Month: April 2022

REMINDER: Market Lamb Sale

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The 3rd Annual Licking County Market Lamb Sale will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at the Hartford Fair Swine Barn. Please reach out to Tom Wolford at 740-334-9713 with questions to to consign. You can check out the flier here or view it below.

Small Ruminant Producer Meeting

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Attention Goat Project members:

OSU Large Animal Services in Marysville is conducting a Small Ruminant Producer Meeting on April 14, 2022 at 7:00pm. The portion about keeping your goats free of urinary blockages and stones could be especially helpful to goat project members.  Please see the flyer for contact info and additional information.

Checking Projects and Making Project Changes

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We encourage you to check your enrollment in 4-HOnline to make sure that your club(s) and project(s) are correct. To check your enrollment, first log into http://oh.4honline.com and click “View” next to the member’s name. Then, click “Enrollment” along the left-hand side of the page. There are several things that you will want to check on this page…

  • Check to ensure you are enrolled in the correct club(s).
  • Check to ensure your projects are correct.
  • If you are in more than one club… please check to ensure that each project is entered under the correct club.

If corrections need made, please reach out to Adrienne (anderson.1410@osu.edu) and include the member’s name and what needs corrected.

PLEASE NOTE: One of the sections under your enrollment lists training you have completed. Quality Assurance is listed under that heading but it does not list the date it was completed. LAST YEAR’S QUALITY ASSURANCE TRAINING WILL SHOW UP UNDER THAT LIST AS A COMPLETED TRAINING. Please do not assume that means you have completed QA for this year. We have not entered any member’s QA training for this year into the system yet so the training you will see reflects the 2021 training. If you are enrolled in a livestock project, please be sure you are either signed up for a Licking County QA training, have attended/plan to attend a training given at a local clinic or statewide event, or have/plan to complete the online YQCA training before June 1st. You can check this by clicking on the “Training” tab along the left side of the page, a 2022 QA training will have a 2021-2022 date. If the date is listed as 2020-2021, that is the 2021 training.

Quality Assurance: 2022 Licking County 4-H/FFA QA Sign-Up

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Licking County Livestock Project Members (beef | dairy | dairy feeder | goat | poultry | rabbit | sheep | swine)…

BACKGROUND: All members in the above-listed projects are required to complete a Livestock Quality Assurance (QA) training on an annual basis in order to exhibit in Junior Fair programs such as the Hartford Fair and Ohio State Fair. You will find details below allowing you to complete the QA requirement for 2022. As a reminder, this requirement pertains to all livestock project members, as well as at least one Club Advisor from each club containing a member enrolled in livestock projects. Training must be completed by no later than June 1st.

As you plan to complete your QA requirement in 2022, you’ve got TWO primary options!

  • Attend an online QA training offered by Licking County Extension Office
  • Participate in the YQCA national training program online
  • …or you may have obtained your training through an OCA BEST Show, Ohio Beef Expo, or other training external to Licking County, offered since October 2021, that meets your requirement for this year.
  • …or you may have tested out in 2020 (ages 15-18, passed test), which covers your requirement for this year.

LICKING COUNTY ONLINE TRAINING REGISTRATION…

To sign-up for one of the online trainings offered in Licking County, simply go to https://go.osu.edu/QASignUp2022, and complete the registration form, at which time you’ll choose your preferred session. Please notice that all sessions are species-specific. Make your selection carefully… Sessions will fill to a capacity of 65 families on a first-come, first-served basis. You’ll receive an email confirmation right away (within 2-3 minutes), then the zoom link and handouts will come approximately 24 hours in advance of your training. If you DON’T RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION, check your spam/junk email folder first – it may be there! If not there either, you can reach out to Lisa (mccutcheon.46@osu.edu) right away, as you likely typed your email address incorrectly. You can view complete information pertaining to Quality Assurance requirements for 2022, as well as the complete list of dates, online here. All advisors and members may only register for ONE session, as space is limited. We also ask that if members of a family are planning to attend the same sessions, that they all register through the same login – complete registration one time, but add all names in the box provided. If you must cancel or changes sessions, please email mccutcheon.46@osu.edu so that we can make adjustments to allow space for someone else.

YQCA ONLINE TRAINING….

Online training is available through the Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) web-based program. The program is typically offered at a cost of $12 per youth member. You can find additional details online at http://yqca.org/. You must first purchase a Coupon Code (registration fee) to complete the training. You’ll find those instructions behind the “Buy Coupon” tab, at the top of the page. You can submit the order form by email or mail – but don’t wait until the last minute to choose this option, as the payment process takes a little time. Once you have the Coupon Code, you can log in to the YQCA system, and complete the appropriate training modules. All 4-H members will use their 4honline username and password to login, while those who are FFA members will login through a separate link on the same login page.  Upon completion of certification, you need to email mccutcheon.46@osu.edu so that we will know that you have completed the training (We would also suggest notifying your 4-H / FFA Advisor). We will them remove you from the list of those who still need to complete QA training for the 2022 project/fair year. This online certification is a great option for many of you who wish to go ahead and get your training out of the way early, as well as those who wait until the last minute, when all other trainings have already been held. (Note: YQCA is NOT intended for use by 4-H / FFA advisors).

TEST OUT…

If you tested out in 2020 as a age 15-18 member (only 16 individuals), we have record of your test and you will automatically receive credit for this year. We will not be offering the test-out option in 2022 due to the difficulties experienced in doing so during 2020 and the very few members who took advantage of this option.

EXTERNAL TRAINING…

If you attended a training outside of Licking County, we’d encourage you to pass along proof of attendance to mccutcheon.46@osu.edu, to ensure that you receive credit. Most training hosts will share attendance records, but there’s always a chance that they do not. By you sharing your proof of attendance, it ensures that you receive the appropriate credit.

Important Poultry Project Update on Avian Influenza

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With the discovery of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza or “bird flu” in Franklin County, the Ohio Department of Agriculture and OSU Extension have issued best practices for poultry owners. At this time, NO decision has been made regarding bird exhibitions at county or state levels. Should there be changes/limitations on showing poultry at the county or state level, that information will be shared widely when available. We encourage ALL families to follow enhanced biosecurity practices for the well-being of their flock. Find resources and updates at https://ohio4h.org/animalsciences/poultry

IMPORTANT: Members who are enrolled in ONLY poultry projects are highly encouraged to contact our office to add at least one non-poultry project to their enrollment in case the decision is made to not allow poultry projects to show at the county and/or state level. Members must make this project addition by APRIL 30th. Members can call our office at 740-670-5315 or email Adrienne Anderson at anderson.1410@osu.edu to have project(s) added to their enrollment (117M Market Beef project is not eligible to be added since the weigh-in for this project has already occurred).

Helpful Resources:

ODA Biosecurity Update

OSU Extension Avian Influenza brochure

4-H Clothing Project Help Sessions

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Are you sew ready to get started on your 4-H clothing projects? Get help from the experts! 4-H Master Clothing Educator volunteers are offering three different Zoom sessions. Register at the links below!

April 18, 2022 at 6:30pm – Beginner level: go.osu.edu/beginnerlevelsewingproject2022
April 25, 2022 at 6:30pm – Intermediate level: go.osu.edu/intermediatelevelsewing2022
May 2, 2022 at 6:30pm – Advanced Level: go.osu.edu/advancedlevelsewingproject2022

YQCA Training Open for Online Quality Assurance Option

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For members who wish to complete the Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) online training in place of attending a traditional Quality Assurance (QA) training, the new YQCA site is now available. While members are encouraged to attend one of the fourteen FREE QA trainings that are being offered in Licking County, YQCA offers an additional opportunity for members to meet their annual requirement in order to show livestock at the Hartford Fair and/or Ohio State Fair. Please follow the instructions HERE to create an account and complete the training if you wish to do so. Once completed, please save a copy of your certificate of completion and email it to Lisa McCutcheon at mccutcheon.46@osu.edu so we can mark your QA requirement complete.

PLEASE NOTE: there is a monetary cost per member to complete this training whereas the county trainings are free. Please use whatever option works best for your family.