Extension Educationin Washington County
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
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Major Show Heifer Validation
June 22, 2021 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Heifer updates:
The Extension Office must have a scanned color copy of your original registration papers by Friday, June 18, 2021. We cannot validate your heifer without a scanned, color copy of your registration papers.
Steer updates:
Steers will no longer be nose printed starting in the 2021-22 validation season. The exclusion of nose prints from the validation process will allow for more in-depth and exact information related to confirming steer identity by relying largely on DNA tests. Due to increased DNA comparisons and associated costs, the price of steer tags have increased.
Swine updates:
Date of ownership, transfer and registration must all be on or before June 30, 2021.
Purebred (registered gilts) must have registration papers turned into the Extension Office by July 9, 2021.
Crossbred gilts showing at the State Fair of Texas and Heart of Texas MUST be validated.
Purebred (registered gilts) must be validated.
State Validation tags must be in the pigs ear when it enters the holding pens. This means tags cannot be in the hand or pocket. Any pig entering the holding pen without a tag will not be allowed to show.
Lamb & goat updates:
The State Fair of Texas is requiring validation for registered breeding sheep, registered breeding goats, wether/commercial dams, and wether/commercial does.
The Texas Lamb and Goat Validation of Texas is pleased to announce the introduction of the Roll-over Breeding Sheep and Breeding Goat program.
Who does this impact? Registered breeding sheep, registered breeding goats, wether/commercial dams, and wether/commercial does ONLY
Who does this NOT impact? Market lambs and market goats
What does this mean? Beginning June 1, 2021, registered breeding sheep, registered breeding goats, wether/commercial dams, and wether/commercial does will have 3 total years of eligibility UNLESS A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP TAKES PLACE. If you validate for State Fair during the June 2021 validation, your validation will be eligible until June 2024, unless a change of ownership occurs during that time- then you must re-validate. If you validate during the October 2021 validation period for major shows, your validation will be eligible until October 2024, unless a change of ownership occurs during that time- then you must re-validate.
THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO MARKET LAMBS AND GOATS!!! Market lambs and market goats validated for the State Fair of Texas MUST RE-VALIDATE for Major Shows in October! This has NOT changed!