and Tagging/Tattooing Your Goats and Sheep
Breeding Animal Lease (due June 1)
Leasing MARKET animals for youth exhibition projects is NOT permitted under any circumstances.
LLAMA & ALPACA
Llama & Alpaca Project Expectations
All Project Book Page Requirements
(NOTE *these serve in addition to project specific guidlines*)
Market Animal Committee Constitution
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Assuring Quality Care for Animals/ Quality Assurance Information
This program teaches 4-H youth how to use best practices that support the production of quality and safe animal products for consumers, as well as responsible animal handling, care and welfare in not only farm animal production, but also with companion and performance animals.
QA must still be completed by June 1.
- FFA & 4-H Youth livestock exhibitors (8-18) may take the online Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) certification for $12. Visit https://yqcaprogram.org/ and create an Independent Sign-In account. Be sure to select Web-Based Training and read the description of the course carefully to make sure the individual associated with the account meets the requirements based on age. Participants must pass 3 quizzes to get certified: Animal Well-Being, Food Safety and Life Skills. Be sure to print a copy of the certificate to a PDF and submit it to the Extension Office via email.
- Youth 12-years of age and older may choose to test-out by visiting the Expo Building at the Fairgrounds May 16, 2024 5:30 p.m. Study materials may be found here. Please email hoyt.88@osu.edu to register in advance. Those that do not pass the test must attend an in-person or online training prior to June 1.
- 2024 Quality Assurance Training will take place for Ashtabula County Youth in-person at the Fairgrounds in Jefferson May 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Expo Building and April 20 8:00 -9:00 a.m. in the MAC Arena. No pre-registration is required for April 20 or May 16. Doors will open 10 minutes before the posted time and close 10 minutes after. Youth must be in attendance for the entirety of the program. An Amazing Race QA Event will also take place in the morning May 18 at Camp Whitewood. Click here for details and to pre-register.
Quality Assurance - Who Needs It?
QA Verification Form for Out of County Attendance
Other Jr. Fair Information
MAC Buyer Plaque Sponsor Letter
Excellence in Performance Award Nomination
2024 DUNF Information
**required for all market and lactating dairy animals.
Required Parent/Advisor Market Project Meetings
At least one parent/guardian of each market project member and one MAC advisor per club must attend the online materials by August 1.
This is an online GoogleDocs presentation. You must go through the entire presentation and verify your attendance at the conclusion.
Questions? Contact Tom Mazzaro at mazzarothomas@gmail.com