Suwannee River Fair Inc.

Exhibitor Checks

Exhibitor checks will be distributed to FFA advisors and 4H county agents on Friday, May 10th.  Exhibitors are required to show “thank you” notes written to each of their buyers before they will be given their check.  Thank you!

Poster Contest Topics

Poster contest topics:

 rabbit – products and marketing

 poultry – internal and/or external parasites

Originally posted 2013-01-24 18:00:48. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

vehicle traffic

No parking Monday-Wednesday on the interior of the grounds including the horse arena. Gates will be walk-through only.

NO EXCEPTIONS!

Originally posted 2013-03-17 20:34:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE

ATTN: Seniors

The deadline to submit scholarship applications is:

TOMORROW! Wednesday – March 6th

All submissions must be mailed and postmarked by March 6th to be considered.

Be careful – many post offices closes earlier than you might think!!!!  Putting it in drop box DOES NOT

 ensure it will be postmarked that day.

Originally posted 2013-03-05 12:27:43. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

CLARIFICATION OF ETHICS REQUIREMENT

There has been a lot of confusion through the year about the ethics requirement.  Here is the exact rule as approved by the board of directors.

 Mandatory Youth Livestock Show Ethics and Animal Care Workshop:  The Suwannee River Fair Association believes that every youth exhibitor should receive proper training and information for raising and showing a youth animal project.  The Youth Livestock Show Ethics and Animal Care Workshop is designed to certify students to meet mandatory certification requirements. Certification is valid for a three (3) year period. This program has been endorsed by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). It is important that the exhibitors understand: The purpose of youth livestock projects; The importance of ethics in youth livestock projects; Proper animal handling and management,; The difference between animal welfare and animals rights; and Be prepared to be an ambassador for animal agriculture.  The requirements are as follows:

1. All students that were entered in the Suwannee River Fair from 2009 to 2012 must have completed the Ethics training to show an animal at the 2013 Suwannee River Fair.
2. Youth that are exhibiting for the first time at the 2013 Suwannee River Fair will have a one (1) year grace period to complete the Ethics training.
3. Workshops will be offered around the state. Check our website for updated dates and times.

As the rule above states that if this is the first time a youth is exhibiting, they have one year grace.  In other words, they will not need to have the training.

If they entered the fair in 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012 - they are required to have the training as per the rule shown above.

We ask that exhibitors bring their letter (if they have it) and write in their certification number on their record books. 

Originally posted 2013-03-06 11:47:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

hog tag #

MISSING HOG TAG #

There are three hog tag id# that are unaccounted for at this time.

302

307

404

It is possible that these tags were not used.  However, if they were used, it means that the entry form did not make it to me and the exhibitor is not entered in the fair.

Please check with all exhibitors and make sure they do not have any of these #s.

If they do, have them contact me immediately.

Thank you!

Marti Smith

Originally posted 2013-01-04 15:45:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

REMEMBER ……..

You must wear official dress to awards night.  You will be photographed and all must be in official dress.  No exceptions.

Sponsors for Record Book ‘Thank you’ Letters

Here are the sponsors for your “thank you” letters to be attached to your record book:

• Poultry – Florida Virtual School
• Rabbit – Dr. Bill Martin, Martin Orthodontics
• Dairy Goat – Dr. Bill Martin, Martin Orthodontics
• Horse – Perkins State Bank
• Dairy Cow – North Florida Holstein
• Heifer – Dr. Bill Martin, Martin Orthodontics
• Fat Steer – Levy Animal Clinic
• Feeder Steer – Dr. Bill Martin, Martin Orthodontics
• Swine – Smith Asset Management

Originally posted 2013-02-26 10:27:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Changes to Schedule

The heifer show on Saturday, March 9, 2013 – has been moved from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

The Rabbit-Poultry-Dairy Release time has been changed to 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm.

Originally posted 2013-01-24 07:57:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Awards night names

this is the final list of participants who should plan to attend award night:

More names for Award Night…..

Some additional names:

 Dakota Horlocker

 Amanda Williams

 Shiloh Ripley

 Trinity Grissett

 Taylor Jones

McKenzie Martin

 Kole VanAernam

Raigan NesSmith

 Cobrun Hardee

Awards Night Ceremony

The Awards Night Ceremony will be Thursday, April 4th – 7:00 pm at the new fairgrounds arena.

The following list is for fair participants who should plan to attend.  Please note that Record Book winners and Ag Management winners have not been included at this time.  I will post those names as soon as possible.