MONROE - All Green County 4-H and FFA members who wish to exhibit barrows in the Green County Fair Junior Swine Show must have their pigs identified and weighed from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 27, at the Green County Fairgrounds on the north end of the swine barn.
Each exhibitor can identify a maximum of five barrows for the 2010 Green County Fair. Barrows will be on test a period of 115 days. The recommended weight for barrows on March 27 would be in the range of 50-60 pounds. The maximum weight for barrows to be identified is 70 pounds and the suggested minimum weight is 25 pounds. Barrows must weigh at least 225 pounds by the fair to show and at least 235 to sell in the Green County fair livestock auction.
Each barrow will be weighed and identified with official U.S.D.A. radio frequency ear tags that contain a computer chip with information about each pig. To help eliminate the threat of disease transmission exhibitors will be responsible for handling and holding their own pigs during the weigh-in. Market Gilts are not required to be identified at this weigh-in.
Green County swine exhibitors must be certified in the Meat Animal Quality Assurance Program prior to June 1 to be eligible to exhibit swine at the Green County Fair. Swine exhibitors who need to be certified or recertified must attend one of the two certification sessions that will be conducted in Green County. The sessions will be held May 8 at the Green County Justice Center, Monroe, and May 18 at the Juda Community Center. Swine exhibitors will be able to sign up and register for the training session of their choice at the March 27 swine weigh-in.
Before the pigs can be weighed and identified, exhibitors and a parent will both be required to sign affidavits at the weigh-in stating that their pigs originated in the U.S. as part of the new County of Origin Labeling (COOL) law. Most Green County Swine Exhibitors purchase their animals from someone else. If you purchase your project animal, you should obtain a Country of Origin affidavit from the seller. Retain this affidavit for your own records. This provides additional evidence of the validity of the Country of Origin affidavit that the exhibitor passes to the buyer of their project animal.
Swine exhibitors are also required to have a Wisconsin intrastate movement certificate stating that the herd of origin has been inspected for disease within 30 days of the county fair by a veterinarian. This certificate must be turned in to the swine superintendants when the pigs are brought to the fair this summer.
Barrows that will be exhibited at the Wisconsin State Fair will not be identified at the county weigh-in. State Fair barrows must get identified at one of the regional identification sites. The two closest state fair identification sites to Green County this year will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on April 17 at both the Rock County and Iowa County fairgrounds. For more information contact Mark Mayer, UW-Extension Agriculture Agent at (608) 328-9440.
Each exhibitor can identify a maximum of five barrows for the 2010 Green County Fair. Barrows will be on test a period of 115 days. The recommended weight for barrows on March 27 would be in the range of 50-60 pounds. The maximum weight for barrows to be identified is 70 pounds and the suggested minimum weight is 25 pounds. Barrows must weigh at least 225 pounds by the fair to show and at least 235 to sell in the Green County fair livestock auction.
Each barrow will be weighed and identified with official U.S.D.A. radio frequency ear tags that contain a computer chip with information about each pig. To help eliminate the threat of disease transmission exhibitors will be responsible for handling and holding their own pigs during the weigh-in. Market Gilts are not required to be identified at this weigh-in.
Green County swine exhibitors must be certified in the Meat Animal Quality Assurance Program prior to June 1 to be eligible to exhibit swine at the Green County Fair. Swine exhibitors who need to be certified or recertified must attend one of the two certification sessions that will be conducted in Green County. The sessions will be held May 8 at the Green County Justice Center, Monroe, and May 18 at the Juda Community Center. Swine exhibitors will be able to sign up and register for the training session of their choice at the March 27 swine weigh-in.
Before the pigs can be weighed and identified, exhibitors and a parent will both be required to sign affidavits at the weigh-in stating that their pigs originated in the U.S. as part of the new County of Origin Labeling (COOL) law. Most Green County Swine Exhibitors purchase their animals from someone else. If you purchase your project animal, you should obtain a Country of Origin affidavit from the seller. Retain this affidavit for your own records. This provides additional evidence of the validity of the Country of Origin affidavit that the exhibitor passes to the buyer of their project animal.
Swine exhibitors are also required to have a Wisconsin intrastate movement certificate stating that the herd of origin has been inspected for disease within 30 days of the county fair by a veterinarian. This certificate must be turned in to the swine superintendants when the pigs are brought to the fair this summer.
Barrows that will be exhibited at the Wisconsin State Fair will not be identified at the county weigh-in. State Fair barrows must get identified at one of the regional identification sites. The two closest state fair identification sites to Green County this year will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on April 17 at both the Rock County and Iowa County fairgrounds. For more information contact Mark Mayer, UW-Extension Agriculture Agent at (608) 328-9440.
