MONROE — Green County Fair market lambs and market wether goat exhibitors will be required to self-identify their lambs and goats using the RFID tag method this year. Exhibitors will be required to tag their own lambs and goats and do photo identification for each fair market animal. There will be no cost for the Photo Identification Kits. Exhibitors will also be given two RFID ear tags for each animal at no cost. Market lamb and wether goat photo identification kits and ear tags will only be available for pickup at the Extension Green County Office, 2841 6th St, Monroe.
The photo identification kits and ear tags will be available for pick up starting April 19, 2021 and must be returned to the Extension Green County office by May 3. The kits cannot be mailed. For lambs, photos of each animal must be taken from one head view, clearly displaying the RFID ear tag in the animal’s ear. For wether goats, two photos of each animal must be taken: one head view showing the RFID ear tag and scrapie tag in the animal’s ear and one side view of the goat must be taken. Photos must be attached to the Green County Fair Photo identification form and submitted to the Extension Green County office by 4:30 p.m. on May 3, 2021.
The Extension Green County office will loan out ear taggers for exhibitors to use for tagging their animals. The taggers must be returned to the Extension office and will be sanitized before being given to another farm to prevent the spread of disease. 4-H Leaders and Agriculture instructors will be allowed to pick up ID kits for their members. However, they will be required to sign for all the kits they pick up at the Extension Green County Office. Each kit will include the photo identification forms and two RFID ear tags for each animal to be identified.
When picking up their identification kits exhibitors will be provided with instructions on the correct procedures for taking the photos and placing the RFID ear tags. Only animals that are identified using the Green County ID kits will be eligible to exhibit at the 2021 Green County Fair.
Lamb Exhibitors will be allowed to sell their market lamb in the 2021 auction, provided they meet all auction requirements. Market Wether Goats will have the Champion and Reserve Champion Wether Goat winners sell in the auction, provided they meet all auction requirements. Both specie exhibitors will need to turn in an auction entry form and two signed buyer cards to the Extension Green County office by June 25 to be eligible to sell in the auction. The cards will be available on-line for printing after May 1 or hard copies of the buyer cards will also be available at the Extension Green County office.
All youth who completed Youth Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) training in 2020 will not need to retake the training in 2021. If the training was not completed in 2020, the training will need to be completed in 2021. Your YQCA certificate number will be needed to do online fair entries.
For more information contact Jackie McCarville, Ag Educator at the Extension Green County office at 608-328-9440 or at jackie.mccarville@wisc.edu.
