Youth Livestock Program

2025 Calendar & Important Deadlines

March 1: K-State Junior Swine Producer Day

March 22: K-State Junior Meat Goat Producer Day

April 15: KASLA Application Deadline (tentative)

April 20: Last Day to Order Market Beef DNA Envelopes for Nominations

May 1: Market Beef Nominations Due

June 5: Last Day to Order Small Livestock DNA Envelopes for Nominations

June 15: Commercial Heifer, Swine, Sheep, & Meat Goat Nominations Due

July 11-12: Dr. Bob Hines Kansas Swine Classic

August TBA: State 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes

September 5-14: Kansas State Fair

October 3-5: Kansas Junior Livestock Show

 

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2025 Nomination Information - Coming March of 2025!

Nominated Livestock /Information

(Click link to confirm nominations and/or view current information)

All 2025 state livestock nomination information will be posted on the "Nomination Information" tab of the KSU Youth Livestock website in early spring.

Important: All animals that are nominated for the Kansas Junior Livestock Show and Kansas State Fair are required to be tagged with the Kansas 4-H EID tags in 2025. DNA hair samples in new, official DNA envelopes are also required. As of 2022, we have transitioned to an online nomination system; paper state nomination forms will no longer be accepted. Official DNA Envelopes must be purchased in advance through ShoWorks using the Kansas Nomination link. Extra official DNA envelopes ordered through the online system in 2022-2024 may be used in 2025. Visit the "Nomination Information" page for more details.

**Exhibitors must contact their local Extension Office to get their animals tagged and for further details on state livestock nominations.