Skillathon study guides are out for 2024!!
They have been fully updated and are ready to go so take a look!
They were posted last week, but some changes were made today so make sure you have the fully updated versions posted today! (There were changes to she sheep study guide).
Find the study guides and more here: https://morgan.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/morgan-county-fair
The Ohio State University Extension Small Ruminants Team is hosting a 6-part All About Goats! spring webinar series. This webinar series is going to answer producers burning questions concerning their own herd and help new producers start their herds. Whether you are thinking about raising Dairy or Meat goats- this webinar is for you! All youth livestock exhibitors are encouraged to attend. Registration is required and can be completed by visiting go.osu.edu/allaboutgoats
Click the flyer below for more information!
Here is some information regarding the 2024 poultry clinic!
Topics covered: poultry nutrition, slaughter, quality assurance, biosecurity and more! See graphic for more details!
will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday December 19th @ 6pm in collaboration with the USDA Incident Response Team to try to get as much information as well as provide an opportunity to learn more about the outbreak and how it is affecting both the Ohio poultry industry and the backyard/4-H poultry communities. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and see what educational support is available.
HPAI Detected in Commercial Flock in Union County, Ohio
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been detected in a commercial layer flock in Union County, Ohio. The non-negative result was confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS). The samples were first tested at the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and confirmed at the APHIS National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa.
HPAI is a highly contagious virus that spreads quickly and can be fatal to flocks and devastating to poultry owners, both commercial and non-commercial. HPAI can infect poultry (such as chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, domestic ducks, geese, and guinea fowl) and is carried by free flying waterfowl such as ducks, geese, and shorebirds.
New detections continue to be confirmed this fall in both backyard and commercial cases around the country. This is the first detection in Ohio for 2023. Visit USDA’s Confirmed Detections website to stay up to date on all HPAI confirmed cases.
State officials quarantined the affected premise, and birds on the property will be depopulated to prevent the spread of the disease. Federal and State partners are working jointly on additional surveillance and testing in areas around the affected flocks. Surveillance activities will be conducted in a 20-kilometer zone around the infected premises.
The recent HPAI detection does not present an immediate public health concern, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No human cases have been detected in the United States. According to USDA, HPAI cannot be transmitted through properly cooked meats or eggs. Products from any HPAI-affected flocks are prohibited from entering the food system. As a reminder, the proper handling and cooking of all poultry and eggs to an internal temperature of 165 ˚F is recommended as a general food safety precaution.
Keep you and your flock safe, please see the trifold for more information!
The Jackson County Livestock Committee would also like to invite beef exhibitors to their annual open Beef Show on Saturday, September 30th.
Please see graphic for more information.
The Jackson County Livestock Committee welcomes sheep & goat exhibitors to their open show on Saturday, September 2nd.
See graphic for more details.
It is about that time!
At this point you should have received this in an email as well!
Drug Use Notification Forms (DUNF) Must be Completed Online, there will be no paper copies available this year per The Ohio Department of Agriculture request.
The Drug Use Notification Form must be completed by all market and lactating livestock that are exhibited at the Morgan County Fair. See list below.
*All Poultry exhibitors wait to fill out this form until weigh in so you have your tag numbers*
Here is the link to our DUNF forms:
https://go.osu.edu/mocodunf2023
If you have any questions you can call the office at 740-962-4854
Livestock Skillathons are right around the corner! Saturday, August 19th.
If you have not already seen or heard of the study guides, here is where you can find a digital copy of them! Under this tab you can also find the entry forms, that have also been mailed out.
https://morgan.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/morgan-county-fair
There are 3 stations to complete. One will focus on your project record book, another will focus on quality assurance and project specific questions, and lastly, there is a station on an activity topic explained in the study guide.
Buckeye Bunny will be there this year to sell some supplies for any exhibitors that want to utilize that!
Also we are in need of volunteers to work the stations at Skillathon. If you are interested in this opportunity please contact Sophia; whisman.30@osu.edu 740-252-5435. There are shift opportunities available!
All Livestock Exhibitors and families!
As most of you know who attended QA this year there was a new rule change regarding certain over the counter medications for livestock moving to prescription only.
Attached is a link to some helpful factsheets discussing this topic such as which products will be impacted, why the change is happening and how to be prepared!
I hope this is helpful to you all during this transition!