AG ZONE NEWSLETTER

IMPORTANT DATES: Online entries ONLY; no paper entries accepted

• Entries opened for Steers on August 1 and will close at 11:59 pm on September 10
• Entries for Pullets: will open September 3; to close at 11:59 on September 30
• Entries for Market hogs: will open September 16; to close on 11:59 on October 16
• The Sell-a-Bration Of Champions Youth Livestock Market Auction at the South Florida Fair is a terminal sale for all steers and hogs sold.

MANDATORY WORK DAYS: December 14, 2024; January 4 & 11, 2025; times for all work days are 9AM – 2 PM; attendees must RSVP. There will be a monetary deduction if at least one workday is not attended.

MANDATORY Steer weigh-in: September 12, 2024 from 5 PM – 7 PM at the Okeechobee Livestock Market. At-home ear tagging is not permitted.

Hog tag-in: (optional) Saturday, October 19, 9 – 11 AM on the fairgrounds.

The Youth Market Clinic and Ethics class is Saturday, November 2 from 9 AM-noon

at the South Florida Fairgrounds. All exhibitors (ages 8 – 18) showing an animal at the South Florida Fair are required to have completed the Ethics training workshop or have a current ethics number before January 1, 2025. For details and registration: floridastatefair.com/ethics. Pullet/poultry exhibitors ages 5-7 are exempt from ethics training.

Stay informed … check out the Fair’s livestock exhibitor group on Facebook and watch for the next AGZone newsletter e-blast and important information on the fair’s website.