To participate in 4‑H or FFA at the Lancaster County Super Fair, youth MUST complete the following before Monday, June 15:
• Enrollment/Re‑enrollment in 4‑H Online
• Youth for Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) Certificates required for livestock exhibitors
• Animal IDs due for all 4‑H and FFA youth showing beef, bucket calf, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, goat and rabbits.
ENROLL/RE‑ENROLL ONLINE
All 4‑H members and leaders must enroll/re-enroll for the 2025–2026 4‑H year. (Note: Parent/guardian helpers do not need to enroll, only their participating children). The website to enroll or re-enroll is 4‑H Online at https://4honline.com. Only parents/guardians may enroll 4‑H youth. Each 4‑H household will need to initially set up a family profile where you will add the individual 4‑H youth and/or volunteers in your household. For returning families/volunteers, please do not create a new account — use your previous log-in credentials.
ENROLLING YOUTH
• The only required health information is regarding allergies and permission to treat.
• Response to “Image Permission,” yes or no, is required.
• Project selection is no longer required for each entry exhibited at county/state fair(s); however, each youth needs to select at least one project to complete online enrollment. Exceptions: Shooting Sports and Horse project participants MUST select these projects for the required safety permissions.
• Each youth must select a club, Lancaster Independent or FFA Chapter. 4‑H members who are not in a club or FFA chapter, will select “Lancaster Independent” under “Club.”
ENROLLING VOLUNTEERS
• 4‑H volunteers who enrolled or re-enrolled after Jan. 7 are required to complete Nebraska 4‑H’s new Volunteer Orientation in 4‑H Online.
YOUTH FOR THE QUALITY CARE OF ANIMALS (YQCA)
4‑H & FFA members participating in any of the following animal projects need to complete Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) training: beef (bucket calf, feeder calf, breeding beef, market beef), dairy cattle, goat (breeding meat goat, market meat goat, bottle meat goat, dairy/pygmy goat), poultry, rabbit, sheep (breeding sheep, market sheep), swine (breeding swine, market swine). In Lancaster County, youth may choose one of two options to complete their YQCA requirements:
• Complete online training at https://yqcaprogram.org. Cost is $12. For more information, visit https://4h.unl.edu/yqca.
• Attend an in-person training held Thursday, May 21 or Thursday, June 4, 6–7 p.m. at the Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County conference rooms, 444 Cherrycreek Road, Suite A, Lincoln. To sign up for in-person trainings, you must go to https://yqcaprogram.org before the training. The training will cost $3 payable by credit or debit card on the website. We cannot take payments in person; all families must register and pay online. Note: You will need to take a 5-question pre-test at https://yqcaprogram.org before attending. You must sign in as proof of attendance — certificates will be available online.
Send completed certificates to lancaster4h@unl.edu or Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County, 444 Cherrycreek Road, Suite A, Lincoln, NE 68528. If certificates are not submitted, 4‑H staff have no way of knowing if trainings have been completed.
ANIMAL IDS
• All 4‑H & FFA beef, bucket calf, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, goat and rabbit ID forms are due by June 15 to the Extension office or emailed to lancaster4h@unl.edu. Pick up tags and ID forms from Extension office (forms are also at https://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/fair/animals). DNA envelopes for the State Fair are also due June 15. NEW in 2026: Exhibitors planning to show the same animal at both the State Fair and the Aksarben Stock Show must submit two separate DNA envelopes.
• 4‑H poultry, dogs, cats and household pets do not require identification forms.
• 4‑H horse IDs du June 1.
If you have questions, contact 402‑441‑7180 or lancaster4h@unl.edu.
Accommodation requests for registration or attendance in 4‑H events and exhibits at the Lancaster County Super Fair may be directed to Karen Wobig at least two weeks prior to the program at lancaster@unl.edu or 402‑441‑7180. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet access needs.