4-H & FFA Junior Fair

JANUARY 15

• Above & Beyond forms due
• Diamond Clover application due
• Year End Treasurer's Report due (submitted by club leaders)

FEBRUARY 22

• Market Beef Weigh-In (required for those wanting to participate in rate of gain competition)

MARCH 1

• Bad Weather Date for Market Beef Weigh-In

APRIL 1

• Communications Contest entries due
• ENROLL NOW to be included in all time sensitive fair correspondence

APRIL 15

• Youth & Adult Booster Scholarships due

MAY 1

• Music Contest entries due

JUNE 1

• Shooting Sports Contest entries due
• State Horse ID sheets due
• State Horse Show entries due (county only deadline is June 15)

JUNE 15

• ALL 4-H & FFA enrollment/re-enrollment DEADLINE
• Animal Deadlines
  • Animal ID & Entry entries due
  • Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) certification due
  • State Fair: Information due on https://showstockmgr.com. DNA envelopes for market AND breeding animals due to the Extension Office.
• Contest Deadlines
  • Fashion Show entry due (narrations due July 15)
  • Favorite Foods Revue entries due
  • Interview Judging Contest entries due
  • Companion Animal Contest entries due
• Scholarship Deadlines
  • Jean I. Nutzman Memorial Award applications due
  • 4-H Project Assistance Scholarships due

JULY 15

• Static Entries Due
• Fashion Show narrations due

AUGUST 1

• State Fair: Shopping in Style/Fashion Show entries due

AUGUST 10

• State Fair: Livestock Entries due by 8:00 p.m.

OCTOBER 1

• Achievement Applications due (achievement applications required for all Nebraska 4-H Foundation scholarships)
• Youth Booster Scholarships due

Please replace last year's fairbook with the new 2025 fairbook. Discard all old material and entry forms, and use the updated information. The updated Fairbook contains important changes/corrections and will be the Rules & Guidelines for the 2025 4-H year. Changes and corrections are highlighed in grey in the fairbook. Please pay close attention to those changes, as they may affect your project areas.

 Please contact the Extension Office with any questions at 402-245-4324. Individual fairbook sections can be accessed below. To download the complete fairbook, click HERE.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND RULES

• Deadlines
• Schedule
• 4-H Facts
• Awards
• General Rules & Regulations (including additional Ag Building and Livestock Rules)

CONTESTS

• Communications & Music
• Shooting Sports
• Fashion Show
• Favorite Foods Revue
• Companion Animal
• Interview Judging
• Livestock Judging
• Riding Mower, ATV, Tractor Driving
• Herdsmanship
• Round Robin

CLOVER KIDS

LIVESTOCK EXHIBITS

• Horse
• Swine
• Dairy Cattle
• Dairy Goat
• Meat Goat
• Sheep
• Rabbit
• Poultry
• Beef

STATIC EXHIBITS

• Clothing & Textiles
• Knitting & Crochet
• Quilt Quest
• Consumer Management
• Foods & Nutrition
• Citizenship
• Heritage
• Home Design & Restoration
• Visual Arts
• Photography
• Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM)
• Forestry
• Agronomy
• Horticulture
• Conservation & Wildlife
• Diverse

APPENDICES

To be eligible for the Richardson County 4-H & FFA Junior Fair, 4-H projects must be the result of the 4-H member's project since the last State Fair. The following are requirements to exhibit at the Junior Fair:

• 4-H and FFA members must be enrolled in Richardson County 4-H by June 15 of the current year. If enrollment is completed after June 15, members can participate but will not receive ribbons or premiums for their projects. Members may enroll in more than one county 4-H program, however, 4-H members may not exhibit the same project in multiple counties. 
• Exhibitors may exhibit in 4-H and/or FFA, but exhibitors CAN NOT exhibit the same animal in 4-H and FFA.
• In some project areas, divisions are divided by 4-H member age. The youths age is the age they were on December 31 of the prior year. Age divisions are as follows:
  • Clover Kids: 5-7 years of age
  • Junior Division: 8-10 years of age (13 years and under for areas where there is no intermediate division)
  • Intermediate Division: 11-13 years of age
  • Senior Division: 14-18 years of age (14 years and over for areas where there is no intermediate division)

Exhibits are required to be pre-entered, either online or by paper form. 

• Livestock MUST BE identified and pre-entered with the Extension Office by June 15. 
• Fair contests must be pre-entered by June 15. (Livestock Judging, Riding Mower, ATV, and Tractor Driving contests do not require pre-entry)
• Fashion Show must be pre-entered by June 15.
• Static exhibits must be pre-entered by July 15.

Livestock Exhibit ID & Entry Form     Static Exhibit Entry Form     Fair Contest Entry Form     Fashion Show Entry Form