Quality Assurance Deadline
Per the rules of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, all livestock exhibitors (market and lactating species) must either attend a Quality Assurance Program (QA) or successfully test out of QA in order to exhibit livestock at the Shelby County Junior Fair or the Ohio State Fair. A parent or guardian of all junior exhibitors (ages 8, 9, 10, and 11) must also attend one of the sessions. Those exhibitors who take QA out-of-county are responsible for reporting and verifying what session they attended, as well as when and where.
The ONLY on-line QA certification approved by the Ohio Department of Agriculture is the YQCA. PQA, BQA, or Ohio BEST Show online course DOES NOT meet the requirements of Ohio QA certification.
QA TEST-OUT OPTION:
Shelby County Extension and Shelby County Senior Fair Board allows 12-14 year-old and 15-18 year-old 4-H and FFA members to test out of their annual Quality Assurance (QA) program.Test-outs can be completed through the school’s FFA advisor OR youth can set up an appointment with the OSU Extension Office to come in and take the test-out at their convenience. Please call 937-498-7239 to schedule a test-out. Test-outs must be taken by June 1, 2023.
- Youth ages 12-14 who pass the QA test can test out of their annual QA program for up to 3 years. These ages are as of January 1, 2023 – a youth’s 4-H age.
- Youth ages 15-18 years who pass the QA test can test out of their annual QA program permanently. These ages are as of January 1, 2023 – a youth’s 4-H age.