2024-2025 Georgia 4-H and Georgia FFA State Species Shows

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Rules & Documents

These rules have been developed through the cooperative efforts of the Georgia Department of Education, The University of Georgia and Fort Valley State University.

Other helpful documents:

• • Georgia 4-H and FFA Livestock Program Ethics Policy – This document is also included in the 2024-2025 State Show Rulebook.  This standalone form is for counties and clubs to use within their group.
  • 2024-2025 Georgia 4-H and FFA State Steer Show Classification Guidelines
  • Entry Cards (These are to be used to assist with online entries.  The printed online entry must be signed and mailed in with payment.)
    • • • Market Lamb
        • Market Goat
        • Breeding Heifer
        • Market Beef
        • Dairy Heifer
        • Market Hog
        • Breeding Ewe
        • Breeding Doe
• All exhibitors must be residents of the State of Georgia.
• The State Junior Livestock Shows are open to 4-H and FFA members who pre-entered and registered their animal with their local county agricultural education teacher by the specific entry deadline.
• Age Requirements
  • State Heifer, State Market Beef and State Commercial Dairy Heifer Shows — 4-H members must be 4th grade by September 1 of the current year and cannot have completed high school. State Market Hog-4-H members must be 3rd grade by September 1 of the current year and cannot have completed high school.
  • State Market Lamb, Market Goat, Breeding Ewe and Breeding Doe Shows- An exhibitor must be in the 1st grade or older on September 1 of the current year and cannot have completed high school.

• A special thank you to each of the agricultural education teachers, county extension agents, program assistants, volunteer leaders, and parents of all junior livestock exhibitors!
  

  Contact

  Carole Knight, Extension 4-H Specialist Animal Science Programs
  706-542-8892 clh@uga.edu