Knox County Junior Fair Updates – March 19, 2020

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As some of you may have already noticed, there have been some adjustments made to the Knox County Junior Fair deadlines and events.  These adjustments were made based on disruptions we are all experiencing in our world today.  Samantha has updated the market and breeding animal checklists and has marked all the changes in yellow.  This should be easy for you to follow.  And we have also updated the Livestock Requirement Summary to reflect the changes.  I have posted the links for those documents below and they can also be found under the Junior Fair tab on this blog.  lighted the changes to match what Samantha has already put together.  I will be updating the blog and our website to reflect these changes.

Please keep in mind that with possession dates being adjusted, this has not changed the fair dates.  Your animals still need to meet already established weight ranges.

Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance is still going to be a requirement for junior exhibition in 2020 per the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA).  Knox County has extended the training deadline to complete this from June 1 to July 1.  So here is our plan:

  • The two Quality Assurance sessions for April have been cancelled.
  • We will (hopefully) be able to still hold our two sessions scheduled in May: May 7 at Mount Vernon High School and May 14 at Danville High School.
  • We are planning on scheduling one or two sessions in June.  Those dates will be announced at a later time.
  • Quality Assurance test-out will continued to be offered during all sessions that are face-to-face (May and June).
  • For 2020 ONLY, ODA has allowed livestock exhibitors (ages 8-19) to utilize the YQCA online training modules to fulfill the requirements of Quality Assurance.
    • There is a cost ($12) to each exhibitor that would like to utilize this option in order to complete their certification. It is payable online by credit card after the member has successfully completed the training and test.
    • In order to gain access, please email Andrea at rees.139@osu.edu for her to send the instructions on how to log on and complete this process.
    • After completion, another email to Andrea will be required with the certification number in order for her to mark your Quality Assurance as complete for 2020.
    • This will only count for 2020 and there is no multi-year test-out option.

Hog Tags

Obviously, with the April QA sessions being cancelled, the opportunity to purchase hog tags at that time has gone away.  Here is the plan to still get your hog tags and meet the appropriate deadlines:

  • Please email Andrea (rees.139@osu.edu) with the swine exhibitor’s name and how many hog tags that exhibitor will need by April 10.  If you have multiple exhibitors that you will be ordering for, please list each name separately and put the number of tags requested by each one.
  • The order will then be processed, tags will be placed in a baggie with the needed paperwork attached.
  • You will be able to come to the Knox County Fairgrounds on Thursday, April 16 or Monday, April 20 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to pick your order up as a drive-thru system.  You will pull up, state the last name of the order(s) being picked up, and they will be handed to you while you are still in your car.  Exact money will be required ($5 per pig) by cash or check (made payable to Knox County Agricultural Society).
  • Paperwork and pictures will be due by Friday, June 5 to the OSU Extension Office at 5 p.m. or bring to the Knox County Senior Fair Board office between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 6.
  • If you would like to upload your pictures to 4-HOnline you can do that in your profile.  A step-by-step explanation of this process will be forth coming.

FairEntry

Not too many changes with the FairEntry process this year.  Just a few date adjustments.  FairEntry will still open on June 1, but will not close until June 27 now.  The Junior Fair Entry Final Check will now be on Monday, June 29 from 1 to 6 p.m.

Samantha and I hope that this answers many of the questions that you have.  If you need more clarification or have further questions we are here for you.

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