Walworth County Fair Information
Click here for a link to a website with the mandatory meetings for each project area:
Click on the links below for more information on each of the project areas. Remember that any of the areas below can be shown through the FFA as long as you sign up with the advisors, relate them to agriculture, and attend any mandatory meetings as requested. For a full list of all project areas offered at the fair click here.
-County Weigh-in has passed.
County Fair Weigh-in is Saturday May 7th, 2011, 8am-3pm.
- Note: If you call Jack Krebs at UW-Extension 262-741-4960 and volunteer to help, the swine committee will select 16 exhibitors who have put their name in as interested members to provide help at the Spring Pig Weigh-in from 7:00 a.m. to conclusion of clean up, usually 3:00 p.m. This will be done in two 4 hour shifts. (8 exhibitors per shift). In return those 16 exhibitors will be guaranteed to sell in the first hour of the meat animal pig sale. The exhibitors will be selected from a hat and those lottery style winners will be notified. To be considered for this you must be willing to work a 4 hr. shift carrying project pigs in a Plastic barrel from the trailers to the tagging, weigh-in processing area.
- State Fair Market Lamb Info:
- Youth interested in participating in the 2011 Wisconsin State Fair Market Lamb and Performance Divisions must identify their market lambs at one of the upcoming official sites. Lambs will be individually identified, receive an official Wisconsin State Fair ear tag and be required to have a DNA sample collected. A $10.00 fee per animal will be collected at the check-in sites. Market lamb identification enables Wisconsin State Fair to maintain a higher level of quality control.
- Sheep Identification Guidelines
- All Junior Exhibitors interested in exhibiting market lambs during the Wisconsin State Fair and in the performance division MUST identify their lambs at one of the identification sites listed below.
- Exhibitors may identify as many lambs as they choose.
- There are no minimum or maximum weight requirements for identification.
- Lambs entering in the performance division will be evaluated on a combination of daily rate of gain, carcass merit and a live evaluation. Lambs participating in this division must be weighed at one of the statewide market lamb identification sites.
- Lambs must be identified in the exhibitor’s name or in an immediate family member’s name.
- Each exhibitor will be permitted to bring no more than 2 market lambs total to the Fair to show in the market and the performance divisions. Lambs may be eligible to show in both of the above divisions if they meet the respective division qualifications.
- The exhibitor and/or parent(s)/legal guardian(s) must be in attendance to sign and verify the DNA sample.
Jefferson County Fairgrounds – Jefferson Wednesday, May 4, 5 pm to 7 pm, Contact Person Keith Schultz 920.568.0895
Rock County Fairgrounds – Janesville Saturday, May 7, 9 am to 11 am, Contact Person Randy Thompson 608.757.5696
Youth interested in participating in the 2011 Wisconsin State Fair must contact their local UW-Extension office for more information and entry deadlines. Entry information is available online at www.wistatefair.com. For further information contact Wisconsin State Fair Park at 414.266.7050
Dogs:
Cats:
What you can do in this project:
- Investigate the importance of genetics
- Understand diseases that spread from animals to humans
- Learn about diversity of veterinary careers
What you can do in this project:
- Explore pet products
- Teach others about pets
- Understand how genetics work
- Explore animal welfare issues
Can take any arts/crafts projects as long as they are based on an agriculture subject (painting of a horse, sculpture of a dog, watercolor of a sunflower, etc.). Categories Include- leather craft, metals, block printing, stencil printing, ceramics, drawing/painting, stain glass
Can take any photography or videography projects as long as they are based on an agriculture subject (portrait of a horse, 3 different barns, black and white photo of a sunflower, scrapbook pages with ag items, etc.)
Environment/Natural Resources: Ag Projects about wildlife, pollution, tracking, groundwater, habitats, climates, insects, biodiversity, recycling, water, birds, fishing
Ag Projects about Tree Identification using fruit/nut structures, forest biomes, Unknown tree ID using guide
Can not show at the State Horse Show if you compete through FFA instead of 4-H
Corn, Small Grains, Forage Crops
Landscape Design, construction, care, and maintenance
What you can do in this project:
- Plan and implement your own service project
- Share your project plan and outcome with others
- Conduct an evaluation of your project
What you can do in this project:
- Discover and discuss public issues
- Plan a project to change or improve your community
What you can do in this project:
- Learn types of oil systems and fuel safety
- Learn how to hook on a PTO unit
- Learn tractor and machinery maintenance
- Focus on safety and maintenance
- Identify and work with operational systems
