4-H/FFA Cured Ham and Bacon
Superintendent – Sam Crowley
Check-in: Monday, June 17, 4:30 pm
Sale—Friday, June 21, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
- All Hams/Bacons must be pre-registered. Registration Forms must be returned to the Howard County Extension Center by MAY 10, 2024. Forms are available from your club leader or Extension Office.
- Maximum of 50% of the Eligible hams/bacons will sell.
- Eligible hams/bacons that didn’t make the top 50%, for the livestock sale, 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.
- 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.
- Only federally inspected and packed products may be shown or sold.
- Smoked and non-smoked hams will be judged together.
- Exhibitor help is expected in setting up for the fair Thursday June 13, 2024
- Each exhibitor will receive 1 free gate pass at set-up on Thursday, June 13.
- 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.