4-H/FFA members showing market beef, market sheep, market swine, meat and dairy goats, dairy cattle, poultry and rabbits at the Super Fair, State Fair or AKSARBEN must complete Quality Assurance Training by June 15. Livestock exhibitors showing only breeding animals and horse exhibitors do not have to complete it.
Lancaster County 4-H will offer a free QA face-to-face training on Thursday, June 1, 6–7 p.m. at the Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherrycreek Road. Pre-register by calling
402-441-7180 by May 30.
Nebraska 4-H’s new Quality Assurance online curriculum “Youth for the Quality Care of Animals” (YQCA) at http://yqca.learngrow.io started on March 31. Use your family 4HOnline login and password information to access the courses. Only ACTIVE members will show in the drop down menu for access to the course. There is a new fee structure of $12. All 4-H’ers need to use the 4-H tab and not the FFA tab even if they are members of both organizations. If you have forgotten your password, there is a place to reset it. All YQCA registration questions must go to help@yqca.org.
4-H’ers who started their QA training in the Livestock Quality Assurance online course before March 31 will be able to complete their modules and print their completion certificates. Certificates must be turned into the Extension office.