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Broiler Orders Due – San Antonio, Houston, Austin

Galveston County Extension Office 4102-B Main Street, La Marque, TX, United States

Wanting to show broilers at San Antonio Stock Show, Houston Livestock Show, or Rodeo Austin? Submit the completed order form below with payment to the Extension Office by September 22 at 5pm. ORDER FORM Reminders: Orders are placed in increments of 25. A minimum order per exhibitor or family unit is 25 chicks, and up to a maximum of 75 chicks. Birds delivered for these shows will be straight-run commercial type broilers (pullets and cockerels randomly mixed). These are U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid (PT) clean birds. They should be raised... Read More →

Tag Orders Due – Major Show Swine

Galveston County Extension Office 4102-B Main Street, La Marque, TX, United States

Order HERE August 14 - September 28 LATE tag orders are available September 28 - October 31 Spring 2024 Major Show market swine, registered breeding gilts, and crossbred breeding gilts MUST order now and validate in November. Order what is necessary. The Extension Office does not order extra. Refunds will not be given. Ordering DOES NOT enter a participant into any show. This is NOT for participation in the Galveston County Fair. Validation Dates & Information  November 27, 2023, 4:30-6:30 pm @ Santa Fe Ag Barn More information here

LATE Tag Orders Due – Major Show Sheep, Goat, & Heifer

Galveston County Extension Office 4102-B Main Street, La Marque, TX, United States

Order HERE August 31-October 8 Sheep/Goat ***NEW: Sheep/goats validated during June 2023 WILL BE ELIGIBLE for 2024 Spring Major Shows. Market sheep/goats validated for the 2023 State Fair will carryover for 2024 Spring Major Shows. The validated animal MUST stay in the care of the exhibitor who validated it. If the exhibitor chooses to sell the project to a new exhibitor, the new exhibitor MUST REVALIDATE the project within the next validation period (October 2023).*** Previously Major Show validated breeding animals (registered, wether/commercial) do NOT need to be validated again UNLESS ownership has changed. If a TBGA/TLBA... Read More →

LATE Tag Orders Due – Major Show Swine

Galveston County Extension Office 4102-B Main Street, La Marque, TX, United States

Order HERE September 29 – October 31 Spring 2024 Major Show market swine, registered breeding gilts, and crossbred breeding gilts MUST order now and validate in November. Order what is necessary. The Extension Office does not order extra. Refunds will not be given. Ordering DOES NOT enter a participant into any show. This is NOT for participation in the Galveston County Fair. Validation Dates & Information  November 27, 2023, 4:30-6:30 @ Santa Fe Ag Barn More information here

Major Show 2024 SFOT & 2024-2025 Steer Tag Orders Due

Order here February 28 thru April 3 Sheep/Goat SFOT 2024  market sheep/goat, registered breeding sheep/goat, and wether/commercial dams/does MUST order and validate in June; Optional for Spring 2025 major show sheep/goat. Previously validated breeding sheep/goats (registered, wether/commercial) do NOT need to be validated again UNLESS ownership has changed. NEW: If a TGBA/TLBA tag is added, a new tag must be purchased and the animal will have to revalidate. Original registration papers for breeding sheep/goat must be in exhibitor’s name by June 30, 2024. Heifer Fall 2024 major show... Read More →