All Market Hogs intended to be shown at the Hartford Fair MUST UPLOAD THREE PHOTOS in to FairEntry by no later than May 15, 2025. One photo must be a side view of the animal, the second should be a front view, and the third must be a photo where the ear tag is in the hog’s ear and readable. Instructions are provided on the Hartford Fair website HERE. At the time of uploading photos, additional information such as the official RFID tag number, barrow or gilt, and animal markings description will be needed. A member may ID up to four hogs.
Members must also submit a Swine Tagging Form to the Hartford Fair Office by May 15, 2025. It is preferred that the tag be placed in the hog’s right ear when possible. This form is a fillable PDF and can be dropped off, mailed, or emailed to the Hartford Fair Office.
If a member’s hog is not housed at their home or at a property owned by their parent/guardian, they must also submit a Swine Housing Form. This form is also due to the Hartford Fair Office by May 15, 2025.
If you need an 840 tag for your hog, those can be purchased from the Hartford Fair Office for $5. Taggers are also available for you to borrow to tag your hogs. If exhibitors already have their own 840 tags, they may use those. If your hog already has an 840 tag in its ear, DO NOT tag them with a second 840 tag! Hogs should NEVER be tagged with more than one 840 tag.
A few things to note…
- DO NOT submit your Market Hog IDs in 4-HOnline. Any photos submitted there will NOT meet the requirements and those hogs will not be eligible to show at the fair. ALL Market Hog IDs must be submitted through hartfordfair.fairentry.com.
- When logging into FairEntry, if you have a youth project member enrolled through 4-HOnline, you will use the same email and password to log into the GREEN 4-HOnline box at hartfordfair.fairentry.com. If your youth is ALSO in FFA, you will still log in this way. If you have a youth who is enrolled in 4-H and another youth who is enrolled in FFA, you will still log in this way. Cloverbud Members and Advisors do NOT import into the FairEntry system.
- If your youth is ONLY enrolled in FFA, you will need to login/create a profile using the BLUE FairEntry box below the 4-HOnline box.
- Please do not wait until the last minute and reach out to Adrienne at anderson.1410@osu.edu if you have issues logging into FairEntry or submitting your IDs. Any questions about purchasing tags, borrowing the taggers, tagging your hogs, or the additional forms should be directed to the Hartford Fair Office at 740-893-4881.
- If you are a 4-H member who is enrolled through Delaware County, you will need to wait to complete the FairEntry portion of this process until after April 22nd. With your enrollment deadline having just passed, we haven’t been able to import your profiles into FairEntry just yet.