4-H Newsletter for Sussex County, Delaware
• You will learn about harnessing and hitching and all about Standardbreds! • You will have hands-on time with horses and hear from industry pros! • Most of all, you will have fun as well as lunch! All participants should wear long pants and solid toed shoes to the event. Location: Harrington Raceway Harrington, DE […]
DPI Offers College Scholarships DPI is accepting applications for its 2020 College Scholarship Program. Applications are being accepted for undergraduate and graduate scholarships that are available in the amount of $1,500 or more. Undergraduate applicants must be a Delmarva resident and a student in good standing at any accredited, degree-granting institution in the United States […]
NEW Quality Assurance Certification Requirement for All Delaware State Fair Market Animal Exhibitors! Beginning with the 2019 Delaware State Fair, all junior exhibitors showing a market animal (steer, market lamb, market goat or market hog) will be required to have a current quality assurance certification in order to exhibit in a market class at the […]
NEW Quality Assurance Certification Requirement for All Delaware State Fair Market Animal Exhibitors! Beginning with the 2019 Delaware State Fair, all junior exhibitors showing a market animal (steer, market lamb, market goat or market hog) will be required to have a current quality assurance certification in order to exhibit in a market class at the […]
Delaware State Fair Livestock Tagging Dates for Market Animals All market animals must be identified with a Delaware State Fair ear tag in order to be eligible. This applies to market steers, feeder calves, market lambs, market goats and market hogs. Again this year feeder calves must be tagged! Breed animals do not need to […]
2018 Spring 4-H/FFA Dairy Show The Spring 4-H and FFA Dairy Show will be held on April 7, 2018 at the Delaware State Fairgrounds. Entries are due to 4-H volunteer Charmayne Busker by March 15, 2018. The show is open to all Delmarva Residents who are owners or lessors of Holstein, Jersey, Ayrshire, Guernsey and […]
Final Pork Quality Assurance Classroom Training June 6th The final opportunity for PQA classroom training to obtain a certification to show a market hog during the 2016 Delaware State Fair is June 6th from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Kent County Extension Office. To register or for more information, please contact Susan Garey at (302)730-4000 or […]
Delaware State Fair Livestock Handbook Department Highlights for 2017 Starting in 2017, $10.00 livestock entry fee per class (excluding showmanship/fitting and group/pairs classes). 2017 DSF Swine Show Changes: ***NEW SPLIT SHOW FORMAT*** First half of week- Market, Showmanship and Barrow Show Saturday July 22nd Weigh in and barn meeting will remain on Saturday. Showmanship will […]
2017 DSF Market Project Livestock Tagging Dates: May 6- 9:00 am-11:00 am- Sussex County- REC (no cattle) May 6- 9:00 am- 11:00 am- NCC- Cook Farm May 13- 9:00 am-11:00 am- Kent County- DSF May 19- 6:00 pm-9:00 pm- Kent County- DSF- Livestock Show May 23- 5:00 pm- 8:00 pm- Kent County- DSF- FINAL TAGGING […]
New FDA VFD (Veterinary Feed Directive) Rules to Impact Youth Livestock Producers Starting Jan 1, 2017! What is a VFD? A VFD is a written (nonverbal) statement issued by a licensed veterinarian that authorizes the use of an approved VFD drug or combination VFD drug in or on an animal feed. This written statement authorizes the […]