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Suwannee River Youth 
Livestock Show and Sale

Serving 4-H & FFA Since 1952

Swine Shows

Swine Show

Sponsor: Smith Asset Management

Swine Show Superintendent: Gene Higginbotham

Swine Show Committee: Aaron Buck, Jessie Robinson, John Driggers, Tracey Groom, Tyler Voorhees

Entry Fee: $35.00

4-H members who are not 8 years old by 9/1/2023 CANNOT participate in this Project Area.

Our show is one of the largest youth swine shows in Florida.

The swine project teaches participants proper methods of selecting, feeding, and raising a project animal for the purpose of marketing that animal for sale. Record keeping is an important part of the Swine Project and the swine business. Records are kept on the average daily gain, feed to gain ratio and type and amount of feed fed.

A completed record book or summary sheet and a show sponsor thank you letter must be turned in for you to show your animal.


Swine Show Forms


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IDENTIFICATION OF SWINE
Fairs and Exhibitions

Federal regulation, 9CFR. 71.19, requires that all swine being shown at fairs or exhibitions (interstate commerce) must have official individual identification. Swine presented that do not meet the federal official individual identification requirements may not be allowed entrance into the fair. The list of approved swine identification devices/methods includes:

  • Standard Movement
    • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ear tags
    • National Uniform Ear tagging System (NUES) ear tags.
    • Ear notching if the ear notching has been recorded in the book of record of a purebred registry association with registry association documentation accompanying animal.
    • Ear or flank tattoo for those recorded in the book of record of a swine registry association with registry association documentation accompanying animal.
  • Download rules: Swine-ID-Fair-03MAY2018
    • Please contact Amy Whicker at Amy.R.Whicker@aphis.usda.gov, (352) 342-5914 or Melinda Springer at Melinda.A.Springer@aphis.usda.gov, (352)745-0576, for those who wish to order free tags from USDA.
    • For those who wish to purchase their own tags the following are the approved tag suppliers: Destron (800) 328-0118,  Allflex (800) 989-8247,  Y-Tex (800) 443-6401

Information on this page is for informational purposes only and does not imply a contest, event, or show will occur at the Suwannee River Youth Livestock Show and Sale. If you find a broken link please email: Holly Houghton

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