4-H Livestock Updates 2016

Topics Website Overview – Where is ??? 4hOnline Livestock Updates Retinal Imaging State Fair Rule Changes/Reminders FSQA Future Event Updates

4-H Livestock Website

4HOnline – Livestock ID Reminders/Changes Animal Types  Market Beef – Correctly enter ear tag numbers (old 4-H tags vs. USDA tags)  Breeding Beef – ONE tattoo field required  Meat Goat –  Market: Tag  Breeding Does: Tag OR Official Tattoo format  Sheep– New breed fields added  Swine – ONE tag field, Ear Notch requirements

4HOnline – Livestock ID Best Practices Sheet Livestock Identification Read the help sheets for staff on entering the weigh-in animal species into 4HOnline (market beef, sheep, market meat goat) Provide help sheets to families on how to identify and input each animal type into 4HOnline Require ALL animals to be identified in 4HOnline – both county fair and state fair animals Do not accept paper ID forms for non-weigh in animals; have the family input the information themselves into 4HOnline Offer computer access in county office for families without internet access to come in and identify animals in 4HOnline Encourage county office and/or clubs to have an “ID Night” where youth can identify their animals in the system Send out reminders weekly via , newsletter, text message, Facebook, etc. about the identification deadlines:  February 1 – Market Beef  May 15 – all remaining species (except rabbits)  July 1 – Rabbits

4HOnline – Livestock State Office Communication Strategy – Broadcast  Jan Market Beef verify deadline (Feb. 1)  Weekly: May 1 – May 15 – ID deadline  June 1 – Opening of State Fair online entry  Weekly: June 15 – July 1 – State Fair entry deadline

Fair Entry  2016 Users – GoogleDoc on 4HOnline Help Sheets Page4HOnline Help Sheets  Training Webinars  Face to Face Work Sessions – Regional needs

Weigh-In/Retinal Imaging Again for 2016:  Counties invoiced for $5/head fees (U-bill)  Visiting animals will be billed to home county’s U-Bill  Home county must input animal data into 4hOnline  Be sure to mark the “Retinal Images” box in 4HOnline for State Fair animals  Images will still be ed to State 4-H Office

Weigh-In/Retinal Imaging Original or Tablet machines  Either is acceptable to use  Livestock ID website for reminders and set-up details -  Pricing/Sharing options for counties  Training for either machine - Videos Don’t forget to test out your machines! Read the Weigh-In Reminders on Livestock ID pageLivestock ID

Ear Tags – Enter Correctly!! New USDA-type Tag  Enter ONLY the 3 Letters, 4 Numbers  Do NOT enter “42”  Do NOT enter your 2-digit county code “Old” County 4-H Tags  Enter as usual  County code, Tag #

State Fair Swine ID – same for 2016 Either swine animal type is eligible for State Fair  DNA punch tag required Counties order tag materials from State 4-H Office via Jotform: # of DNA punch tags, # of DNA taggers, # of DNA envelopes State Office will ship materials out to counties $8.00/tag will be invoiced based on order.  Tagging/Submitting DNA samples County staff can DNA tag pigs Or, have 4-H’er get tags/tagger and bring back DNA samples in special envelope Counties mail each kid’s envelope of DNA samples via trackable source (UPS, FedEx) as one group by May 15 th Simple list of 4-H’er names from that county with box of envelopes

State Fair Swine DNA Envelope

State Fair Species Changes/Reminders

Horse 4H 511C Rule Book – Reprinted for 2016 EDC Store New State Fair Class for 2016 – Pony Walk/Trot Class

Meat Goat New Rule: No coloring agents allowed ALL State Fair meat goats – retinal images required Breeding Does – 4-H ear tag or tattoo (proper tattoo format) Market Meat Goats – both market does and market wethers eligible, shown together

Poultry  Poultry Exhibition Ban Lifts Dec. 31

Sheep Again for 2016:  ALL State Fair sheep must have a 4-H tag and retinal images  Market sheep, commercial breeding, purebred breeding  Entered as “Sheep, weighed-in” in 4hOnline by county staff  Be SURE to check the “Retinal Images” box in 4hOnline  Correctly enter tag numbers (see 4HOnline examples) If there are no images, they’re not eligible for State Fair

Swine - Reminder County Fair Swine Show Application & Reporting 1.Fair Application Form – at least 30 days prior to show 2.Fair Show Report – within 5 days after fair show  Forms on 4-H Swine page  ALL swine need a tag for show reporting purposes  Ear Notches – Required for State Fair DNA tags and for “old” style county tags; NOT required for USDA (US Shield) tags

FSQA 2016 Reminders:  Required for ALL livestock exhibitors (county & state fair) – except for dog and horse  Animal Care & Disclosure Statement (drug affidavit) – required for all county/state fair exhibitors (beef, meat goat, sheep, swine) (horse – state fair only) 2016 In-Depth Chapters: Chapter 5: Feed and Feed Additives Chapter 6: Biosecurity Chapter 7: Ethics Communication with packer buyers  FSQA equivalency  No Pork Quality Assurance # is needed  Print FSQA certificate out of 4hOnline for shows/packers 2016 updated materials posted soon 2017 – National Quality Assurance Program

Livestock Events 2016  4-H Youth Equine Extravaganza – Dates for 2016  March 4, 5, & 6  Horse Judging, Quiz Bowl, Hippology, Horseless Horse  Ellsworth Comm. College, Iowa Falls  CSI: Crops– Suspended for 2016  Re-evaluate needs  New opportunities

Livestock Events 2016  Skillathons at State Fair – Meat Goat, Sheep, Swine  Teams of 3  Do not have to be from same county  Do not have to be exhibitors at state fair  Meat Goat – Wed., Aug. 17 – Time TBD  Sheep – Sun., Aug. 14 PM before showmanship  Swine – Sun., Aug. 14 AM before showmanship

Odds & Ends  Consistent Rules  County Fair vs. State Fair – on the same page  Exhibitor Eligibility/Animal Eligibility  Disciplinary Action  Jurisdiction?  Ex. 4H 511C - Horse Rule Book Everyone’s Watching!!

Questions?  Today’s broadcast, PPT and Word Document at: 