Weekly updates are a must this time of year!

Livestock Updates

• Turkey Exhibitors: You were sent an email today, June 19th, with some tips!  Please be sure to check it out! Also, AW Meats is willing to process our turkeys this year. This option will be available for our buyers, as well as your drop slip turkey.
• Hog Exhibitors: Due to exhibition numbers and anticipation of class numbers and sizes, we will be moving to divisions for this year. Please note, this is a yearly decision based on numbers. But for this year, we plan to have 3 divisions! The division champions will compete for overall champion and the judge will then work their way through the divisions to place a top 10.
• Sheep Breeding and Beef Feeders/Breeders: There will be a space in the barn for you to house your animal all week. But it is not required, you may bring it in day of show. Animals should be on the grounds by 10am for check-in/weigh-in.
• Exhibition Requirement Reminder: All livestock exhibitors must complete skillathon in order to show. All livestock exhibitors eligible for sale, must complete skillathon, market show, and showmanship.
• Exhibition Allowance Reminder: We know many of you registered multiple animals to plan for the unknowns livestock projects can present at times, but wanted to remind you of exhibition allowability:
  • 4-H & FFA members are eligible to exhibit two animals of two larger market species and one pen of market rabbits or market chickens or market turkeys. With the exception, members may not exhibit more than one market beef. Multiple species exhibition is not required. To clarify, exhibitors may not exhibit two species of small animals and turkeys will be considered small animals in relation to this rule.

Cloverbud Interview & Parade Theme Announcement

Huge thank you to our 4-H Committee members who work hard to provide some fun and exciting events for our Cloverbuds!

 Livestock Costume Contest 

Huge thank you to Spice of Life for sponsoring this fantastic event for our Livestock Exhibitors!

Livestock Exhibitor Thank You Posters 

Exhibitors are encouraged to place a poster above your stall/pen thanking your buyers from 2024 or if it’s your first year you can thank or welcome buyers in general 🙂

There is a poster contest! So you may just be a lucky winner, too!

Did you miss our other newsletters this month? 

Check out all the latest at u.osu.edu/lawrence4h

Hello –

We have received a few questions and have a couple things to update you on:

• Skillathon is required by all who are exhibiting an animal project at the county fair. For more information, please visit: 2025 Lawrence County 4-H & FFA Skillathon | Lawrence County 4-H
• Sunday, June 15th is the deadline for a couple things:
  • Non-Market Livestock and Breeding Project IDs are due! To do so, you will log into your oh.4honline.com account and enter your animals. For help, visit this help sheet: v2.Families.Adding.Animals.pdf Please be sure to add your animals age/birthdate to ensure we get the animal registered into the right class.
    • Also, it is important to note, DUNF forms at the fair are required for Market Feeders, so an ID tag is required. 
    • Fancy Poultry must have their pullorum testing complete with negative results by show day check in.
  • Horse Show Registration is due: 2025 Horse Show Registration
• 4-H Project Judging Interview Registration is now available with a deadline of June 20th! All non-livestock project judging will take place at the 4-H & FFA Expo Center. To help you determine which day your project judging will be held and what you are required to bring, please visit our Guidebook 
  • Saturday, July 5th from 2:00 – 4:00pm will be the Food & Clothing Project Judging. To register visit: 2025 Food & Clothing Project Judging Interview Registration
  • Wednesday, July 9th, from 2:00 – 5:00pm will be the Shooting Sports, Natural Resources, STEM, Animal Science projects: 2025 Natural Resources, STEM, Animal Sciences 
    • Shooting Sports will not sign up for a timeslot, but should follow the following interview schedule:
      • • 2:00pm – Archery & Rifle
        • 3:15pm – All other 700 level disciplines
        • 4:00pm – Safe Use of Guns & Basic Archery
  • Thursday, July 10th, from 2:00 – 5:00pm will be the Leadership/Citizenship, Creative Arts and Leisure, Money Management, Healthy Living, Home Living and Self-Determined projects: 2025 Leadership/Citizenship. Creative Arts/Leisure, Money Mgt., Healthy & Home Living, and Self-Determined
• 4-HOnline Verification: Our new fair system, FairEntry and 4-HOnline are synced, making it easy to verify a few things. We are asking each livestock family to log in and double check their family address. This address is what will be used for Junior Fair Sale check mailing! If it needs changed, you can edit within 4-HOnline and it will sync to our system.
• Junior Fair Schedule Updates: 
  • There will be no Specialty Goat Show on Monday, July 7th
  • The Finley Family will be providing pizza to our 4-H and FFA youth on Tuesday, July 8th from 11-2pm with rides open provided by the Senior Fairboard from 11:30 – 1:30pm.
  • 4-H Shooting Sports Skillathon will now take place prior to the fair.
  • The Silent Auction for eligible 1st place 4-H Life Skills projects will be Friday, July 11th from 4:00 – 5:00pm. Set up will be at 3:30pm.
• A few junior fair expectations reminders:
  • 4-H Code of Conduct is expected to be followed by all.
  • Dress code is available in the junior fair rule book.
  • All exhibitors should be reading over all junior fair/ODA rules, to remain in compliance. Be sure to be following all withdrawal dates on medications, etc.
  • Rules can be found here: 2025 Livestock Rules Final.pdf

I truly can’t believe June is here and the 2025 Lawrence County Fair is right around the corner, so we have lots of important news to share:

• The 2025 Lawrence County 4-H theme is “Your Future is Bright in 4-H”. 4-H Clubs are encouraged to participate in the Beautification and Club Booth Contests! To find details about these displays, visit our 4-H Guidebook at: 2025 Lawrence County 4-H Guidebook
• Cloverbud Day Camp is scheduled for June 19th at the Fairgrounds from 5:30 – 7:00pm! Cloverbud Day Camp registration has been extended to Friday, June 6th! To register visit:Registration
• More Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp Opportunities: 
  • Cloverbud Overnight at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp is scheduled for June 20 – 21. To register by June 6th visit: Cloverbud Overnight Camp | Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp
  • Southern Ohio Teen Camp, ages 14-18, June 26th – 29th, registration is open until June 12th! To register visit: Southern Ohio 4-H Teen Camp | Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp
  • STEM Camp for 5th – 7th grade, June 29 – July 1, registration is open until June 16th! To register visit: 4-H STEM Camp | Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp
• Market Rabbit Tattooing is this Saturday, June 7th from 8:00 – 10:00am at the Small Animal Shelter on the Fairgrounds. If you are tattooing your own, please be sure to complete the 4-HOnline process by June 7th at 10:00am. For more information, visit: Important Info Regarding Lawrence County Junior Fair Market Rabbit Tattooing | Lawrence County 4-H
• 4-H Project Judging Interview Registration is now available with a deadline of June 20th! All non-livestock project judging will take place at the 4-H & FFA Expo Center. To help you determine which day your project judging will be held and what you are required to bring, please visit our Guidebook 
  • Saturday, July 5th from 2:00 – 4:00pm will be the Food & Clothing Project Judging. To register visit: 2025 Food & Clothing Project Judging Interview Registration
  • Wednesday, July 9th, from 2:00 – 5:00pm will be the Shooting Sports, Natural Resources, STEM, Animal Science projects: 2025 Natural Resources, STEM, Animal Sciences 
    • Shooting Sports will not sign up for a timeslot, but should follow the following interview schedule:
      • • 2:00pm – Archery & Rifle
        • 3:15pm – All other 700 level disciplines
        • 4:00pm – Safe Use of Guns & Basic Archery
  • Thursday, July 10th, from 2:00 – 5:00pm will be the Leadership/Citizenship, Creative Arts and Leisure, Money Management, Healthy Living, Home Living and Self-Determined projects: 2025 Leadership/Citizenship. Creative Arts/Leisure, Money Mgt., Healthy & Home Living, and Self-Determined
• 4-H & FFA Livestock Skillathon study tips has been released! It and dates to complete can be found here: 2025 Lawrence County 4-H & FFA Skillathon | Lawrence County 4-H
• Lawrence County Junior Fair Pageant Applications Due June 13th! All applications can be found at: Lawrence County Fair | Lawrence
• Junior Fair Breeding and Non-Livestock Registration Deadline is quickly approaching! Don’t forget to get your animals registered by June 15th! To do so, you will log into your oh.4honline.com account and enter your animals. For help, visit this help sheet: v2.Families.Adding.Animals.pdf Please be sure to add your animals age/birthdate to ensure we get the animal registered into the right class.
• Horse Show Registration Deadline is also quickly approaching! To be eligible to participate, you must register for the horse show by June 15th at:2025 Horse Show Registration
  • Horse Youth interested in competing at State Fair must qualify through a PAS show, for more information visit: Ohio 4-H Horse Program | Ohio 4-H Youth Development
• Lawrence County 4-H Dog Show is scheduled for June 18th, 6:00pm at the Lawrence County Courthouse Lawn.
• Master Livestock Exhibitor is back this year! Huge thank you to the sponsors and organizers of this event! For more information on how to participate or donate, visit: MasterExhibitor.pdf
• Lawrence County Livestock Sale has created a landing page to keep everyone up to date on new changes to the sale including sale order, Fill the Freezer Program, and information to share when talking with buyers, buyer checkout information, etc. Check it out at: 2025 Lawrence County Junior Fair Sale | Lawrence County 4-H
• The Ohio State Fair is scheduled for July 23rd – August 3rd! First place eligible non-livestock projects will receive participation information at their project judging. All livestock youth interested should visit, deadline for participation is June 21: Livestock Competitions
• The complete Lawrence County Junior Fair Schedule, Rules, and more can be found at: Lawrence County Fair | Lawrence
  • Please note there have been a few things updated such as:
    • Shooting Sports Skillathon will now be happening pre-fair.
    • Specialty Goats will not be exhibited or shown at the county fair due to the low numbers of interested youth.
    • Free Ride and Pizza Day for our 4-H members will be Tuesday, July 8th. Pizza will be available from 11-2:00pm, sponsored by the Finley Family and rides run for 4-H’ers from 11:30 – 1:30pm sponsored by the Lawrence County Senior Fairboard.
• Advisors, please hold Thursday, June 26th, 8:00 – 4:00pm for Pass Pick Up Day! Reminder, members must complete their 5-meeting minimum requirement by July 1.

The Lawrence County Junior Fair requires ALL exhibitors to participate in Skillathon to be eligible to exhibit, show and sale their animal in the Junior Fair Sale. To help our youth be successful, we wanted to share the topics to study and some options for taking skillathon.

Large Animal Study Topics

• Feed Tag Questions – Be able to answer questions, similar to those provided in your 4-H project book.
• Quality Assurance – Good Production Practices (Provide Proper Animal Handling and Care, Maintain Proper Workplace Safety, and Practice Good Environmental Stewardship) Review Questions
• Terminology (example – dam, sire, gilt, steer, yearling, wether, etc) Definitions found in your resource book.
• Parts of Animal
• Feet & Leg Structure (Senior Division Only)
• Animal Tag/Tattoo Identifier/Identification Methods

Small Animal Study Topics

• Terminology (example – dam, sire, gilt, steer, yearling, wether, etc)  Definitions found in your resource book.
• ID Methods
• Quality Assurance – Good Production Practices (Provide Proper Animal Handling and Care, Maintain Proper Workplace Safety, and Practice Good Environmental Stewardship) Review Questions
• Feed Tag Questions – Be able to answer questions, similar to those provided in your 4-H project book.
• Parts of Animal
• Conformation (Rabbit Senior Division Only)

Dates to Complete Skillathon 

• Tuesday, June 24th, 10-12pm, Extension Office
•  Thursday, June 26th, 1-3pm, Extension Office
• Sunday, July 6th, 1-4pm, Fairgrounds