Still Project State Fair Representatives
CONGRATULATIONS to the following 4-H members for a superb job on their still project!
They will be representing Ashland County at the Ohio State Fair! Good luck to all of you and enjoy your day at the Ohio State Fair!
Simon Vance Robotics Master
James Zehner Intermediate Fishing
Wesley Spellman Not Just Knots
Hannah Endslow Family History Treasure Hunt
Grant Kettering Crank It Up
Carter Nye Basic Archery
Heidi McNaull Assistance Animals In Action
Alyssa Carpenter Sew Fun
Haley McNaull Sundresses and Jumpers
Holly McNaull Em*bel*lish: A 4-H Guide to Wearable Art
Aubrey Fenton Lounge Wear
Nolan Shaffer You’re the Athlete
Becca Matz Cooking On My Own
Clubs Reserve your Wild, Wild West Fair Booth Now!
If your club has 5 or more still projects, you must set up a fair booth. If your club has less than 5 still projects, those projects may be displayed in the miscellanous booth. Please let us know even if your club does not intend on setting up a booth so we can plan the layout of the building ahead of time.
Stock the Trailer Food Drive
The Ashland County Jr. Fair Board will once agtain be participating in the Farm Credit Mid-America/Rural Stock the Trailer Competition. Stock the trailer is a state wide competition whose purpose is to collect food donations for hunger sheleters and food banks around Ohio. Sponsored by Farm Credit Mid-America, countiues that participate in the event receive $500 towards their Jr. Fair Board in addition for a chance to win other support.
4-H Clubs are invited to help with the collection process while competing for a pizza party! The winner will be the 4-H club that turns in the most poiunds of non-perishable food items on August 31st from 9:00 AM-12:00PM at the Jr. Fair Office.
Items will also be collected outside of the contest duiring Skill-a-thon Super judging weekend on August 24 and 25 and during Fair week, September 15th-21st.
All items must NOT expire in the year 2024.
Items that will be accepted are: cases of water, canned food, pasta sauce, peanut butter, pasta and other non-perishable item.
If you have any questions or would like a Jr. Fair Board Member to come speak to your club about Stock the Trailer, please contact Jr. Fair Board Advisor Rachel Bates at bates672@gmail.com
THANK YOU for your help and support!
Ashland County Jr. Fair King & Queen Contest
As the King, Queen, Runners-up, and Court you are representing the County’s Junior Fair Program. This includes: 4-H, FFA, Boy Scouts of America,
and Girl Scouts. These organizations actively participate in the Ashland County Junior Fair. You MUST be a participant in the 2024 Ashland County Junior Fair to participate in the Royalty Program. ONLY High School Sophomores-Seniors for the 2024/25 school year may apply.
NOTE: YOU MUST BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE FAIR EVERYDAY/ALL WEEK. This is a huge time commitment and if selected you must be able to meet this commitment.
Information and Guidelines:
King or Queen Application
Market Steer Scholarship Opportunity
The Market Steer Committee is sponsoring a $1000 scholarship that can be used for any of the following:
Post Secondary Education
Career training or employment
On your next year’s market steer, feeder calf, or breeding beef project
See application for more details. Application is due by August 28.
Application for the 2024 Market Steer Scholarship
Attention Prospective Jr. Fair Livestock buyers and livestock members
If you are considering supporting our Jr. Fair by buying a livestock animal and plan on having it custom processed, please contact your processor of choice soon!
Livestock members, please talk to your prospective buyers and let them know to contact a processor soon.
These businesses fill their appointments up quickly so the sooner they are contacted the better chance of reserving a processing appointment.
It’s time to enter your project in the Ashland County Fair!
FairEntry opens July 12th through August 9th. Make sure your fair entries are submitted and approved by August 9th. Refer to the help sheet for step by step assistance. Click on the link to access FairEntry for Ashland County Fair to start your entry process. 2024 Ashland County Junior Fair – FairEntry.com You will use the same login and password you used last year. Once you have all your entries entered, you must submit them. You will get an approved invoice via email. Please verify through this email that all your entries are accounted for and submitted.
For help in entering your project in the Fair go to https://ashland.osu.edu/sites/ashland/files/imce/FairEntry.Family.Entries4HO.Ashland_6.pdf
- YOU MUST MAKE A FAIR ENTRY TO PARTICPATE IN SHOWMANSHIP
- Horses: All must enter Dept. Horse, Section 149 Horse/Pony, Class 01. This is not a class to show in, but used as a marker so you receive your premium.
- Dogs: All must enter Dept. DOG, Section 150 Dog Entry, Class 01 Dog Entry. This is not a class to show in, but used as a marker so you receive your premium.
- Hogs: It will only allow you to enter one Hog. Choose one you have identified in 4Honline. You may still bring any hog you have identified under that member’s profile in 4Honline to the fair.
- Family animal: If you are unable to bring your primary animal to the fair and need to use the family animal, you will need to bring documentation from your vet on why you need to use the family animal.
- Market Rabbits need identified in 4-H Online by August 9 using the animal Id’s provided by committee for your market rabbits DO NOT PUT RABBIT PICTURES IN FAIR ENTRY! Market rabbist must be tattooed by the Rabbit Committee. Please see below for appointment.
2024 Ashland County Jr. Fair Book
The 2024 Ashland County Jr. Fair book is here! Please take the time to look it over and familiarize yourself with the rules and regulations you will be expected to follow.
Livestock Exhibitors
Exhibitors: Please read over the project requirements and the Jr. Fair book closely. There have been several changes.
Changes include:
- Premiums will NOT be payed for market animal projects.
- Maximum weight limit for market hogs is now 300 lbs.
- Family Market Hog/Goat/Lamb: Families may tag a “family goat/sheep/hog(s)” for the number of exhibitors in the household. A family Hog/Goat/Lamb can be used as one of the exhibitor’s project animals should that member’s original project be unfit to show. Animals unfit to show must be verified by a licensed Veterinarian. Please refer to the project requirements of each species for more information.
- Pop up tents are only permitted on move in day, day before the show (prep day) and the day of the show. After show day, all tents must be removed.
- Scrapies tag will be the official ID for all goats and sheep. This will be the only official tag they will need. You may use registration tattoo instead of a Scrapies tag, but the tattoo must be able to be to read at fair check in and you must bring the registration papers that match the tattoo at check in.
- Any single animal must not be cross entered unless it is a multi animal project. Ex: a ewe lamb may not be entered as a ewe lamb breeding project AND a market lamb. However, a ewe lamb may be shown in the appropriate sheep breeding class and still be exhibited as a part of the flock class. The exceptions to this rule are dogs and horses who may be entered in multiple classes and pack goats who may be shown in their respective market, breeding, or pet class as well as the pack class.
- Animals MUST remain in their respective barn area. At NO TIME should animals be on the midway, in the campground, parking lot or ANYWHERE other than their immediate barn area.
- At check in, all classes become final. Animals wishing to declare Born & Raised must have appropriate fair entry and be declared for this class at check in.
- Breeding sheep will be limited to one animal per exhibitor per class.
- Animals will NOT be reweighed. The weights will be as stated for individual species and there will be no additional allowances.
- No equipment may be placed on the fair grounds until Wednesday after 5pm. NO exceptions!
Market Chicken Pick Up/Poultry Clinic
The Poultry Committee will hold a poultry clinic on Thursday, August 1 at 6:00 PM.
Reminder: First and Second year Poultry members must attend at least one poultry clinic in order to be eligible to show poultry at the fair.
Pick up for those who ordered marken chickens is Thursday, August 1 at 7pm.
Ashland County Livestock Project Judging and Skill-a-thon Sign up.
Any FFA or 4-H member taking an animal project to the fair must complete project judging and skill-a-thon. Please us the links below to sign up for a date and time.
Sign up for Saturday, August 24 at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4DAEA62EABF49-50156258-saturday
Sunday, August 25 judging sign up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4DAEA62EABF49-50156257-sunday
A make up will be held on Wednesday evening, August 28. The sign up for the make-up will be released later.
Market Rabbit Tattooing Sign Up: Note Dates!
Sign up to get your market rabbits tattooed on Sunday, August 4th 12:00 pm-2:00pm or Thursday, August 8th at Joan Stauffer’s house. If you have already signed up and want to change your date, Sign Up Genius does allow you to cancel or edit your selection. For those who signed up for tattooing on August 11th, you may keep that appointment.
Sign up now
Baby Beef Hoof Trimming
The Baby Beef hoof trimming will be held on Wednesday, August 14 at Bolen farms and on Monday, August 19 at John Kline Farm (Aulgers). Please contact Broc Bolen or Bradley Aulger to let them know which day you will be attending and how many cattle you will be bringing.
News for the Extension Office?
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Ashland County 4-H Newsletter information submission
Dairy Bar Sign Up
The sign up to help at the Ashland County Fair Dairy Bar is open! Please consider when your club, committee or group can help with this major 4-H fundraiser.
Large clubs: Please sign up for two shifts so we can cover all the time slots.
Community Service Opportunity!
Soil & Water Work day rescheduled
New ODA Rules: Revised 5/23/2024
The Ohio Department of Agriculture released its updated Livestock Tampering Exhibition Rules on 5/23/24. These rules should be read by every exhibitor/ parent (guardian) showing breeding &/or market livestock at any exhibition (Junior & Open), including the Ashland County Fair.
Some rules & definitions have changed- it is your responsibility to know them! If you have questions- have them answered before exhibition!
***revised 5/23/24***
Exhibition of Animals https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-901:1-18#:~:text=An%20exhibitor%2C%20owner%2C%20or%20bailee,or%20infectious%20disease%20or%20residue.
Livestock Exhibitions https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-901-19
State Virtual Skill-a-thons for Practice Only, It does not count towards your Ashland County Skill-a-thon requirement.
The 2024 State Virtual Skill-a-thons will open on Monday, May 27th and remain open until October 14.
Online at go.osu.edu/virtualskillathon
There is no pre-registration for any of the 2024 Ohio State Fair Virtual Skill-a-thons.
This is intended to serve as practice for youth interested in the Ohio State Fair Skill-a-thons.
IT IS FOR PRACTICE ONLY! IT DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS YOUR ASHLAND COUNTY SKILL-A-THON REQUIREMENT!
Livestock Project Requirements
All Animal Project requirements can be found on our website at:https://ashland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/4-h-project-requirements/livestock-project-requirements
Sheep & Swine project requirements were updated on March 25 to include the Sheep & Swine Educational meeting dates.
- Still/FCS Project Requirements: https://ashland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/4-h-project-requirements/family-and-consumer-science-and-still
2024 Ashland County 4-H Calendar:
The 2024 4-H Calendar is posted on our website at: https://ashland.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/breaking-news
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