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

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/projects/livestock

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

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 email, newsletter, text message, Facebook, etc. about the identification deadlines:
 February 1 – Market Beef
 May 15 – all remaining species (except rabbits)
 July 1 – Rabbits

State Office Communication Strategy – Broadcast Email
 Jan. 15 - 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

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

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 emailed to State 4-H Office

Original or Tablet machines
 Either is acceptable to use
 Livestock ID website for reminders and set-up details http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/page/livestock-id
 Pricing/Sharing options for counties
 https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/agriculture/staff/RetinalClearViewIDFlyer2013.pdf
Training for either machine - Videos
Don’t forget to test out your machines!
Read the Weigh-In Reminders on Livestock ID page

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 #

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

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

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 Exhibition Ban Lifts Dec. 31

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

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

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

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

 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

 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!!

 Today’s broadcast, PPT and Word Document at:
 http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/projects/livestock