Happy Valentines Day! We absolutely love our 4-H volunteers and families who continue to make the best better in Lawrence County! First, I want to thank the 20+ 4-H Clubs and many volunteers who spent Saturday morning with us at the club volunteer training. We had a great time spending time with you!

If you our 4-H Club Volunteer Training Saturday and want to know about your opportunity to complete, please visit the post we shared for more information: Lawrence County 4-H Volunteer Training Make-Up Dates | Lawrence County 4-H

4-H Volunteer BCI Rescreening Due- February 15th. Volunteers must be rescreened every 4 years to remain an active volunteer. If it is your rescreening year you should have received an email with instructions to complete. These must be done by February 15th.

4-H Club Paperwork Due March 15 – In your club packets, volunteers received their yearly club documentation due each year to the Extension Office. If you need help replacing these copies, please visit: Lawrence County 4-H Club Advisor Resources | Lawrence and complete all files under the Yearly Club Charter Documentation Section and return to the office by March 15.

New(er) 4-H Family Open House – We invite anyone interested in learning more about the 4-H program to our info session on Tuesday, March 4th.

4-H Club & Project Enrollment Deadline – In order to be eligible to exhibit at the 2025 Lawrence County Junior Fair, 4-H and FFA members must be enrolled by March 15h. We will accept changes until March 31st. 4-H Families can enroll at oh.4honline.com.

Quality Assurance & QA Test-Out – Many of our 4-H Club Advisors have received Assistant Instructor Training and will be offering Quality Assurance through club meetings. But, we will also be offering some county-wide opportunities at the Extension Office. For dates and registration visit: Lawrence County Fair | Lawrence. Test-Outs are available by appointment for 12 years and older, please contact our office at 740-533-4322 or email Rachael at fraley.171@osu.edu to set up a time to take the test. Quality Assurance is a yearly requirement for our Exhibitors and must be complete by May 1.

Small Animal Clinic – We have scheduled a Small Animal Clinic with guest speakers to help our youth be successful with the Market Turkey, Chicken, and Rabbit Projects. Join us at Symmes Valley High School on Saturday, March 29th at 10:00am. You can come early at 9:00am or stay a little later at 11:00am and receive Quality Assurance Training or take the QA Test. We hope to see our small animal exhibitors at the clinic any ANY, large or small animal, exhibitor for Quality Assurance, if needed!

Poultry Exhibitors – Anytime but especially now you need to be talking about your Biosecurity Plan with more information found here: https://ohio4h.org/poultry. Due to the impacts of HPAI, we do encourage our exhibitors to look into enrolling in a potential back-up project, if you desire! Like all Livestock projects, it’s always good to have a backup option and enroll in those projects ahead of time.

Market Turkeys Exhibitors – Orders are due February 15th, please visit Online Survey Software | Qualtrics Survey Solutions for order form and more information!

4-H Horse Projects – If you plan to exhibit a horse at the 2025 Lawrence County Fair. We will be hosting an informational meeting and an in-person EquiStep viewing on March 27th April 17 at 6:30pm at the Extension Office. The Equistep Training is also available online at: EquiSTEP 2025 – College of FAES, Due May 1st. Your Horse project must also be entered into the Animals Tab within your oh.4honline.com account for animal identification by May 1. For more information regarding Ohio State Fair Horse Participation visit: PAS Qualifying Shows | Ohio 4-H Youth Development

4-H Dog Obedience – Are you interested in taking a 4-H Dog Obedience project? Join Leslie Milleson on April 2nd for the Informational Class at 6:30pm at the Extension Office. Dogs are not permitted at this informational session. Weekly classes will take place on Wednesday’s at 6:00pm. This is a 9 week training with graduation on June 4th and Judging on June 18th.

Lawrence County Junior Fair Breeder List – To assist our members with finding animals, we have created an excel sheet to share Breeders in our area for Junior Fair Livestock Projects. Please note, this is note we are not endorsing these businesses, simply allowing them to complete an info form and us sharing it as potential connections for our youth as the explore trying to find animals. To view the Breeder List as of February 13th, visit: Breeders at of Feb 13.xlsx To be added to the list visit: Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

BAND APP – We are transitioning to the Band App and will no longer be utilizing the 4-H Now App! To join our channel visit: https://band.us/n/a7a8AenbMbS0D

You can also follow us on our blog at u.osu.edu/lawrence4h and our facebook page.

First, I want to thank the 20+ Lawrence County 4-H Clubs who had at least one volunteer in attendance at the February 7th Volunteer Training. We greatly appreciate the time and attention you gave and truly loved getting to spend time with so many of you!

We know some of you truly hated to miss and have been looking for your make-up date opportunities & they are now here!

4-H Clubs who did not have anyone in attendance: this is your opportunity to receive your 4-H Club training for the year. 1 volunteer from each club (who did not attend on February 7th) is expected to have someone at one of the following options:

• February 14th, 1:00 – 2:30pm
• February 17th, 1:00 – 2:30pm
• February 17th, 5:30 – 7:00pm

You must register to attend at least 24 prior to the date, as they are subject to be cancelled if no one registers! To register visit: 4-H Volunteer Registration

Each time slot does have a cap of 15 participants!

If you are unable to make one of these dates work, you must set up an appointment prior to March 1 to receive your club packet and meet with Rachael, email at fraley.171@osu.edu to do so.

4-H Volunteer Training: 

• If your club had someone in attendance, or plans to have someone attend the make-up days, but you still need volunteer training and you prefer the in-person option – you are welcome to attend one of the make-up dates by registering at 4-H Volunteer Registration
• If your club had someone in attendance at one of the in-person trainings and you prefer an online option, the recording and follow up information for completion will be released by March 1st and available for completion until March 15th.

All Lawrence County 4-H volunteers must complete training by March 15th and at least one volunteer from each club must have attended one of the in-person trainings! 

Welcome 2025 Lawrence County Junior Fair Buyers 

We are excited to offer a new landing page for all the 2025 Lawrence County Junior Fair Sale information

The Lawrence County Jr. Fair Program is made possible in large part by the generous contributions of businesses and individuals like you. Please join us for a fun and exciting week at the Lawrence County Fair Monday, July 7^th through Saturday, July 12^th.

Why should I purchase an animal at the Lawrence County Fair? 

How Does the Lawrence County Junior Fair Sale Work & What Are My Options As Buyer? 

All market animals sold through the Junior Fair Livestock Sale are terminal, meaning all must go to a designated livestock yard or harvesting facility. Animals are not permitted to be given back to the exhibitor. Animals will be sold by the head. The buyer then has a few options:

1. Purchase and send animal to resale at the livestock market. With this option the buyer is paying the difference between auction sale price and the resale market price. Resale value will be posted. There is no resale value for rabbits and chickens.

Example: Bid $1500 for lamb, resale value is $260=(130 lb lamb x $2 resale price per lb), you pay $1240.00

2. Purchase livestock animal (hogs, lambs, goats, steers, turkeys) and process meat for own use, paying full amount. Except for rabbits & chickens, due to no local harvester the meat is not available to buyers and there is no resale value.

                           Example: Bid $1500 for lamb, you pay $1500.00

All animals will be loaded out directly from sale ring, no changes can be made. All Grand & Reserve are required by ODA to be sent to a state inspected facility for harvest and must remain until they have passed inspection and meat is released. Buyers must designate a buyer to pay for the meat and the balance is then distributed equally among all buyers. Opportunity for champion pictures is permitted before the exhibitor leaves the sale ring

How Do I Register as a Buyer?

• Pre-Registration: Pre-Registration for the sale can be found here: https://go.osu.edu/lawcobuyer Pre-registering will allow you to track your purchases live and pay through the online payment system. If you are new buyer or do not know your buyer ID number, please leave it blank and we will enter it for you!
  • On Sale Day, please visit our Check-In Table to receive your buyer number between 9:00 – 10:00 am, Saturday, July 12th.
• Day of Registration: Visit the Buyer Registration Table for a clerk to assist you in registration and to receive your buyer number between 9:00 – 10:00am, Saturday, July 12th.

I am registered, how do I view my account? 

• Once you are registered, you will recieve an email from FairEntry with a link to sign in. You can also visit this Fair Entry Link for easy access: 2025 Lawrence County Junior Fair – FairEntry.com
  • As we navigate through the new system, more information about your account and its accessibility will be shared!

What is the Sale Order? Coming soon!

How do I pay? When is it due? More information coming soon!

Download a 2025 Buyer Letter Here: Coming Soon!