Cheyenne County Pre-Fair Newsletter

Thursday, July 17

9:00 a.m. 4-H Fashion Show Judging

9:00 a.m. 4-H Clothing Construction Judging, Table Setting & Life Challenges Judging
Friday, July 18

5:00 a.m. Swine Carcass Contest Pigs will be weighed, loaded, and transported to Ovid Meats, Ovid, CO.

1:00 p.m. Swine Carcass Contest – Youth are encouraged to attend the measuring and judging of the swine carcasses at Ovid Meats, Ovid, CO

5:00 p.m. Livestock/4-H Building Cleanup & Set up – Fairgrounds; Pre-Fair Exhibitor and Family Meeting – Livestock Pavilion

Saturday, July 19

9:00 a.m. 4-H Working Ranch Horse, Dummy Roping- Arena, and Trail

Sunday, July 20

10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Open Class Horse Registration - Grandstands

12:00 p.m. Open Class Horse Show

1:00-4:00 p.m. Open Class Static Exhibit Registration

Monday, July 21

9:00 am 4 -H Horse Show- Arena

Noon – 4:00 p.m. Enter & judging of 4-H Static & General Exhibits – Exhibit Building

Tuesday, July 22

7:30 a.m. Weigh 4-H Swine - Scale in Swine Barn

8:30 a.m. Weigh 4-H Sheep & Meat Goat - Scale in Sheep Barn; Check in Breeding Ewes

9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Enter 4-H Rabbits & Poultry - Livestock Pavilion

9:30 a.m. Weigh 4-H Beef - Scale in Sheep Barn

9:30 a.m. Ultrasound, Market Beef – Livestock Pavilion

11:00 a.m. Check in 4-H Stocker/Feeder, Bucket Calves, and Breeding Heifers - Livestock Pavilion

1:00 p.m. Ultrasound Review- Livestock Pavilion

2:00 p.m. Judging Clinic

3:00 p.m. Livestock Judging Contest following Clinic

5:00 – 9:00 p.m. 4-H & Open Class Exhibits Open to the Public

Wednesday, July 23

9:00 a.m. 4-H/FFA Swine Show

11:00 a.m. 4-H/FFA Chicken and Rabbit Show following the Swine show

Thursday, July 24

All times are approximate, the shows will immediately follow each other so please plan accordingly.

8:30 a.m. Meet the Judge for 4-H Sheep and Goats – Livestock Pavilion

9:00 a.m. 4-H Sheep Show, 4-H Meat Goat, Dairy Goat, and Breeding Show - Livestock Pavilion (Shows will begin immediately after each other)

Open Class Sheep, Meat Goat & Dairy Goat Show - Livestock Pavilion

4:30 p.m. 4-H Group Picture Taken - Livestock Pavilion

6:00 p.m. 4-H Fashion Show & Award Presentation – Exhibit Building

Friday, July 25

All times are approximate, the shows will immediately follow each other so please plan accordingly.

7:45 a.m. Meet the Judge - Livestock Pavilion

9:00 a.m. 4-H Beef Showmanship – Senior, Intermediate, & Junior – Livestock Pavilion

FFA Beef Showmanship will follow immediately after the 4-H Showmanship

4-H Breeding Heifer Show – Livestock Pavilion

4-H Bucket Calf Show - Livestock Pavilion

4-H Stocker/Feeder Show - Livestock Pavilion

Open Class Beef Show including Bucket Calf, Stocker/Feeder, and Market & Breeding Show – Livestock Pavilion

1:00 p.m. 4-H/FFA Market Beef/Bred & Fed Shows - Livestock Pavilion

Round Robin Showmanship, (This will immediately follow the Beef Show.) - Livestock Pavilion

Noon - 9:00 p.m. 4-H & Open Class Exhibits Open to the Public

Saturday, July 26

9:00 a.m. 4-H Livestock Sale – Livestock Pavilion

Noon 4-H Appreciation Lunch – 4-H Building

Noon – 9:00 p.m. 4-H & Open Class Exhibits Open to the Public

Sunday, July 27

11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Release 4-H and Open Class Exhibits

Clean up Fairgrounds

Campers will be able to park at 5 p.m. Thursday July 17th, keep an eye out for a Facebook Post from the Fair Board.

Pre fair meeting in the Livestock Pavilion at 6:00 pm

Due to the Dance Competition Saturday morning, the Static Building cannot be fully set up until Saturday afternoon. The more hands, the faster set up will go and will help the extension office staff!

The Fair Book is live on our website, please reference this for each of your projects this year. You can either utilize the web version or print a pdf copy of the entire or part of the fair book.

Here are a few key changes that you should check out in the fair book:

• GOATS: NECK CHAINS & HALTERS - Goats are to be shown with either a halter, smooth neck chain, smooth or pronged collars only.
• SWINE: All market classes will be divided by weight. Minimum weight for market class is 230 lbs. Maximum is 320 lbs. Animals not meeting the weight requirements will be shown in premarket or overweight class. These animals will not be allowed to compete for champion, nor will the animal be allowed to sell. NO re-weighs will be allowed.

General Livestock Rules:

• All livestock exhibiting areas must be cleaned by exhibitors at least twice daily.

• If it is observed by the superintendents that a livestock pen has not been maintained to the expected standard, the superintendent will notify the exhibitor with a documented notice. Acknowledgement of the notice will be signed by the exhibitor, a parent or guardian of the exhibitor, a superintendent of that species, and a member of the 4-H Council. If an exhibitor is issued three notices for a species, they will lose the privilege to sell that species at the current Cheyenne County Fair. This disqualification will supersede the requirements for a Grand or Reserve Grand Champion animal.
• All livestock exhibitors must supply their own feed, hay, grain and bedding. Bedding must be approved wood shavings.

Pre-Fair entry forms are DUE to the office by 5:00 pm on MONDAY, JULY 7TH

This year there will be stricter enforcement of "herdsmanship" in the livestock pen areas. It has been added to the 4-H Fair book that all participants will be responsible for maintaining a clean and orderly area for their livestock. If the area of your livestock pen is not up to standard, see below, the superintendents of that species will notify you with a documented notice. The notice will be presented for a signature from the participant, their parent, a superintendent of the species, and a 4-H Council member. If any participant collects three notices, they will lose the privilege to sell that species of livestock at the Cheyenne County Fair. This disqualification from the sale will supersede the requirements for a Grand and Reserve Champion Market Animal.

Please turn in fashion show scripts by Monday, July 14th

Table Setting Contest will begin at 10:30 AM, so make sure that your tables are set and ready to go.

Life Challenges Judging will be set up in the open class building. Please take time to go over and compete in one more project!

Clothing and Quilting Static Exhibits will be judged this day!

This year we will have time slots by the letter of your last name. Please be at the fairgrounds at the beginning of your scheduled time. There will be tables set up where you can tag your exhibits. Please bring scotch tape and/or safety pins to attach your entry tags to your exhibits. You could also use the links below to complete your tags before fair. You will then go to the judge and take your items.

A THRU G: noon - 1:00 p.m.

H THRU M: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

M THUR Z: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Please read the fairbook carefully! Some projects require stories or additional information. Without that information, projects are docked a ribbon placing. The Data Entry Cards are available on our website, link below, under Non-Livestock Project Resources. Don't want to print out? No problem, stop by or call the office and we will get you some cards!!

You may pick up all of your projects on Sunday, July 27th from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Please stay and help us clean up the static building! Linda cannot move everything on her own!

The Extension Office Staff are here to serve you!

Use our website (click the extension photo) as a valuable resource for information on Beef Systems, Community Environment, Rural Prosperity Nebraska, Crop and water systems, Food Nutrition and Health, and The Learning Child.

Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United States Department of Agriculture.

The 4-H Youth Development program abides with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Telephone: 308-254-4455

Address: PO Box 356, 920 Jackson Street, Sidney, NE 69162

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