Fulton County Junior Fair

We Invite Your Feedback-2025 4-H Year In Review Survey

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We want your feedback! | Vermont InvasivesAs we wrap up another exciting year of learning, leadership, and service, we want to hear from you! Your feedback helps us celebrate successes, recognize what’s working well, and make next year’s programs even better.

 

Please take a few minutes to complete our Fulton County 4-H Year-In-Review Summary. Your input is incredibly valuable—it guides how we plan future events, projects, and opportunities for youth and volunteers alike.

 

Click here to complete the survey: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2tU8zb7hbUPp2MS

(It should take about 5–10 minutes to complete. For our FFA participants, you may skip any sections that are not applicable to your level of involvement)

 

We ask that all responses be submitted by November 3, 2025

 

Thank you for being an essential part of the Fulton County 4-H family. Together, we’re growing leaders, strengthening communities, and making a difference every day.

DRUG USE NOTIFICATION FORM (DUNF) OPEN 8/25-27

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All DUNFs will be completed online for each eligible/required animal prior to entering the grounds on animal check-in day, August 28. The online collection will take place August 25-27, 2025. More information can be found below.

JUNIOR FAIR

Complete your DUNF form using the link below (OPEN AUGUST 25-27)

go.osu.edu/FultonDUNF

Click here for instructions on completing the online DUNF

2025 Fulton County Junior Fair Livestock Sale

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Exhibitor Information

IMPORTANT: Livestock trailers are no longer allowed to be parked inside the fence behind the cattle barn.

Exhibitors: Having your animal/s custom slaughtered? Please make final declaration at the scale on Thursday, August 28. Forms are available at the Junior Fair Office.

 

Small Animal Sale: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 6:00pm –  Sale Arena

Sale Order:

  • Horse Item
  • Rabbits (Fryer/Roaster)
  • Pen of 3 Chickens
  • Turkeys

A cull buyer for rabbits will be available immediately following the sale of all rabbits at the Fulton County OSU Extension Office parking lot. The buyer will weigh rabbits and pay per pound on location.

Large Animal Sale: Thursday, September 4, 2025, 9:00am – Sale Arena

Sale Order:

    • Sheep (Market/Born & Raised)
    • Goats (Boer/Dairy)
    • Steers (Dairy/Beef/Born & Raised/Commercial)
    • Feeder Calves (Dairy/Beef)
    • Gallon of Milk
    • Hogs
    • Second feeder calf sale to follow first feeder calf sale – Spangler Arena

Buyer Information

We invite individuals, groups, and businesses to bid on these locally raised lambs, hogs, goats, poultry, rabbits and cattle. All proceeds go directly to the individual 4-H and FFA exhibitors. The livestock sale is a Buyer Contribution or Premium Sale, anyone can participate. We have found this format to be clearer for both the youth and the buyers. In the Buyer Contribution Sale the bidding starts at $0, and the bidding at any time only reflects the contributions of the bidders.  Bidders are not purchasing the animal. All bidding will happen in person, those wanting to support the youth but not able to attend can contribute to the youth via “Add-ons” online or in-person.

Ways to participate:

  • Attend the live auction: All bidding will take place in person for both sales.  On-site bidders may also participate in Add-ons.
  • Mail-in your Add-ons: Support individual, or multiple, Jr. Fair exhibitors with an extra donation for their livestock project.  Add-ons can be gifted to qualifying Jr. Fair exhibitors. Choose the amount you want to gift, starting at $25. Simply download the Fulton County Livestock Sale Add On Form and mail it in with your contribution as indicated on the form.
  • Online Add-ons: Make your add-on donations online at https://fultoncountyjrfair.fairentry.com (available September 1-12). Returning buyers, please contact the OSU Extension office by phone at 419-337-9210 or email seiler.58@osu.edu to activate your online account. New buyers, you can create a new account by scrolling to the How would you like to participate? section and clicking the “As an Auction Buyer” link.

Special thanks to our 2024 Livestock Sale Buyers!

FairEntry for 2025 Fulton County Jr. Fair NOW OPEN (July 1-August 1)

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The Fulton County Junior Fair is excited open the FairEntry online fair management system for the 2025 Fulton County Fair. Beginning Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at 12:00pm NOON, you may log on to https://fultoncountyjrfair.fairentry.com from your computer or any mobile device (including smartphones) to submit your entries to the fair. The online entry system will streamline the entry process, so check-ins, show programs and results can be processed and posted quickly and efficiently at the fair.

 

Online entries will be required for all exhibitors. The deadline for online entries is Friday, August 1, 2025 . This deadline will be strictly enforced since the system will close entries at 11:59pm on this date. Late entries will not be allowed! We have included instructions for the entry process, along with a variety of other resources to support you in this new process, below and on the Fulton County Junior Fair subpage of this website. If you do not have internet access or need assistance with the entry process, please contact the Fulton County OSU Extension Office at 419-337-9210 to discuss options for assistance.

If you have any questions about the process, feel free to stop in or give us a call during regular business hours (M-F 8:30am-4:30pm, closed for lunch 12-12:45pm) or email our helpdesk at FultonFEHelpDesk@gmail.com for assistance. We look forward streamlining these processes to make your fair experience the best yet!

 

FairEntry Site: https://fultoncountyjrfair.fairentry.com

Entries are accepted July 1-August 1. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED!

 

Welcome to the Fulton County Junior Fair!

  • Fair Entry will open for entries on July 1, 2025 at 12:00pm NOON. You will be required to enter information about your animal(s) as part of your entry. Depending on the animal, you may be required to enter: Date of Birth, Breed, Animal Sex, Animal Name, Scrapie Tag ID (including Premise and Individual ID), Official Registration Number or Tattoo, Microchip Number, etc. Prepare in advance and have this information ready!
  • DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST DAY TO START YOUR ENTRIES!! Entries will close at 11:59 pm on August 1, 2025. No late entries will be accepted!
  • This is NOT THE PAGE TO ENTER OPEN CLASS ENTRIES.

 

4-H & FFA Members MUST Click the “As an Exhibitor” button when asked how you’d like to participate to bring up the pop up for you to enter your email and password in the “Use your 4-H Online account” box. You will enter your log-in credentials used during the April 1 enrollment process and then click the GREEN sign-in button.

 

Before you hit “Finish” – be sure to complete ALL the Animals for EVERYONE in your family.

 

Questions?

 

Resources & How-To Guides

FairEntry Animal ID-What you need (pdf)

FairEntry Exhibitor Instructions (pdf)

2025 Still Project Judging Information & Registration Details

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Still Project Judging (non livestock)

You must interview judge at the countywide July still project summer judging dates for all non-livestock projects, or by appointment at the Extension Office for makeup judging to be complete and to be eligible for fair exhibition. All livestock projects will be interview judged by the club leader.

Looking for 2025 Still Project Judging Results? (will be posted by 7/11)

Make-Up Judging

If you cannot make it to your assigned judging, you will need to attend make-up judging scheduled for July 15 or 16, 9am-3pm. Please register for your preferred date at https://go.osu.edu/fulton_projectjudging. If those alternative dates do not work, please contact the Extension Office at 419-337-9210 ASAP to discuss possible alternative arrangements. All projects must be judged no later than August 1. Projects judged at make-up judging are not eligible for county awards or the Ohio State Fair.

4-H Interview Grade Guidelines

Judges will be using the following guidelines when determining project grades.  Please keep this in mind as you prepare your project for judging.

  • Member will receive an “A” if they meet all the project requirements.
  • Member will receive a “B” if they meet only some of the requirements and/or forget project books.
  • Member will receive a “C” if they do not meet any of the requirements.

Project Note: Member projects cannot be a school or home school project.  A reminder that 4-H projects must be different than projects which have received a grade at school.  A member may not use a Science Fair project, Family Consumer Sciences project, Art project, etc. for a  4-H project.

Benefits of/Reasons for Interview Judging

  1. The educational 4-H project experience and the keeping of accurate, up-to-date records.
  2. Gains interview skills and builds self esteem and poise.
  3. Provides the opportunity to share what has been learned.
  4. Provides members with feedback on their projects.
  5. Provides balance for knowledge gained regardless of the features of the finished product.

Interview Judging Guidelines

  1. Interview judging of all projects is required for 4-H members; those not participating will be automatically graded incomplete.
  2. Members must bring their completed project book and records to judging.
  3. Members must complete all project requirements as outlined in the Fulton County 4-H Handbook.
  4. Consideration in judging will be given for member’s age, number of years in the same project or project area and any handicaps or learning disabilities.

Tips for 4-H Judging

  1. Be well groomed. Don’t chew gum.
  2. Use good posture. Sit and stand straight and tall.
  3. Be polite and use your best manners.
  4. Be prepared by talking about your project. Know what you did, how you did it, what you learned and what you might do differently the next time.
  5. When answering the judge’s questions, speak clearly and loudly enough for the judge to hear your answers.
  6. During your interview, look directly at the judge. Give him/her your full attention.  Don’t be distracted by other people or noises around you.
  7. Thank the judge when the interview is finished. Remember, the real purpose of judging is sharing and learning.
  8. Be pleasant and confident. Smile and be enthusiastic!
  9. Be proud of your accomplishments!! You worked hard to earn them.

Northwest Ohio Poultry Clinic

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Dr. Timothy McDermott currently serves as an Assistant Professor for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, Ohio. He graduated from the Ohio State University in 1996, spent time in a private veterinary practice Franklin County for more than 20 years.

 

Please leave your project animal at home as this is an educational presentation.

 

This will satisfy Livestock Quality Assurance if showing poultry in 2025 at the Fulton County Jr. Fair.

 

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

6:00pm-8:00pm

The Emporium at 130 | 130 E Clinton St, Napoleon, OH 43545

 

Register for this event at https://go.osu.edu/2025nwopoultryclinic.

 

Questions? Contact Morgan Parcher at 419-592-0806 or parcher.6@osu.edu. 

EquiSTEP 2025

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An update on this year’s EquiSTEP (Equine Safety, Training, and Education Program).

EquiSTEP is an annual statewide requirement for all youth participating in Ohio 4-H Horse Program activities and/or enrolled in a 4-H horse project.  EquiSTEP replaces the statewide requirement of reading the Horses, Safety, and You (191R) resource and viewing the Every Time, Every Ride and Horses, Kids, and Ethics videos for youth and their families who are new to the 4-H horse program.

The EquiSTEP curriculum follows the 4’Hs and focuses on head (helmet safety), hands (equine safety & handling), health (equine health & nutrition), and heart (sportsmanship) and is designed to rotate topics every year.

EquiSTEP is designed to be completed online by each participant individually through Scarlet Canvas. Fulton County youth must complete EquiSTEP no later than May 15, 2025.

Here is the link to enroll in/access this year’s EquiSTEP: https://cfaesosu.catalog.instructure.com/courses/equistep-2025 (This link is also available at the bottom of the home page for horse.osu.edu.)

To complete EquiSTEP individually, a participant must enroll using their own unique email address.  (Participants should not use their school email addresses as the course enrollment invitation will be blocked by the school’s email system.)  Participants must view all five videos (introduction and STEPS 1-4) which last approximately one hour in total.  Once the videos are completed, participants will be able to access the 10-question quiz.  Participants must complete the quiz associated with the training and achieve a minimum score of 7 (out of 10) in order to pass the training.  Once the quiz is successfully completed, participants will need to complete the course survey to trigger a certificate of completion.  The certificate will be emailed to the participant’s email address as well as their county’s 4-H email address.  The participant must select their correct county to trigger the email to the correct email address and they must click on the submit button at the end of the survey to trigger the email.

Beginner’s Guide to Showing Livestock Workshop

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Join your Northwest Ohio 4-H Educators to offer our “New to Showing Livestock” families an opportunity to educate you on best practices from purchasing your animal, to completing your project, exhibiting at your county fair, and securing buyers to fulfill your market exhibition.

Our presentation will consist of a review of many shared aspects of Livestock projects.The opportunity to as county-specific questions will be permistted at the conclusion of the presentation.

For more information, visit https://u.osu.edu/henry4h/quality-assurance/.

 

DATE
Thursday April 10, 2025

TIME
6:30-8:00 p.m.

HELD VIA ZOOM
Be sure to register using the link below.

 

 

REGISTRATION LINK
https://go.osu.edu/beginnersguide2livestock