Livestock Quality Assurance Requirement and Dates

Are you planning on bringing a livestock animal to fair this year and need Quality Assurance?  Check this off your list soon!

Exhibitors of Beef: (market steers, breeding, feeder calf), dairy (heifers, feeders and cows if lactating or have lactated and feeders if selling- heifers before lactation don’t need it), goats (all), poultry (all), rabbits (all), sheep (all), llamas and alpacas, and swine must participate in Quality Assurance (QA) annually.

Get this requirement done early this year!  All of the following QA sessions will count for Greene County requirement for BQA and PQA.

  • Saturday, February 5, Cattle Barn, 9 AM- Please bring a chair!
  • Wednesday, March 2, OSUE, 6 PM
  • Thursday, April 14, OSUE, 6 PM
  • Tuesday, May 10, OSUE, 6 PM

Quality Assurance Reminder

Any youth wishing to exhibit an animal at the fair in 2021 is required to complete Quality Assurance. Quality Assurance for exhibition at the Greene County Fair must be completed by June 1st. Any youth wishing to exhibit at the Ohio State Fair MUST complete Quality Assurance prior to the start of the OSF. All youth wishing to exhibit SWINE at the OSF must have a parent/guardian complete PQA. Contact Trevor Corboy by emailing at corboy.3@osu.edu for how to complete PQA.  Youth showing HOGS and BEEF at the Greene County Fair must participate in the PQA or BQA specific QA offered.  Youth showing any other animal can participate in any of the offered QA sessions.

To be eligible for participation in the Greene County Fair, potential youth exhibitors must participate in one of the following Livestock Quality Assurance Programs.  If youth are taking the following projects, this is required: Beef (market steers, breeding, feeder calf), Dairy (heifers, feeders and cows if lactating or have lactated and feeders if selling- heifers before lactation do not need it), goats (all), poultry (all), rabbit (all), sheep (all), llamas & alpacas, and swine.

Parents are encouraged to attend but not required except for PQA for youth participating at the Ohio State Fair.

Youth need to attend a QA training conducted by OSU Extension or FFA Advisor.

Please visit www.go.osu.edu/greenecoqa to sign up.  You must sign up to receive the zoom link.

We have several at the end of this month scheduled.

Register today for Quality Assurance (QA)!

Any youth wishing to exhibit an animal at the fair in 2021 is required to complete Quality Assurance. Quality Assurance for exhibition at the Greene County Fair must be completed by June 1st. Any youth wishing to exhibit at the Ohio State Fair MUST complete Quality Assurance prior to the start of the OSF. All youth wishing to exhibit SWINE at the OSF must have a parent/guardian complete PQA. Contact Trevor Corboy by emailing at corboy.3@osu.edu for how to complete PQA.  Youth showing HOGS and BEEF at the Greene County Fair must participate in the PQA or BQA specific QA offered.  Youth showing any other animal can participate in any of the offered QA sessions.

To be eligible for participation in the Greene County Fair, potential youth exhibitors must participate in one of the following Livestock Quality Assurance Programs.  If youth are taking the following projects, this is required: Beef (market steers, breeding, feeder calf), Dairy (heifers, feeders and cows if lactating or have lactated and feeders if selling- heifers before lactation do not need it), goats (all), poultry (all), rabbit (all), sheep (all), llamas & alpacas, and swine.

Parents are encouraged to attend but not required except for PQA for youth participating at the Ohio State Fair.

Youth need to attend a QA training conducted by OSU Extension or FFA Advisor.

Last of QA Options

Don’t forget we have scheduled QA for next week!  This is all done by zoom online.  Please see details.

Quality Assurance

To be eligible for participation in the Greene County Fair, potential youth exhibitors must participate in one of the following Livestock Quality Assurance Programs.  If youth are taking the following projects, this is required: Beef (market steers, breeding, feeder calf), Dairy (heifers, feeders and cows if lactating or have lactated and feeders if selling- heifers before lactation do not need it), goats (all), poultry (all), rabbit (all), sheep (all), llamas & alpacas, and swine.   Parents are encouraged to attend but not required.

We can offer QA trainings by Zoom for 2020 only!  If you have any concerns with attending one of these dates, please let us know.

Please hold the following times.  Zoom connection information is below.

Tuesday, June 16 at 10:30- All species QA

Tuesday, June 16 at 1:30- Beef Specific QA

Wednesday, June 17 at 1:30- Pork Specific QA

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June 2020 Greene Clover Newsletter

Please take time to review the latest June 2020 Greene Clover newsletter.
We have updated a lot of information including information about Fair Entries, Non-livestock Project Judging/Completion, QA opportunities, and more.
Don’t forget to download the 4-H Now App for the latest info too!
Our latest newsletter, Greene Clover, is posted on our website.  Please review and share with all.
Thank you!
Let us know if you have any questions.

Quality Assurance Updates

To be eligible for participation in the Greene County Fair, potential youth exhibitors must participate in one of the following Livestock Quality Assurance Programs. If youth are taking the following projects, this is required: Beef (market steers, breeding, feeder calf), Dairy (heifers, feeders and cows if lactating or have lactated and feeders if selling-heifers before lactation do not need it), goats (all), poultry (all), rabbit (all), sheep (all), llamas & alpacas, and swine. Parents are encouraged to attend but not required except for PQA for youth participating at the Ohio State Fair.

We can offer QA trainings by Zoom for 2020 only! This will count for the regular QA requirement from Greene County. If you have any concerns with attending one of these dates, please let us know.
We will have more information about Greene County BQA and PQA requirement available later.

As of now, there will be two options to complete the regular QA requirement.
•Wednesday, April 22 at 10:30-www.go.osu.edu/april22qa or call 646-876-9923 Meeting ID #990355962
•Monday, April 27 at 1:00-www.go.osu.edu/april27qa or call 312-626-6799 Meeting ID #164158657

If you are planning at showing at the Ohio State Fair, a parent must be certified in PQA. Please contact Trevor at corboy.3@osu.edu

Clinic with QA is NEXT Week!

Check out this awesome opportunity!

You will be able to get QA done for 2020.  Please see flyer for details.

In addition, there will be a livestock judging clinic.  Lunch is provided by FFA Alumni.

Additional BQA, PQA, and regular QA dates are posted on the website.  Please review and make sure you attend one!

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2020 Quality Assurance Requirements & Clinic!

2020 Quality Assurance
To be eligible for participation in the Greene County Fair, potential youth exhibitors must participate in one of the following Livestock Quality Assurance Programs. If youth are taking the following projects, this is required: Beef (market steers, breeding, feeder calf), Dairy (heifers, feeders and cows if lactating or have lactated and feeders if selling- heifers before lactation do not need it), goats (all), poultry (all), rabbit (all), sheep (all), llamas & alpacas, and swine.

Parents are encouraged to attend but not required except for PQA for youth participating at the Ohio State Fair.

Youth need to attend a QA training conducted by OSU Extension or FFA Advisor. Clubs will not be able to conduct this training in 2020.

New for 2020! All llama and alpaca exhibitors must participate in this yearly requirement.

The following trainings will count as the annual training to show during the 2020 4-H year. If youth attend a Quality Assurance training in another county or a statewide program, a copy of the certificate must be on file with our office. This is the responsibility of the youth exhibitor to get a copy to our office. All Quality Assurance trainings must be completed by June 1 to show for 2020.

February 3, 2020
5:30 p.m.
Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)

February 10, 2020
5:30 p.m.
Pork Quality Assurance (PQA)

February 22, 2020
9:00-12:30 PQA, Livestock Judging, BQA

March 23, 2020
9:00 a.m.
Quality Assurance Test Out

March 23, 2020
10:00 a.m.
Beef Quality Assurance

March 26, 2020
1:00 p.m.
Pork Quality Assurance (PQA)

March 26, 2020
5:30 p.m.

April 8, 2020
5:30 p.m.

Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) & Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Requirements

PQA –
Youth entering a hog project at the 2020 Greene County Fair will be required to have be Pork Quality
Assurance certificated in order to meet packer requirements. Youth entering a market swine project at the 2020 Ohio State Fair will be required to have a parent/guardian PQA certified in order to meet packer requirements.

– PQA certification number will be required for state fair online entry (deadline of June 20th)
– Certification numbers will be verified, falsified numbers will result in penalty.
o Once notified of invalid number, exhibitors will have 5 days to provide the correct PQA certification number.
o If the correct PQA certification number is not provided within 5 days, exhibitor will be disqualified from exhibition.
Youth MUST be certified in Ohio Youth QA 45 days prior to exhibition in order to be eligible to show. This is the June 1st county rule. Additionally, youth must be PQA certified annually for Greene County. The 2020 certification is on February 10th at 5:30 p.m. and March 26th at 1:00 p.m. Adults can also obtain their PQA at this time. There are several options for parents/guardians to be PQA certified, but youth must attend an in-person training:
• Adults can attend an in-person PQA session – check Greene Co. 4-H Schedule
• Adults can sign-up for the PQA on-line certification
o Requests can be sent to Trevor Corboy at corboy.3@osu.edu

Notes:
1. The adult PQA certification is good for 3 years. Youth less than 14 years old will not be entered into PQA site but should still attend a pork specific QA.
2. If a parent/guardian has several youths in the family, the same PQA number will count for all of the youth.

BQA –
Youth entering a beef project at the 2020 Greene County Fair will be required to have be Beef Quality
Assurance certificated in order to meet packer requirements.
Youth MUST be certified in Ohio Youth QA 45 days prior to exhibition in order to be eligible to show. This is the June 1st rule set forth within the county.
There are several options for youth to be BQA certified:
• Youth can attend one of two Beef project specific Quality Assurance on February 3 and one TBA.
• An online option is not available for youth BQA at this time.

Notes:
1. The BQA certification is good for 3 years, but due to new requirements, youth must attend a project
specific QA annually.

Questions on these policies can be directed to OSU Extension Greene County – Trevor Corboy at
corboy.3@osu.edu or Rebecca Supinger at supinger.5@osu.edu.

2020 QA Info and New Clinic!

Check out this awesome opportunity!

You will be able to get QA done for 2020.  Please see flyer for details.

In addition, there will be a livestock judging clinic.  Lunch is provided by FFA Alumni.

Additional BQA, PQA, and regular QA dates are posted on the website.  Please review and make sure you attend one!

Click here