Tag Orders – State Fair/Heart of TX (Swine) LATE

Order here April 25-May 21 Swine Fall 2023 Major Show market swine, registered breeding gilts, and crossbred breeding gilts MUST order and validate in June. There will be a validation in November for Spring 2024 Major Swine. Order Details 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  Swine Validation: June 15, 6:30-7:30, at Santa Fe Ag Barn... Read More →

Galveston County 4-H T-Shirt Orders Due

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

We have Galveston County 4-H t-shirts for sale as our summer fundraiser! Thank you Baylee Bennett for the design! You can purchase on EventBrite or drop off cash/check at the Extension Office by July 7. We hope to have the t-shirts ready by banquet on July 22. Shirts are $25 printed on Gildan material.

4-H Major Show Entry Deadline – State Fair of TX and Heart O’ TX

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

This applies to 4-H’ers entering State Fair of Texas and/or Heart O' Texas: Team and Individual Contests Livestock & Poultry Projects Please complete the following no later than August 18, 2023 at 5 p.m. 1. Complete entry forms Available on our website under "Major Show Entries" or we have printed copies available at office. State Fair exhibitors: you must also login to the SFT online system beginning August 1 and electronically sign the Indemnity/W-9 and submit livestock entry online. 2. Pass Quality Counts Verification Test (livestock/calf scramble entries... Read More →

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

Order HERE August 1-August 30 LATE tag orders are available 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... Read More →