MONROE - The Green County Fair Junior Swine Show weigh-in will be conducted at the Green County Fairgrounds on the north end of the swine barn from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 26. All Green County 4-H and FFA members who wish to exhibit barrows must have their pigs identified and weighed.
Each exhibitor can identify a maximum of five barrows for the 2011 Green County Fair. Barrows will be on test for a period of 115 days. The recommended weight for barrows on March 26 is 50 to 60 pounds. The maximum weight for barrows to be identified is 75 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 an official U.S.D.A. radio frequency ear tag that contains 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 on Saturday, May 14 at the Green County Justice Center, Monroe, and Tuesday, May 24 at the Juda Community Center. Swine exhibitors will be able to sign up and register for the training session of their choice at the swine weigh-in on March 26.
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 superintendents when the pigs are brought to the fair this summer. If pigs are secured outside of Wisconsin there are additional health requirements that must be met.
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 April 16 at 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 2011 Green County Fair. Barrows will be on test for a period of 115 days. The recommended weight for barrows on March 26 is 50 to 60 pounds. The maximum weight for barrows to be identified is 75 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 an official U.S.D.A. radio frequency ear tag that contains 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 on Saturday, May 14 at the Green County Justice Center, Monroe, and Tuesday, May 24 at the Juda Community Center. Swine exhibitors will be able to sign up and register for the training session of their choice at the swine weigh-in on March 26.
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 superintendents when the pigs are brought to the fair this summer. If pigs are secured outside of Wisconsin there are additional health requirements that must be met.
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 April 16 at the Rock County and Iowa County fairgrounds.
For more information contact Mark Mayer, UW-Extension Agriculture Agent at (608) 328-9440.
