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Read identification instructions under each specie. | ||||||
Project Area | Identification Requirements AND Nomination Process | Deadline - | Pre-Entry Deadline | |||
County Fair Only | State Fair Only | Showing as FFA | County Fair | State Fair (Online by Family) | ||
BEEF | ||||||
| Market Beef | 4-H/FFA Tag | Registered Steers: EID Tag AND Tattoo OR Identification type that is accepted by the breed association AND DNA AND Online Nom; Commercial Steers: EID Tag AND DNA AND Online Nom | EID Tag AND DNA AND Online Nomination | Holt Co. - April 1 Boyd Co. & State - June 15 | Boyd Co. July 6 Holt Co. July 21 | August 10 |
| Second Year Bucket Calf | 4-H Tag | No Class | No Class | Holt Co. - April 1 Boyd Co. - June 15 | Boyd Co. July 6 Holt Co. July 21 | --- |
| Senior Breeding Heifers | Ranch Tag OR Tattoo | Registered Hfrs: Tattoo OR Identification type that is accepted by the breed association AND DNA AND Online Nom; Commercial Hfrs: Tattoo OR EID Tag AND DNA AND Online Nom | Tattoo OR EID Tag AND DNA AND Online Nomination | June 15 | Boyd Co. July 6 Holt Co. July 21 | August 10 |
| Junior Breeding Heifers | Ranch Tag OR Tattoo | Registered Hfrs: Tattoo OR Identification type that is accepted by the breed association AND DNA AND Online Nom; Commercial Hfrs: Tattoo OR EID Tag AND DNA AND Online Nom | Tattoo OR EID Tag AND DNA AND Online Nomination | June 15 | Boyd Co. July 6 Holt Co. July 21 | August 10 |
| Bull Calves | Ranch Tag OR Tattoo | No Class | Tattoo OR EID Tag AND DNA AND Online Nomination | June 15 | Boyd Co. July 6 Holt Co. July 21 | August 10 |
| Feeder Calves | 4-H/FFA Tag | EID Tag AND DNA AND Online Nomination | EID Tag AND DNA AND Online Nomination | June 15 | Boyd Co. July 6 Holt Co. July 21 | August 10 |
| First Year Bucket Calf | 4-H Tag | No Class | No Class | June 15 | Boyd Co. July 6 Holt Co. July 21 | --- |
| Cow/Calf Pair | Cow: Ranch Tag OR Tattoo. Calf: IF stocker feeder calf - 4-H/FFA Tag; IF jr.breeding heifer, bull calf or just as a cow/calf pair - Ranch tag OR tattoo. Must be I.D. on specific affidavit also. | No Class | No Class | June 15 | Boyd Co. July 6 Holt Co. July 21 | --- |
| YOUTH FOR THE QUALITY CARE OF ANIMALS - All exhibitors in beef, dairy cattle, dairy goats, meat goats, poultry, rabbits, sheep and swine must have went through Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) training or testing or high school agriculture education program prior to the fair. Completion of that training will be certified by an FFA advisor or county extension staff. CLOVER KIDS - Do not need Quality Assurance Training to show animals. 4-H/FFA TAGS - County 4-H/FFA tags cost $1.50 (make checks payable to UNL) EID/DNA/PREMISISES ID/ONLINE NOMINATIONS - EID Tags cost $3.00 (make checks payable to UNL); DNA - $7 per head (family will pay online with credit card or pay pal); ANY animal carrying an EID tag requires the exhibitor to obtain a Premises ID. ENTRIES DUE - Boyd County entries due by 4:00 pm and Holt County entries due by 4:30 pm on dates listed above. Please see Late Entry Policy regarding accepting late entries. | ||||||