Junior and Senior Fair Boards attend Ohio Fair Managers Association Convention

Last weekend, Junior and Senior Fair Board members had the opportunity to attend the Ohio Fair Managers Association Convention. On Saturday, members attended various sessions and workshops related to Junior Fair learning new ideas on how to better communicate, lead, and organize events and livestock shows.

Junior Fair Families: ODA Comment Period Open for Proposed Changes to Livestock Exhibition Rules

The Ohio Department of Agriculture, division of Animal Health – Animal Exhibitions Program, has posted the following rules to its website. As stakeholders, please read and review the proposed rules and provide comments back to the department by January 8, 2024.

  • OAC 901:1-18
  • OAC 901-19

You can find these rules under the “Stakeholder Review” tab of the Department’s Administrative Rule Review page. You can find the Department’s Administrative Rule Review page by visiting here.

You’re invited – Jr. Fair Poultry Exhibitor Meeting: November 16th

Sent on behalf of Fairfield County Junior Fair Poultry Superintendents:

Junior Fair Poultry Exhibitors and 4-H/FFA Advisors,

As a Fairfield County Junior Fair poultry exhibitor family, the Junior Fair Poultry Superintendents are inviting you to come and talk about the 2023/2024 Poultry Shows on Thursday, November 16th, 2023, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Fairfield County Ag Center/OSU Extension Office. We hope that you can join us at this open meeting!

You’re invited – Jr. Fair Rabbit Exhibitor Meeting: November 20th

Sent on behalf of Fairfield County Junior Fair Rabbit Superintendents:

Junior Fair Rabbit Exhibitors and 4-H/FFA Advisors,

As a Fairfield County Junior Fair rabbit exhibitor family, the Junior Fair Rabbit Superintendents are inviting you to come and talk about the 2023/2024 Rabbit Shows on Monday, November 20th, 2023, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Fairfield County Ag Center/OSU Extension Office. We hope that you can join us at this open meeting!

You’re invited – Jr. Fair Sheep Exhibitor Meeting: November 14th

Sent on behalf of Fairfield County Junior Fair Sheep Superintendents: 

Junior Fair Sheep Exhibitors and 4-H/FFA Advisors,

As a Fairfield County Junior Fair sheep exhibitor family, the Junior Fair Sheep Superintendents are inviting you to come and talk about the 2023/2024 Sheep Shows on Tuesday, November 14th, 2023, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Fairfield County Ag Center/OSU Extension Office. We hope that you can join us at this open meeting!

You’re invited – Jr. Fair Meat/Market Goat Exhibitor Meeting: November 13th

Sent on behalf of Fairfield County Junior Fair Meat/Market Goat Superintendents:

Junior Fair Meat/Market Exhibitors and 4-H/FFA Advisors,

As a Fairfield County Junior Fair meat/market goat exhibitor family, the Junior Fair Meat/Market Goat Superintendents are inviting you to come and talk about the 2023/2024 Junior Fair Shows on Monday, November 13th, 2023, beginning at 7 p.m. at Rickett’s Hall at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds. We hope that you can join us at this open meeting!

Special Thanks to Farm Credit for Photo Banner Sponsorships

The Fairfield County Senior Fairboard has been working to capture some additional dollars from the Farm Credit Community Grant program for the Junior Fair Youth.  In addition to the purchase of $2,500 worth of new gates we have worked on upgrading the Banners used to recognize each species in every Barn with a banner that could be utilized for photo opportunities with your show area or your barn stalling area.  Those banners are 60” x 36”.  We are simply asking you look at your show arena or stalling area and figure out a good way to utilize these grommeted banners to highlight your display area or enhance pictures with your exhibitors. We will provide zip ties for easy hanging and we hope to have these banners available for you next Sunday in the Junior Fair Office or just prior to your show.

These banners are not dated and the hope is to use them for several years.  THE BANNERS ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN HOME by exhibitors or show committees. We have invested nearly $2,000 to upgrade these banners in each barn and for each show, including Companion Animals, thanks to Farm Credit. In addition, to the Banners we have purchased storage tubes for the banners to remain in the Junior Fair office when not in use during Fair week.  When possible, please send a thank you note to  Leland Tinklepaugh, Farm Credit Mid-America, 7835 Lancaster-Newark Rd NE, Baltimore, OH 43105.

Drug Use Notification Forms – due at NOON, Friday, October 6th for Market Beef/Dairy Market Feeders/Lactating Dairy Cows & Dairy Goats/Market Hogs/Market Goats/Market Lambs

Animals must be drug free by weigh-in day of fair. Each member must complete a Drug Use Notification Form (DUNF) (http://go.osu.edu/fairfielddunf) form online for each animal they plan to exhibit prior to weigh-in at the fair. If the forms are not correctly completed, exhibitors will not be permitted to show. The link to the form will open on Monday, October 2nd (as forms should be completed more than 5 days before fair weigh-in).

  • Animals requiring a DUNF indicating the animal is free from any/all drugs in its system on fair weigh-in/move-in day are:
    • Market Beef
    • Dairy Beef Feeder
    • Dairy Cow (lactating)
    • MQP Barrow
    • Market Barrow
    • Market Gilt
    • Market Goat
    • Dairy Goat (lactating)
    • Market Chicken
    • Market Turkey
    • Market Duck
    • MQP Lamb
    • Market Lamb
    • Market Rabbit (new for 2023)
  • Forms should be completed no sooner than 5 days prior to animal weigh-in to be sure that their animal is drug free during fair.
  • Forms submitted prior to that timeframe will be deleted and exhibitors will be asked to resubmit the DUNF form closer to their animal’s weigh-in. All animals being brought to the fair requiring DUNF forms will need to submit their forms by 12:00 p.m., Friday, October 6, 2023.
  • The only EXCEPTION to the Friday deadline will be Market Poultry and Market Rabbits who will complete DUNF Forms AFTER they receive tags/leg bands so they have identification information to enter into the DUNF Form. One form per pen of animals should be completed for Poultry and Rabbits. Deadline for poultry and rabbit exhibitors is MIDNIGHT on Saturday, October 7th.
  • Animals tagged with an EID 840 (15 digit tag) should include the last 6 digits in the identification field of the form.
  • Scrapie Tag numbers DO NOT need to be entered for market goats and market sheep – please use the last 6 digits of your EID 840 tag.
  • There should be ONE form submitted for each animal Exception: Each pen of rabbits and each pen of market chickens will need a form per pen.
  • Turkeys exhibitors will put N/A in the identification field.
  • Market Chicken exhibitors will put all 3 leg band numbers in the same identification field for their pen of chickens.
  • Market Rabbit exhibitors will put both tag numbers for their pair of rabbits in the identification field for their pen of rabbits.