Quality Assurance 2025 
Registrations Now Open
See info below

In-Person QA Clinic Information:

Anyone who will be taking a market animal to the County Fair this year must attend one Quality Assurance Clinic or Test Out. 

Exhibitors of the following animals are required to attend:

• Dairy Cattle
• Feeder Calves Beef and Dairy
• Market Steers/Heifers
• All Goats (Pygmy, Market, Dairy, Boer, and all other breeds)
• Market Lambs
• Market Hogs
• Poultry
• Rabbits*Requirement by the Ohio State Department of Agriculture (projects: #225, #226 and #227)

Register online at go.osu.edu/bcqa25

or scan the qr code 

 

QA Clinic Information

In-person clinics are on March 19, 2025 at 6pm and April 26, 2025 at 9:30am. 

In-person clinics are at the Butler County Fairgrounds, 1715 Fairgrove Avenue in Hamilton. 

QA Test-Out Information:formation:

Test Out Date:          February 6, 2025

Test Time:                  5:00 pm

Location:                    OSUE, Butler County, 1802 Princeton Road, Hamilton, OH  45011

Register using the above link or qr code.

Test Out Information:

Members may test out of attending Quality Assurance if:

1. They have attended at least two QA programs.
2. They are either 12-14 years old or 15-18 years old as of January 1^st of the current year.
3. Parents are not required to attend the test out.

There are two age categories for the test (12-14) and (15-18). There are 50 multiple choice questions in each age category and members must pass with a 70%. If a member does not pass the test, they and a parent must attend on of the three Quality Assurance programs scheduled in order to show and sell their animal at the Butler County Fair. If the member passes in the 12-14 age category, they will not need to attend QA and can wait until they are age 15 to take the test again. If they pass the test at age 15 or older, they do not need to attend QA ever again.

ONLY youth that register are allowed to take the test-out option.