4-H/FFA Cured Ham and Bacon

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4-H/FFA Cured Ham and Bacon
Superintendent – Sam Koenig

4H Check-in: Sunday, June 21, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

FFA Check-in: Monday, June 22, 8:30 – 10:30 am

Auction/Silent Auction Sale—Friday, June 26, 2026, 4:30- 5:30 pm

  1. All Hams/Bacons must be pre-registered. Registration Forms must be completed by MAY 10, 2025, available on fair webpage at Home link…hocomofair.com. Exhibitors are required to check in their own ham/bacon at the fair.
  2. Exhibitors selling a ham/bacon in the silent auction must check in with the Ham Superintendent in the 4H building between 2:30 and 5:30 on auction day or your ham/bacon WILL NOT sell.
  3. It is the Judge’s discretion as to the cut off between live auction and silent auction.
  4. Eligible hams/bacons that didn’t qualify for the live auction, will be on display Friday prior to the sale. These hams/bacons will be available as a silent auction item. The silent auction will be from 3:00-5:30 pm, prior to the livestock sale.
  5. No exhibitor may enter more than 1 cured ham and 1 bacon. Only one meat item may sell, whether in the silent auction or premium sale. If a meat item sells in the silent auction, that counts as 1 of the two items an exhibitor is allowed to sell.
  6. Only federally inspected and packed products may be shown or sold.
  7. Smoked and non-smoked hams will be judged together.
  8. Exhibitor help is expected in setting up for the fair Thursday June 19, 2025
  9. Each exhibitor will receive 1 free gate pass at set-up on Thursday, June 19.
  10. 4-H MEMBERS WHO EXHIBIT A MEAT PROJECT, AND WANT TO SELL A MEAT PROJECT, MUST EXHIBIT AT LEAST ONE OTHER EXHIBIT IN THE FAIR AS LISTED IN THE FAIR BOOK.  FFA MEMBERS WHO EXHIBIT A MEAT PROJECT MUST EXHIBIT AT LEAST ONE OTHER AG RELATED EXHIBIT THAT MEETS FFA STATE FAIR REGULATIONS.
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