**NEW** Quality Assurance Deadline: THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025!!
It is MANDATORY for ALL Fulton County Junior Fair animal exhibitors (including breeding animals) to attend Quality Assurance class each year. If you do not attend a QA session, you are ineligible to exhibit at the Fulton County Fair. The Ohio Department of Agriculture minimum standards are in-person instruction on three pre-determined Good Production Practices with an interactive activity. The instruction is to last at minimum one hour and is to be repeated annually. QA classes are listed below, some require pre-registration and those instructions are at the end of the post. If you intend to complete QA at a state 4-H livestock clinic, check with the Fulton County 4-H Educator if it will quality for QA credit in the county. Mandatory sessions are for new and returning 4-H/FFA animal project members wanting to exhibit any animal at the fair.
| Date | Type | Time | Location | Presenter |
| January 21 Tuesday |
Zoom | 6:30 pm | Zoom | Megan Schulte
Williams County |
| February 12 Wednesday |
In Person | 3:30 pm | Fairview Elementary Sherwood |
Teresa Johnson Defiance County |
| March 27
Thursday |
Zoom | 6:30 pm | Zoom | Morgan Parcher Henry County |
| April 9
Wednesday |
In Person | 3:30 pm | Ayersville HS
Commons |
Teresa Johnson Defiance County |
| April 10 Thursday |
Zoom | 6:30 pm | Beginner’s Guide to Livestock Projects | General Session followed by breakout sessions by county |
| April 17 Thursday |
Zoom | 6:30 pm | Zoom | Sara Lewis Fulton County |
| April 21 Monday |
In Person | 6:30 pm | Gillette Building Williams Co Fairgrounds |
Megan Schulte
Williams County |
| April 24 Thursday |
In Person | 6:30 pm | Henry County
Crossroads Church (Napoleon) |
Morgan Parcher Henry County |
| May 10 Saturday |
In Person | 10:00 am | Henry County
Crossroads Church (Napoleon) |
Morgan Parcher Henry County |
| May 13 Thursday |
In Person | 6:30 pm | Fulton Co Extension
Wauseon |
Sara Lewis Fulton County |
| May 14 Wednesday |
In Person | 3:30 pm | Tinora Elementary Cafeteria |
Teresa Johnson Defiance County |
All 4-H Quality Assurance trainings must be completed by May 15th (**NEW DATE**). Quality Assurance Sessions will only be held at club meetings if a club volunteer received QA Assistant Instructor Certification by completing training for the current year.
Horse QA will be conducted online through EquiSTEP (link to be updated in January 2025), by each individual exhibitor, in accordance with Ohio Horse 4-H curriculum. Horse QA only allows youth to show horses at the fair. It will not certify you for other fair animals. May 15th deadline.
Dog project members have two options to certify for quality assurance. 1) attend one of the Quality Assurance Sessions listed above; 2) view the videos shown at the annual Dog Kick Off event. Dog Quality Assurance only allows for youth to show dogs at the fair. It will not certify you for other fair animals. May 15th deadline.
REMINDER: Quality assurance is not required for youth taking pet care projects such as guinea pigs, cats, mice, gerbils, hamsters, rats, chinchillas, ferrets, hedgehogs, and pet rabbits. These animals do not exhibit at the fair.
Registration and Other Instructions
QA registration and additional neighboring county dates and info can be found at go.osu.edu/NWOhioQA. All of these sessions will be accepted as QA certification, some are in-person, some are virtual. IF YOU ATTEND QA OUT-OF-COUNTY, IT IS THE EXHIBITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATE TURNED IN NO LATER THAN May 15, 2025 TO THE FULTON COUNTY OSU EXTENSION OFFICE.
QA requirements can also be completed through your community club, or local FFA advisor, if eligible.