Boone County Fair Information

Niewohner Arena, Boone County Fairgrounds, Albion, Nebraska
2025 4-H Story and Picture Story

Please submit your 4-H Story, and you will successfully complete your 4-H year to be eligible for membership pins.

2025 Boone County Fair is July 12-16
Static and Horse Event Fair Entries Due June 16, 2025 at 4:30 pm

We will NOT be using the online entry procedure for the County Fair due to rising cost of making the online program available to the public. Please use the fillable form below, or stop in the office for an entry form.

4-H Food Preservation Cards
Photography Data Tags
Clothing Design Data Cards

Attach Clothing Design Data Card to:

  • Beyond the Needle C221003 through C221008
  • STEAM 2 & 3 Upcycled Garment and Accessory Classes C222003 & C222004
  • STEAM 3 Upcycled Garment and Accessory Classes C223001 & C223002
Fashion Show
Fiber Arts Data Card
Home Environment Supporting Information
Visual Arts Supporting Information
County Fair Animal IDs due Thursday, May 15

Animal ID forms must be submitted to the Extension Office by May 15 to be eligible for County Fair for Market Beef, Breeding Beef, Feeder Calf, Bucket Calf, Market Lamb, Breeding Sheep, Swine, Market Goat, Breeding Doe, Dairy Goat, Dairy, Rabbit, and Horse. ID forms are available here, or at the Extension Office. Ear tags are also available at the office. 

Poultry do not need to be ID’d. Cats and dogs only need a vaccination record from the Vet showing that they are current on Vaccinations. 

Livestock Entries due Tuesday, July 1, 2025

As noted above, we will not be using the online entry procedure for the County Fair. Please complete the fillable form below, or stop in the office for a copy. Please include horse stalls needed.

Bucket Calf Record
County Fair Deadline Policy

Remember both the Boone & Nance County 4-H Councils have passed a motion to help curtail county fair entry tardiness.

Late County Fair General entries of up to one week after the deadline will be accepted with a paid fee of $5.00 per work day. No late general fair entries will be accepted after one week. Individuals will need to make their appeal to their respective 4-H Council after one week.

Entries for county fair livestock (beef, sheep, swine, dairy and goat) are due closer to the respective county fair.

The above livestock entries are due in the Boone County Office by July 1. A late fee of $5.00 per project day will be assessed after the deadline. No entries accepted after July 3.

State Fair Entries

State Fair Website: https://statefair.org/competitions-participate/competitions/4-h-ffa-exhibitors

Go to this link to enter In-Person non-livestock Contests (Fashion Show, Robotics Showcase, Contests, and Presentations) and Livestock Entries (beef, sheep, swine, goats, poultry, and rabbits) https://nebr.fairwire.com/ by 8:00 pm central time on August 10.

For Static Entries, bring the items to the Extension Office between August 8 and August 13, and entries will be made by Extension Staff. 

Food and Floriculture/Horticulture should call or email the Extension Office by August 13 and let us know what you will be bringing (all options), so the entries can be made. Bring your actual items to the Office on August 19 by noon, as we will be transporting the exhibits to Grand Island at that time.

County Fair Exhibitor Guide
Static ExhibitsLive AnimalsContestsFFA
Agronomy, Field Crops, Weed ScienceNational Code of Show Ring EthicsFashion ShowAg Education
Booths & Club Exhibits4-H & FFA County Fair PoliciesFavorite Foods Review, Culinary ChallengeIndustrial Arts
CitizenshipLivestock Herdsmanship, Educational Displays, ShowmanshipJudging, Skill, & Identification Contests 
Clover KidsBeefMusic Contest 
Conservation & WildlifeSheepPresentation & Speech Contests 
Consumer EducationSwinePremier Science Award 
EntomologyDairy  
EntrepreneurshipGoats  
Foods, Nutrition, & Food PreservationHorse  
ForestryPoultry  
HeritageRabbits  
Home Design & RestorationCats  
Horticulture, FloricultureDogs  
Human DevelopmentOther Pet or Small Animal  
Knitting, Crochet, & WeavingRound Robin Showmanship  
Leadership & Personal Development   
Model Building   
Photography   
Posters, News - Secretary Books, Misc, Camp-Workshop Exhibits   
Quilt Quest   
Range Management   
Safety   
STEM General RulesSTEM ComputersSTEM Electricity 
STEM EnergySTEM GeospatialSTEM Robotics 
STEM Rockets & DronesSTEM WeldingSTEM Woodworking 
Shooting Sports   
Special Exhibit Projects   
Textiles & Apparel   
Veterinary Science   
Visual Arts