4-H Youth Development
Updates & Deadlines
Included will be updated information as well as deadlines/reminders that apply to all livestock & companion animal groups.
Buy Local & Support a 4-H Youth Market Livestock Exhibitor!
Don't miss your opportunity to support a 4-H Youth Market Livestock Exhibitor at the 2010 Portage County Randolph Junior Fair Market Livestock Sale! The Portage County Junior Fair Market Livestock Sale Committee has a new brochure that can help you, your buyers and even new buyers in purchasing locally raised meat from the annual junior fair market livestock auction. CLICK HERE to learn how and what's involved!
New Animal Welfare Resource Materials
Listed below are links for two new informational resource brochures on the topic of animal welfare. One is a guide brochure for youth exhibitors and one is a guide for adult leaders. Please do your part to ensure that our youth exhibitors, volunteers, and 4-H families are well informed!
Adult Leader's Guide to Animal Welfare at Fairs and Exhibitions
Reminders!!
The Portage County 4-H Junior Fair Beef, Sheep and Swine Committees
Quality Assurance
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Quality Assurance is a mandatory training for all Food Animal Projects! Letters will be sent out to all returning 4-H members after March 1st! Copies of the letter and resources are available at:
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Remember, if you did not attend a Quality Assurance program prior to the June 1st required deadline, you will not be permitted to exhibit your food animal project at this year's Portage County Randolph Fair or the Ohio State Fair!
Portage County Livestock & Companion Animal 4-H Club Websites
Livestock Companion Animal
Have a website for your livestock or companion animal 4-H club? Send your site address or a link via email to neikirk.2@osu.edu and we'll post it to this page!
Market Animal Weight Recommendations provided as an educational courtesy of the OSU Extension Animal Sciences Strategic Advisory Committee
Piedmont 4-H Shooting Sports Camp
