Keith-Arthur 4-H at County Fair

Please stop back - 2025 fair information is coming soon!  SAVE THE DATES: Keith County Fair is July 28-August 2nd, 2025

We are excited to watch you showcase your hard work during the 2025 Fairs!

Please call the KEITH-Arthur Counties Extension Office (308-284-6051) or email, keith-county@unl.edu, if you have specific questions.

Schedule of Events - Keith County Fair July 23-29, 2024

• <Link schedule doc or flyers>
• Pending: 4-H Exhibitor Letter
• Livestock Ethics Affidavit

4-H Projects

• Projects provide the basis of the 4-H program by offering various educational experiences. Carrying out a project will help the member "learn by doing" as well as learn "why" things happen the way they do.  For more on projects, visit https://4h.unl.edu/projects.

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County & State Fair Livestock Resources

Exhibiting livestock at the Keith County Fair requires ID sheets, Quality Assurance, Premise IDs, and Pre-fair entries (pay for bedding). 

Quality Assurance - All QA has to be done by June 15 in order to show at county and state fair.
EVERYONE showing Beef, Swine, Sheep, Goats, Dairy, state fair Poultry, county fair broilers and production turkeys, and state fair Rabbits need to have their quality assurance training in order to show at the Keith County Fair and the Nebraska State Fair.  Please give the Extension Office your certificates of completion so we can get you checked off.  For more information on YQCA requirements and testing, please click here.  To complete the annual training, visit https://yqcaprogram.org/.

Premise ID - All Market animals will need to have a Premise ID on file with the Extension Office.  Please go to https://nda.nebraska.gov/adt/premises.html to obtain a Premise ID.  Please contact the Extension Office once you have received your Premise ID.

State Fair
State Fair Animal Nomination/Identification Requirements

State Fair Online Nominations  through Show Stock Manager are due online by June 15.  All DNA envelopes need to be handed into the county office by June 15 to show at State Fair.

Step-by-Step Instructions for Nominating State Fair Livestock

State Fair 4-H Exhibitor Entry Limits

How to pull DNA for: Cattle, Swine and Sheep/Goat.

ID Sheets are due June 15

• Market Beef
• Breeding Beef
• Feeder Calf
• Bucket Calf
• Dairy
• Market Swine
• Breeding Gilt
• Market Sheep
• Breeding Sheep
• Market Goat
• Breeding Doe
• Dairy Goat
• Rabbit
• Poultry
• Horse

Market Beef
Breeding Beef
Feeder Calf
Bucket Calf
Companion Cat
Dairy Cattle
Dog
Market Goat
Breeding Doe
Dairy Goat
Horse
Rabbit
Market Sheep
Breeding Sheep
Market Swine