Showing Requirements

County Exhibitors:

Sioux Central FFA is a county chapter in Clay County. *Sioux Central FFA members do NOT show as District exhibitors at Clay County.*

**All FFA members showing animals must complete YQCA training annually**

Exhibitor Ages:

Generally, students can identify livestock for FFA beginning in 7th grade and can show until the fourth National FFA Convention dates after graduation. Some exceptions/limitations exist for some species at the Clay County Fair.

Apparel for Showing:

Check rule books for each species, but in general:

• Horse: black jeans, official jacket/dress

• All others: neat jeans, show shoes/boots, and a clean chapter FFA t-shirt or embroidered polo

December: Market Beef (halter) weigh-in (CCF)

March: Junior Feeder (pen of three) weigh-in (CCF only)

May 15: identification paper forms due to Mrs. Bloom (CCF)

• Beef – breeding heifers & prospect calves - Dogs

• Swine – market, carcass, & breeding - Horses

• Poultry - Rabbits

June TBA (see AET calendar): weigh-ins (CCF)

• Sheep weigh-in - Goat weigh-in

August 1: fair entries due online (4-H Online)

September: Clay County Fair week:

• FFA Chapter Display set up 1st Friday

• FFA Day at the Fair - Barn Clean-up Tuesday evening

• Junior Feeder Show help 1st Saturday - Purebred Swine Show help 1st weekend

• FFA Swine Show help on Thursday - Grandpa’s Barn volunteers

• Chop Shop volunteers (esp. swine exhibitors) - Branding Iron volunteers (esp. beef exhibitors)

• FFA Demonstration Contest 2nd Saturday - Livestock Judging Contest 2nd Saturday

February 1: performance beef (market/halter) DNA, weigh-in sheet, and payment due (ISF)

March 15: state fair tag orders due to the chapter advisor

• Swine - Goats

• Sheep

April 15 through May 14: identify and tag state fair swine, goats, and sheep; an FFA advisor must be present when animals are tagged and identified.

May 1: broiler order forms due

May 15: identifications due online (ISF) AND DNA samples & forms postmarked:

• Swine – market, carcass, & breeding - Goats – market & breeding

• Sheep – market & breeding - Beef – breeding heifer & cow/calf

• Dairy cattle   - Dairy goats

• Horse

May 25: Grandstand Usher applications due

July 1: fair entries due online:

• Ag Mechanics - Beef

• Dairy: cattle and goats     - Farm Crops

• Floriculture - Horse

• Horticulture - Meat goats

• Photography - Poultry

• Rabbit - Sheep

• Swine

August: Iowa State Fair

• Volunteer at Little Hands on the Farm - Grandstand Ushers