4-H/FFA Livestock Info

ENROLLMENT FOR ALL AND ANY FAIR PARTICIPATION

Exhibitors will be required to enroll in 4-H and the required projects by June 15 in 4H Online to participate in County and State Fair.

June 15 is a Saturday so June 14 is better!!

4-H/FFA Livestock Info - due June 15

YQCA

Exhibitors will be required to complete Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) for those enrolled in 4-H/FFA, all Livestock including: Beef, Goats, Poultry, Rabbit, Sheep and Swine by June 15.

YQCA is available as an online or face-to-face program for youth everywhere in the United States. We will be using the same website as last year (even with all of it’s glitches) https://yqcaprogram.org/.

BUT EVERYONE MUST REGISTER HERE: https://yqcaprogram.org

Requirements:

Online – 3 modules @ $12 total (to receive full certification you must complete 3)

OR Face-2-Face training @ $3 total 

OR Test Out for Intermediate @ $36 or Senior @ $48

Any traditional 4-H member (8-18) in your family that is enrolled in a beef, goat, poultry, rabbit, sheep and/or swine project must be certified to show at county and state fair! The deadline for completion to be eligible to show at the Burt County Fair is June 15th! If you have questions please contact us!

Here are some assistances for completing the process. https://yqcaprogram.org/local/youth_parents.php 

  • Remember, we learned last year that you have to register for the course, take a pre-test. AND then take a post-course survey before you can access your certificate (which is the part we need).

Tagging/Tattooing

(Burt County Tagging (2024) & 4-H State Fair Livestock (2024))

  • Livestock tags required for Market Beef, Feeder Calves, Bucket Calves, Market/Breeding Swine (NEW FOR 2024).
  • Tattoos required for Registered Breeding Beef and Rabbits, optional for Commercial Breeding Beef (if not EID tagged)
  • Scrapies tags required for Market/Breeding Goats and Market/Breeding Sheep 

ID Sheets/Affidavits

Required for County Fair for the following:

State Fair - Online Nominations & DNA

Eligible Livestock 4-Hers (4-H age: 8+ NEW FOR 2024)

Online nominations & DNA envelopes for ALL Livestock including: Beef, Goats, Sheep and Swine are due June 15th (needed to be eligible to show at State Fair).  Please reference enclosed document for nomination requirements. All nominated and validated animals will be automatically listed as a choice option for entry registration. Families will pay for nominations online.

  • Nominations through Show Stock Manager, https://showstockmgr.com/ - due June 15
  • DNA envelopes to Extension Office – due June 15

The following species must be nominated & have DNA envelopes to exhibit at the State Fair:

  • Market Beef
  • Registered Breeding Beef
  • Commercial Breeding Beef
  • Feeder Calf
  • Market Swine
  • Breeding Swine
  • Market Sheep
  • Breeding Sheep
  • Market Goats
  • Breeding Goats

*Please note a female beef, goat, sheep and swine animals can be nominated for both breeding and market for State Fair so long as all online nominations and payments are completed. * 

It is highly important that your county affidavits be accurate for breeding animals, as this is what your online nominations will be validated against.

 Instructions for the nomination process can be found here: https://4h.unl.edu/livestock-id.

Simply go to https://showstockmgr.com/ to start the process.

Below is the information from the DNA envelopes that you will need for nomination:

  • Exhibitor Name
  • Species
  • EID Tag Number
  • Visual Tag
  • Animal Gender
  • Weigh In Date
  • Starting Weight
  • Premise ID

 For information about Aksarben questions please refer to their website. https://www.aksarbenstockshow.com/  DNA for strictly Aksarben is due July 1st at 5pm.  

FAQ:

  • Will a family have to submit DNA and pay twice for an animal to be eligible for both State Fair and the Aksarben Stock Show?
    • YES *NEW FOR 2024* the Aksarben Stock Show online nomination system will be different than Show Stock Manager. 4-H/FFA families who want to be nominated for both NSF and Aksarben will only need to submit one DNA envelope but will now have to submit the online nomination in two different databases.

Let us know if you have questions.