Please use the website to access the ordering survey or the QR Code.
Beef Feeder Tags: https://go.osu.edu/2022beeffeeders
Dairy Market Feeder Tags: https://go.osu.edu/2022dairymarketfeeders
Market Hog Tags: https://go.osu.edu/2022markethogs
Please use the website to access the ordering survey or the QR Code.
Beef Feeder Tags: https://go.osu.edu/2022beeffeeders
Dairy Market Feeder Tags: https://go.osu.edu/2022dairymarketfeeders
Market Hog Tags: https://go.osu.edu/2022markethogs
Animal Identification and Photos are due going to be due for many of our market animals and horses in the near future. Below are the dates that each specie needs to have that animal information uploaded by 11:59 p.m.:
If you are an FFA member and do not have a 4-HOnline 2.0 profile, we ask that you upload you information to the following website: https://go.osu.edu/ffaanimalupload.
If you do have a profile in 4-HOnline 2.0, regardless of the projects you are taking through 4-H, we are going to ask you to use that platform to add your animals. Attached are the instructions to assist you with that process: Adding Animals to 4HOnline
The time has come to order your Market Hog tags. Please use the following survey: https://go.osu.edu/2021markethog to order the number of tags you need by April 3 at 11:59 p.m. If more than one member in your family needs to order tags (regardless of being 4-H or FFA), then you can add each member in the same survey.
Pick up of tags will be on Saturday, April 10 from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Ramser 4-H Activity Center.
Well today marks a week that we have been working from home and trying to balance work and home life. It has proved to have a few challenges but I am sure all of you are feeling those as well. But like we had stated early on, this does not change our focus that we are here to help you and give your our support any way we can. You are still able to call us and Sarah Chain, our newest Office Associate, will be answering the phone and directing messages to either Jana or I during our normal business hours of Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. We have our computers at home and can be reached by email.
I know there are STILL so many unanswered questions. Jana and I received an update this week that we are having to cancel, postpone or switch things to a virtual status until May 15 now. That also means that as volunteers you can not have face to face club meetings/horse ride-outs until that point. We are so very sorry for this! And unfortunately, as with everything lately, that could change again. So many things are out of our control. This is a mandate from the Ohio State University Extension Administrative Cabinet. Just remember we are all in this together and all counties in Ohio are having to abide by the same mandates.
Virtual Update: Jana, Samantha, and I decided that it might be helpful if all of you had an opportunity to talk to us virtually and ask any questions that might still not be answered for you or if you need help with trying to navigate from this point forward. We are going to set up three Zoom sessions next week: Monday March 30 at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 31 at 10 a.m., and Wednesday, April 1 at 6 p.m. You will all be sent the log-in information for those sessions on Friday afternoon.
From our State 4-H Leader, Kirk Bloir: The move to virtual meetings seems to be working for many of our families, but we recognize it doesn’t work for everyone due to accessibility issues in parts of the state. We are continuing to explore options and will share more in the next few weeks. In the meantime, there are tip sheets for club leaders with options and ideas for holding virtual club meetings at go.osu.edu/4hadvisorinfo; we will continue adding information to this site.
4-H Project Books: We will not be able to do project book distribution next week due to the “Stay at Home” order from Governor DeWine. The State 4-H Office will be sharing plans with us at the beginning of next week and how we will be able to proceed. We do ask that you continue to prepare your book orders. You can submit it by mailing the form, emailing it to us, or sticking it in the mailbox at the bottom of our steps at our office. We will ask at this point that if we can move forward with this, that no individual book orders will be taken, only club orders.
4-H Enrollment: Jana and I have decided to stick to the latest Knox County 4-H Enrollment deadline of Monday, April 27 at Midnight. Please encourage members to be working on their 4-HOnline profiles and getting that complete (we still have ~400 inactive members from last year that have not completed profiles for 2020). If they need help, have them reach out to me and I can guide them through that process. Also, that means we will accept new members until April 27 as well. Club paperwork will not be due until April 27.
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:
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:
Broiler Orders: Samantha and I talked at length yesterday and felt that it is in the best interest of everyone if we keep the established dates for Broiler Pool orders. All members who have and will still be enrolling with the Market Chicken project will get an email directly with the order form and where to send that by the May deadline.
As always, please check our blog, Facebook, and website for continual updates.
As always, please feel free to reach out to us with questions and concerns.
Update: COVID 19 Update March 26
This is a friendly reminder that market hog paperwork and pcitures are due by tomorrow (May 5) at 11 a.m. You can turn them in to the OSU Extension Office today (May 4) by 5 p.m. or you can take them to the Senior Fair Board office at the fairgrounds between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. No late paperwork will be accepted.
– Andrea