Lancaster County 4-H/FFA livestock requirements remain the same as last year. The 2019 checklist is online at https://go.unl.edu/c8h9 and available at the Extension office.
2019 deadlines are:
• Jan. 29, 6–7 p.m. — Market Beef weigh-in at Lancaster Event Center – Pavilion 3
• April 15 — All market beef ID’s due
• May 14, 6–7 p.m. — Sheep and goat weigh-in at Lancaster Event Center – Pavilion 1
• June 15 — All market/breeding sheep, market/breeding meat goats, breeding & feeder calves, bucket calves, swine, rabbits, dairy cattle, dairy & pygmy goats identifications due to Extension office
• June 15 — Deadline to complete requirements for Youth for Quality Care of Animals
• June 15 — 4-H enrollment due online at https://ne.4honline.com, must list project(s) each member plans to enter at Super Fair
• June 18–July 1 — Animal entries for the Lancaster County Super Fair must be submitted online at https://lancaster.fairmanager.com between June 18 and July 1, 11:59 p.m. No late entries accepted.
• Aug. 10 — Nebraska State Fair animal entries due online at http://nebr.fairwire.com. Select whether showing in 4-H or FFA.
4-H/FFA youth enrolled in ANY of the following animal projects will 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, dairy goat)
• Poultry
• Rabbit
• Sheep (breeding sheep, market sheep)
• Swine (breeding swine, market swine)
The Aksarben Stock Show will transition to junior livestock show format in 2019 with no prerequisite of youth organization affiliation.