Prepare for Fair!
2023 Lee County Fair: July 5-9
2023 Iowa State Fair: August 10-20
Getting ready for fair means working with your animals, going to weigh-ins and trainings, planting your veggies, taking your photos, practicing your recipes, sewing up those curtains and sooooooooo much more! Get the rules, put the deadlines on your calendar and check out the great new categories here!
Now is a great time to check out our Projects Page to get ideas and start preparing for this year!
2023 Fair Information
- 2023 T-Shirt Order Form
2023 Lee County Fair Livestock Programs
- Fowl Show
- Sheep/Meat Goat Show
- Swine Show
- Beef/ Bucket Bottle Show
- Horse Show
- Rabbit Program
State Fair
- 2023 State Fair 4-H General Rules
- 2023 State Fair 4-H Livestock
- 2023 Health Requirements
Livestock
- Lee County Fair Bucket/Bottle Calf Record Book
- Bucket/Bottle Calf Interview Schedule
- Competitive Swine Interview Schedule
- Market Swine Drug Affidavits Form
- Market Beef Drug Affidavits Form
- Market Lamb Drug Affidavits Form
- Meat Goat Drug Affidavits Form
- Poultry Pullorum Testing Certificate
- Raising Rabbits for show video
- Handling your rabbit video
- Twas the Night Before Fair (Poem)
Art Hall
- 2023 Art Hall Judging Schedule
- Tip Sheets
- Goal Sheet
- Filling out a Goal Sheet (video)
- Photo Goal Sheet
- Poster Report Form
- Design Principles
- Copyright Information
- How to Prepare Vegetables for Exhibit
- How to Prepare Cut Flowers for Exhibit
- Inappropriate Food Exhibits
- Preserved Food 4-H Exhibit Label
Clothing
- Clothing Event Report Form- Jr/Int
- Clothing Event Narration Form
- Writing Stage Commentary Help Sheet
- Clothing Event Report Forms for Senior Members
Communications
Clover Kids Projects
Important Forms
YQCA
- Helpsheet for doing YQCA
- Helpsheet for exchanging coupons
- Helpsheet for uploading current certificate
FairEntry
- Livestock Entry Deadline- June 15
- Static Entry Deadline- June 15
- Communications/Fashions Entry Deadline- June 1
- Fair Entry how-to video (3 minutes)
- Fair Entry Help Sheet for 4-H Families
- Fair Entry Help Sheet for FFA Families
Important Dates
- September 1- New 4-H Year
- December 3- Beef Weigh-In
- February 1- Market Beef 4-H Online Verification Deadline
- March 11- Swine Weigh-in and Competitive Swine Pick-Up
- February through June - Dog Classes Begin
- April 22- Sheep/Meat Goat Weigh In
- May 15 - Deadline to ID all livestock in 4-H Online
- June 1- Deadline for State Fair Market Broiler entry
- June 1 - T-Shirt Orders Due
- June 1- Communications/Fashion FairEntry Deadline
- June 14 - Communications and Clothing Event Judging
- June 15- All county entries must be made online this year. (Livestock AND Art Hall). Livestock entries are due no later than 4:30 P.M. on June 16, 2021
- July 1 - Art Hall Judging
- July 5-9 Lee County Fair
- July 10 Livestock Auction
- August 10-20- Iowa State Fair