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State Fair of Virginia Youth Livestock Shows

Date: October 2-6, 2024
LocationThe Meadow Event Park - Doswell, VA
Contact: Katherine Carter- (540) 231-2257  Scott Greiner- (540)231-9159
Schedule: 2024 Tentative Schedule

Additional information: State Fair of Virginia official web site



Please pay close attention to multiple steps/dates:   

Step #1 Nomination:       

Part 1 - Order DNA envelopes (and EID tags if you need them)       

  • July 8 - DNA Envelope/Tag Order System opens
  • July 12 & 13 - DNA Envelope/Tag in person pickup at Summer Jam Goat Show
  • July 12 & 13 - DNA Envelope/Tag in person pickup at Mayhem at the Meadow
  • July 20 - DNA Envelope/Tag in person pickup at Augusta County Jackpot
  • July 24 - 5:00 PM - Deadline for Ordering Packets to be Mailed
  • July 27 - DNA Envelope/Tag in person pickup at New River Valley Jackpot

Part 2 - Nominate your animals     

  • July 15 - Nomination Portal opens
  • July 31 - Nomination Portal closes – information must be uploaded by 5:00 PM
  • July 31- Nomination forms and DNA samples must be postmarked by this date

Step #2 Registration: (All Registered Breeding Animals, Registered Market Beef and Registered Market Hogs ONLY)       

  • August 1 - Animals must be registered in the name of the exhibitor - Date of Issue by respective Breed Association, NOT Date of Sale

Step #3 Entry:  *ALL animals must be entered in the Entry System

  • July 10 - Entry System opens
  • August 15 - Entry System closes at 5:00PM
  • August 30 - All youth exhibiting livestock must have completed their required annual YQCA instructor - led training

***For full details and links please click on the tabs below:

Cattle Nomination Video

Swine Nomination Video

Lamb and Goat Nomination Video

To look up the status of a DNA nomination, type the last name of the child the nomination was submitted under into the search bar and press the "Enter" key on the keyboard. Children associated with the child searched (siblings/ members of the same household) will appear under the "Additional Family Members" column.

Be sure the white "Search" Bar is cleared out prior to beginning. You can only enter information into the white "Search" Bar. 

Nomination Status Check

  • Exhibitor Entry System - Opens July 15
  • COMING SOON
  • Coming Soon!
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Contact

Katherine Carter
Extension Youth Animal Science Specialist
carterke@vt.edu
(540) 231-2257


Scott Greiner
Extension Animal Science Specialist
sgreiner@vt.edu
(540) 231-9159

 

Hunter Liles
Extension Youth Animal Science Associate
huntl97@vt.edu
(540) 231-6345

 

 

Virginia 4-H Livestock Programs Endowment

The Virginia 4-H Foundation is spearheading the advancement of the Virginia 4-H Youth Livestock Programs Endowment. 4-H livestock programming is funded through a combination of private gifts, endowment income, gifts in kind, and participant fees.

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