4-H News this Week - April 5-11th
Virtual Skill-a-thon contest
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Vet Science Project FUN for youth and adults
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Kaufman County Major
Show Tag Orders/Validation Info
- Online
Tag Order (click on the "Event Registration" tab; FFA please use
the FFA link//4-H please use the 4-H link)
Fall, 2021 State
Fair of Texas and Major Steer Validation Dates
Steer and Heifer Tag/UIN Ordering
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Orders Open: April 1st
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Last day for REGULAR Tag Orders: April 15th
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Last day for LATE Tag Orders: June 20th
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Validation fee for Steers
- $25 per head April
1-April 15
- $30 per head April
16-June 23
o Payment due
with tag orders
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Validation fee for Heifers
o $15 per
head uploaded by July 8
- Payment
will be due at the time of physical validation
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Deadline for validating all steers and heifers
will be June 30, 2021. The actual site and date of validations will be
posted later in May, 2021.
o NOTE: Steers can ONLY Be
Validated ONCE!!! MUST VALIDATE in JUNE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FALL, 2021 &
Spring, 2022 Major Shows!!!!!
Goat
and Lamb Tag Ordering – State Fair (ONLY) The
State Fair of Texas is requiring validation for registered breeding sheep,
registered breeding goats, wether/commercial dams, and wether/commercial does.
- Orders Open: April 1st
- Last day for REGULAR Tag Orders: April 15th
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Last day for LATE Tag Orders: June 20th
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Validation fee for Goat and Lamb
o $20 per head April 1 – April 15
o $25 per head April 16 – June 20
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Actual physical validation will take place in
June - The date and place will be posted later in May
NEW: Roll-over
Breeding Sheep and Breeding Goat program
Who does this impact? Registered
breeding sheep, registered breeding goats, wether/commercial dams, and
wether/commercial does ONLY
Who does this NOT
impact? Market lambs and market goats
What does this mean? Beginning
June 1, 2021, registered breeding sheep, registered breeding goats,
wether/commercial dams, and wether/commercial does will have 3 total years of
eligibility UNLESS A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP TAKES PLACE.
This will be offered during major
show validation as
well. Put plainly- if you validate for State Fair during the June 2021 validation period,
your validation will
be eligible until June 2024, unless a change of ownership occurs during that
time- then you must re-validate. If you validate during the October 2021 validation period for
major shows, your validation will
be eligible until October 2024, unless a change of ownership occurs during that
time- then you must re-validate.
Swine
Tag Ordering
– State Fair and Heart of Texas (ONLY)
- Orders Open: April 1st
- Last day for REGULAR Tag Orders: April 15th
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Last day for LATE Tag Orders: June 5th
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Validation fee for Swine
o $20 per head April 1 – April 25
o $25 per head April 26 – June 5
Deadline for validating all pigs will be June 30, 2021. Time and Place will be posted later at the beginning of June
- Purebred (registered gilts)
must be validated. Date of ownership, transfer and registration must all
be on or before June 30, 2021.
- Purebred (registered gilts)
must have registration papers uploaded into the validation system
by July 15, 2021.
- Crossbred gilts showing at the
State Fair of Texas and Heart of Texas MUST be validated.
- State Validation tags
must be in the pigs ear when it enters the holding pens. This means tags
cannot be in the hand or pocket. Any pig entering the holding pen without
a tag will not be allowed to show.
