DEPARTMENT SWINE
PREMIUMS: Purple-$8.50, Blue-$7.00, Red-$5.50, White-$4.00
- All swine must be identified by a 4-H ear tag recorded on an Identification Affidavit on file at the Extension Office by May 15. Hogs must be identified on the affidavit that is brought to fair. No changes or corrections will be allowed at the time of check-in. Entries that do not match these affidavits or hogs exhibiting freshly imprinted tattoos or notching will not be allowed to show. All Swine to be shown at State Fair must have hair sample for DNA on file. Deadline for DNA is the same as for ownership affidavits.
- No health papers are required. The status of the exhibitor’s swine herd must need the following requirement: Swine to be exhibited shall originate directly from a herd not under quarantine for pseudorabies.
- The county fair swine show will be a non-terminal show (this means swine exhibitors take their pigs home).
- NUMBER EXHIBITS PER EXHIBITOR-A 4-H member may enter, weigh, and show 3 market hogs. On the
- All clipping of pigs should be completed prior to arriving at county fair.
- Market hogs must weigh a minimum of 220 pounds and maximum live weight of 320 pounds.
- All light and heavy hogs will be allowed to show, but will not be eligible for champion awards.
- livestock entry sheet, make an entry for each animal that will be exhibited.
DIVISION 36 - MARKET SWINE
G036001. MARKET GILT (make one entry for each animal to be shown)
G036002. MARKET BARROW (make one entry for each animal to be shown)
G036003. PEN OF THREE MARKET SWINE
DIVISION 37 - BREEDING SWINE
- Two breeding gilts may be shown by an exhibitor.
- A gilt may not be shown in both market and breeding classes.
- Breeding gilt classes will be broken by weight. There will be no individual breed classes.
- Breeding gilts may not be used in the Pen of 3 Market Swine class.
G037001. BREEDING GILT