Breckinridge County 4-H Livestock Club Members,

If you are showing a market steer, market heifer, market lamb, market hog, and/or market goat in livestock shows in Kentucky (i.e., Breckinridge County Fair, District Shows, Junior Livestock Expos, Kentucky State Fair, etc) your animal(s) must be tagged with RFID tags. To be eligible for participation in the Kentucky State Fair, you must have samples collected for DNA testing. Please note that the exhibitor is responsible for ordering the validation tags and packets directly from the Kentucky State Fair office, and submitting a completed validation form online.

Market Cattle Dates/Deadlines
• Order form opens: February 1, 2023
• Co-Tagging request deadline: March 3, 2023 (this only applies to exhbitors who are NOT siblings and are completing the Co-Tagging waiver form)
• Tag Order Deadline: March 10, 2023
• Validation Form Deadline: March 24, 2023
• DNA Postmarked: March 24, 2023

Small Animal (Hog, Sheep, Goat) Tagging Dates/Deadlines:
• Order form opens: April 1, 2023
• Co-Tagging request deadline: May 5, 2023 (This only applies to exhibitors who are NOT siblings and are completing the Co-Tagging Waiver Form)
• Tag Order Deadline: May 12, 2023
• Validation Form Deadline: May 23, 2023
• DNA Postmarked: May 24, 2023

Link to order tags: https://kystatefair.org/participate/submit-dna/
Link for online validation form: https://kystatefair.org/livestock-validation-form/

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at 270-756-2182 or Anna.Denny@uky.edu.