Freestone County Fair Information: 

Freestone County Fair June 10-15, 2024 Follow Freestone County Fair Association on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/freestonecofair and on their website: http://fcfar.org

County Fair Updates: Rule edits and changes​

• There is no longer a maximum weight for county Fair steers at Validation. Steer Validation will take place on December 2. 
• Cable halters are now allowed on heifers and steers
• There will be a 2% grace at steer weigh in 
• All Market & Breeding Swine, Sheep, Goats & Non-Registered Heifers are to be validated the first Saturday in April from 7-9am at the Fairgrounds. Livestock Superintendent has the right to change the date if there is a conflict and only the Livestock Superintendent can approve an animal not attending Validation (ie: if you have a sick animal, you will need to contact the Livestock Superintendent.)
• The exhibitor, his or her parent is responsible for input of the information for entering the FCFA Livestock show in the Fair Entry Software System. There will be No refunds for any entry made. 
• Facility Updates: The City of Fairfield and the Fairboard have approved a complete renovation to the Swine pen area and will construct a new 200 foot by 80 foot pavilion with a 100 foot by 50 foot concrete slab, and all new portable pens. *If you see a board member thank them for all their hard work on getting this project approved​​* 

2023 Freestone County Fair Livestock Show schedule only

FCFA Rulebook 2023

Preparing for County Fair: 

To help you decide what to show at county fair: Deciding what to show at County Fair 2023

Livestock Project guides:

Resources and links for feeding-Freestone Co 4-H

Livestock project resources (2023 full list of Remind posts January 9-June 8)

Lindner Product Guide_Nov ’21_HR

FeedingShowSteer

Goat Clinic-Greg Clark

Moormans swine show feed guide

Feeding Show lambs-Freestone Co 4-H

Feeding Show Goats-Freestone Co 4-H

Swine Project Basics-Fact sheet

RABBIT INFO – PowerPoint

Leon CO Rabbit-Breeder-List-updated-August-2020

Rabbit Breeders for Freestone County Fair

Nutrition-and-Feeding-of-Show-Poultry

L-5537-Getting-Stared-With-Show-Broilers-2012

If you need help finding a project or help with your project please reach out to Erin Davis-County Extension Agent.

Quality Counts:

Quality Counts (only need to complete once for each age division; Junior 3^rd-5^th grade, Intermediate 6^th-8^th grade, Senior 9^th-12^th grade) correct age division and an active Quality counts number is required for participation at the Freestone County Fair, this must be completed by June 12^th.

• **There is a very important one-pager with detailed instructions of how students should enroll/login to the course. **QC Enrollment
  • Exhibitors will first be required to engage in the full learning content before being presented with the verification exam.
    • Please be aware of this in advance as this could take around two hours for most students to complete the full content and test.
  • Exhibitors will be able to start and revisit the curriculum as many times as needed.
  • Exhibitors will have to complete the test once it is started.
  • Exhibitors must achieve 80% or great to pass the exam, but can take it as many times as needed.
  • Exhibitors will be exposed and tested on the content potentially three times in their livestock showing career: junior (grade 3-5), intermediate (grade 6-8), and senior (grade 9-12).
  • Exhibitors will access the course and exam at:  https://www.texaslivestockvalidation.com/qc/qcregister.aspx

IMPORTANT: One thing to be aware of is that login to the curriculum site requires unique email addresses for each user. This is explained further in the attachment. We realize there will be cases of families with multiple youth and limited email addresses. If the family cannot use a parent email, create one, or use a student email address, we will assist on a case-by-case basis.