Cedar County Fair Exhibit Requirements
Dairy Pre-Entry/ID Form - due June 15
Dairy - Cedar County Fairbook Rules
Animals - General Information
Herdsmanship
Livestock Premium Recognition
Showmanship
All 4-H/FFA youth ages 8-18 members enrolled in dairy are required to complete a Youth Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) Training program in order to show at the fair. Youth may complete the training in one of three ways: online training course, in person training class, or test out (to be completed by June 15th.)
Cedar County Livestock Quality Assurance Training & Herdsmanship Clinics - Date TBA
pre-register online at https://yqcaprogram.org/
link for printable login & registration instructions
help video for instructor-led training registration
Emergency Animal Removal Release Fillable Form - to remove livestock from Cedar County fairgrounds during Fair
Nebraska State Fair & Other State Program Opportunities
Nebraska State Fair 4-H Fairbook: Dairy Cattle
Nebraska 4-H Livestock Exhibitor Resources - Identification & Nomination information for Nebraska State Fair exhibiting
Nebraska 4-H Livestock Program website
Nebraska 4-H Premier Animal Science Event (PASE) website
Nebraska 4-H State Livestock Identification website
State Fair 4-H Fairbook: Dairy Judging Contest
Unified Dairy Judging Scorecard
Nebraska State Fair Livestock Shows
Livestock Achievement Program is designed to promote all educational aspects of 4-H livestock projects including selection, production, leadership, and exhibition by recognizing youth striving to improve in their livestock project knowledge and leadership.
Livestock Information Series - a resource to gain knowledge in various livestock-related topic areas in production and meat science
Curriculum (project manuals) can be purchased online and shipped to you directly from
UNL Marketplace - https://marketplace.unl.edu
Shop 4-H - https://shop4-h.org