Please see the attached flier for the Livestock Judging Contest held during the Brown County Fair. The contest will be on Friday, Sept. 26th; registration between 9am-11am. Cost is $15 per person and includes admission into the fair. Please share with anyone who may be interested in participating.
See flyer for more info: Eastern FFA Alumni Fall Classic Flyer 9.26.2025
A big congratulations goes out to the following Fairfield County youth who participated in the Ohio 4-H State Poultry Judging Contest on Saturday, August 9th at the OSU Animal Sciences Building. Fairfield County 4-H was honored to have the 1st Place Junior and 1st Place Senior Teams! Way to go kids….and coach, Jeff Sweeney, for putting in all your time and effort!
Junior Team: 1st Place Junior Team (Fairfield B) consisting of Garrett Basnett, Curtis Leyda, Turner Barlow. 3rd Place Junior Team (Fairfield A) consisting of Gracie Weber, Jackson Holmes, and Daniel Weidner.
Garrett Basnett
Turner Barlow
Jackson Holmes
Curtis Leyda
Daniel Weidner
Gracie Weber
Senior Team: 1st Place Senior Team (Fairfield A) consisting of: Nolan Anderson, Alex Anderson, Sophia Preston, and Robyn Rex. Additionally, Hunter Basnett also participated in the senior division.
Nolan Anderson
Robyn Rex
Alex Anderson
Hunter Basnett
Sophia Preston
The 1st place Senior Team may have the opportunity to represent Ohio at the National 4-H Contest held in conjunction with the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) in Louisville, Kentucky. This is dependent on university policy for youth team travel.
2025 Wayne County Livestock Judging Contest
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Starting at Noon
Event Center Wayne County Fairgrounds
Registration is OPEN!
This contest is open to all 4-H and FFA members from all over the state!
Registration Link:
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On Sunday, July 20th, twelve Fairfield County 4-H members participated in the Ohio 4-H Livestock Judging Contest at the Ohio State Fair. This contest allows you to evaluate 8 classes of livestock (sheep, goats, hogs, beef cattle), select their placings for each class, and provide oral reasoning to support their placings. Juniors had to complete two sets of oral reasons and two question classes while Senior participants had to complete four sets of oral reasons.
The Fairfield County Junior Team placed 14th. Those youth participating in the Junior division were: Stella Koehler, Camden Lee, Cooper Lee, Evan Walters, and Owen Walters.
The Fairfield County Senior Teams placed 15th and 21st. Those youth participating in the Senior division were: Evelyn Koehler, Demi Lee, Makenna Lybarger, Sophia Preston, Lydia Smith, Abigail Walters, and Raylee Westhoven.
Full contest results can be found at this link.
All 4-H members are encouraged to participate in the 2025 Ohio State Fair Livestock Judging Contest on Sunday, July 20th at the Ohio Expo Center.
Pre-Registration is required by July 3rd and must have a county 4-H Educator’s approval – please contact Leslie Cooksey if you wish to participate. The cost is $15 per member and if Fairfield County 4-H youth wish to participate in this contest, members will be reimbursed by the 4-H Advisory Committee. Click here for additional rules and contest information.
The rules and entry forms are officially posted for the 2025 Livestock Judging contest. Please visit our website for all of the up-to-date information. Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested. Currently, we do not have a livestock judging coach/team in Fairfield County. If you are interested in coaching a team, please contact Leslie Cooksey at cooksey.25@osu.edu. If you are interested in competing in this state 4-H event, they can still do so (even without an organized team at the county level). Youth must be 4-H members in good standing and have a county 4-H educator sign off on your registration. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out!
The 2025 Ohio State Fair Livestock Judging Contest will be Sunday, July 20th. If interested in participating, please contact Leslie Cooksey by July 1st (cooksey.25@osu.edu)
Ohio 4-H Livestock Judging Resources and Information: https://ohio4h.org/node/3429
The rules and entry forms are officially posted for the 2025 Ohio 4-H Avian Bowl, Poultry Judging, and Livestock Judging contests. Please visit the websites below for all of the up-to-date information. Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out! 4-H Advisory, Jeff Sweeney will be coaching the poultry team this year. If you are interested in participating in these events – please contact Leslie Cooksey (cooksey.25@osu.edu) by July 1st and she’ll get a list to Jeff.
Breaking News!!! The Ohio State Fair Livestock Judging Contest will move to Sunday, July 20th this year. This decision resulted after lots of discussion from the committee surrounding schedule conflicts of the fair and accessibility to the areas that we need on the fairgrounds. The contest layout and timeline will remain the same. Please reach out with any questions.
The Livestock Judging Contest will be held on Sunday, October 6th with registration beginning at 12:30 p.m. and the contest will begin at 1:00 p.m. in Feeder Creek Vet Show Arena. We will be having youth sign-up online (go.osu.edu/fclivestockjudging) prior to the contest so that we can help prep judging cards in advance. For more information, please review Livestock Judging Contest Rules in the Junior Fair Book at go.osu.edu/fcjrbook.
The Livestock Judging Contest will be held on Sunday, October 6th with registration beginning at 12:30 p.m. and the contest will begin at 1:00 p.m. in Feeder Creek Vet Show Arena. We will be having youth sign-up online (go.osu.edu/fclivestockjudging) prior to the contest so that we can help prep judging cards in advance. For more information, please review Livestock Judging Contest Rules in the Junior Fair Book at go.osu.edu/fcjrbook.