Quality Assurance training for youth planning to exhibit market steers, market hogs, market lambs, market goats, market chickens, market rabbits, or lactating dairy cattle or dairy goat projects at the 2023 Pike County Fair must be completed by June 9, 2023. If you have not already tested out or completed your QA training for 2023, make a plan to get it done. There are two remaining opportunities offered by Pike County 4-H:
Tuesday, April 18, Rabbit and Poultry Clinic and QA at Pike County Fairgrounds Multi-Purpose Building, 5:30-6 p.m. – Registration; 6-8 p.m. – Clinic and QA
Thursday, April 20, 7 p.m. Zoom QA – Must pre-register at: http://go.osu.edu/pikeqaapril20reg
Other out-of-county and online options:
Thursday, April 13, 6 p.m. – Adams County QA at Adams County Fairgrounds
Monday, April 17, 4:30 p.m. Adams County QA at Adams County Fairgrounds
Wednesday, May 3, 5:30 p.m. Adams County QA at Adams County Fairgrounds
Wednesday, May 3, 6 p.m. Scioto County QA (Location still to be announced)
Online Youth Quality Care for Animals (YQCA) – For 2023, online YQCA https://yqcaprogram.org/ is an approved option to complete Quality Assurance training. The online course costs $12 per member and each child will be required to have a unique email address. A help sheet providing step by step instructions for families interested in utilizing this online option is available at https://yqcaprogram.org/local/pdf/YQCA_HelpDoc_GettingYourWBTCertification.pdf. The $12 fee associated with this option is not refundable, cannot be waived by, nor is it paid to OSU Extension Pike County. YQCA must also be completed by June 9 to be accepted.