quality assurance

State Quality Assurance Opportunities

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Here are a few upcoming opportunities for Fairfield County Junior Fair livestock exhibitors to attend an event to meet their annual Quality Assurance requirement to exhibitor market livestock or lactating animals at the fair this fall. Please contact Leslie Cooksey for more information at cooksey.25@osu.edu.

These state events will meet the county QA requirement:

  • Bi-State Youth Poultry Clinic is on April 2
  • DairyPalooza Northeast is on April 30
  • DairyPalooza West is on May 7

Please note that each of these events may require additional registration to attend. You cannot just show up!

Heritage Show Ring Success Seminar on 4/23/2016 in Madison County

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Join us for a FREE educational event! Event focus will be on show lambs, pigs, feeder calves, goats and poultry. Topics will be nutrition/selection, daily care, showmanship and show day prep/fitting. 

AWESOME PRIZES (Prizes will be rewarded at the end of the event)

  • GRAND PRIZE: Brechbuhler Digital Scales
  • 2nd PRIZE: Weaver Hanging Showbox
  • 3rd PRIZE: Honor® Show Chow® feed for the show season
  • 4th PRIZE: Callaway Shavings for the show season

Quality Assurance will be offered.

The Heritage Show Trailer will be on site with Weaver Show Supplies specials! Lunch will be served at the event.

Join us to learn about the new products from Weaver and Honor® Show Chow® for this year’s show season!

PRESENTERS INCLUDE:

  • Mike Harbour – Sheep
  • Kent Bennington – Swine
  • Opie Campbell – Feeder Calves
  • Austin Chandler – Goat
  • John Reed – Poultry

SCHEDULE:

8 a.m. – Registration

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Seminars

Quality Assurance to follow program

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Heritage Cooperative Show Supply

Beef Quality Assurance Certification

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PLEASE NOTE – THIS DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF COUNTY FAIR REQUIREMENTS AND THE QUALITY ASSURANCE THAT IS TAUGHT BY TRAINED ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS AT CLUB/CHAPTER QUALITY ASSURANCE CLINICS IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. This is meant to be shared for educational information and for those who are beef producers that wish to have this certification.

Enjoy Free, Online Certification!

Through April 15th, all qualifying states can achieve Beef Quality Assurance certification for free through the BQA program offered by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.  See if your state qualifies using the search box at http://www.bqa.org/certification.

Youth Beef Industry Day

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Ohio youth and their families are invited to attend Ohio Cattlemen’s Association and Weaver Leather Youth Beef Industry Day on March 6, 2016 from 8:00 am – 4:00 p.m. at the Eby Arena on the Madison County Fairgrounds, London, Ohio. Morning sessions will include a showmanship and daily care demonstration by Kirk Stierwalt. Additional age appropriate sessions will include:

  • Carcass Quality
  • Leadership
  • Careers
  • Cattlemen at the Capital – OCA Policy Update
  • Beef Quality Assurance

Lunch will be provided. Youth Beef Industry Day is open to all beef industry youth. Family participation is encouraged. For a registration form and further information, please visit http://www.ohiocattle.org/Youth/youth-beef-industry-day.

Quality Assurance – Assistant Instructor Training

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Quality Assurance training will remain in the clubs/chapters again this year. Advisors need to attend a training session to be up to date on the Good Production Practices (GPPs) being covered for 2016. We are looking for interested “teachers” to be trained and certified to educate livestock exhibitors on the required GPP’s. If interested, adult volunteers must RSVP to attend a training to become a certified Assistant Instructor for 2016. Contact Leslie Cooksey at cooksey.25@osu.edu or 740-652-7260 to RSVP so that materials can be prepared for each training.

Training dates for Assistant Instructors are:

Monday, February 29th from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Rickett’s Hall at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds

Monday, March 21st from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Rickett’s Hall at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds

*Please indicate which training you plan to come to when submitting your RSVP!

Poultry Opportunities

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Below are two poultry-related opportunities:

  1. Bi-State Youth Poultry Clinic: This clinic will be held in Wooster at OARDC, Fisher Auditorium, Saturday, April 2. Registrations are to be postmarked by Monday, March 21. They will be offering Poultry Quality Assurance training for youth as one of the sessions. Youth completing the training will receive a certificate to bring back to Fairfield County for documentation. This will count for their QA training for 2016. Click here for the registration form.
  2. Pullorum Testing School Dates Set: The schedule and registration information for the 2016 pullorum schools are available. Three schools are held throughout Ohio for people ages 18 and older interested in becoming pullorum testers, or if current testers’ certificates are due to expire. Please pass this on to anyone interested. Clickable link for dates/registration/locations/times/requirements —–> 2016 Pullorum School Schedule_Registration