Monday, April 8th – Friday, April 19th, Green County Justice Center, Monroe, WI

Green County Fair market wether goat exhibitors will be required to self-identify their goats using the RFID tag method this year. Exhibitors will be required to tag their own goats and do photo identification for each fair market animal.  There will be no cost for the photo identification kits.  Exhibitors will also be given one RFID ear tag for each animal at no cost. Market wether goat photo identification kits and ear tags will only be available for pickup at the Extension Green County Office, 2841 6^th St, Monroe from April 8th – April 19th.

The kits cannot be mailed.  Photos of each animal must be taken of one head view, clearly displaying the RFID ear tag and a scrapie tag in the animal’s ear.  Photos must be attached to the Green County Fair photo identification form.

The Extension Green County office will loan out ear taggers for exhibitors to use for tagging their animals.  The taggers must be returned to the Extension office and will be sanitized before being given to another farm to prevent the spread of disease.  4-H Leaders and Agriculture instructors will be allowed to pick up ID kits for their members.  However, they will be required to sign for all the kits they pick up at the Extension Green County Office. Each kit will include the photo identification forms and one RFID ear tag for each animal to be identified.

When picking up their identification kits, exhibitors will be provided with instructions on the correct procedures for taking the photos and placing the RFID ear tags.  Only animals that are identified using the Green County ID kits will be eligible to exhibit at the 2024 Green County Fair, in the Market Classes.

Youth who exhibit goats will be required to complete Youth Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) training.  If you have not already completed this training, directions on how to certify will be explained when identifications packets are picked up at the Extension Green County office. Each individual Green County Exhibitor MUST submit their YQCA certificate number online when completing fair entries. Fair Entries CANNOT be completed without the Certificate number. Copies of the certificate do not need to be submitted to the Extension Green County office.

Exhibitors will need to turn in an auction entry form and two signed buyer cards to the Extension Green County office by June 21st to be eligible to sell in the auction.  The cards are available online for printing or hard copies of the buyer cards are also available at the Extension Green County office.

Detailed times for the Identification Process:  

GOATS—pickup starting April 8th, 2024, and must be returned by April 19^th, 2024 at 4:30pm

Market Wether Goats will have the Champion and Reserve Champion Wether Goat winners sell in the auction, provided they meet all auction requirements.

For more information contact Jackie McCarville, Ag Educator at the Extension Green County office at 608-328-9440 or at jackie.mccarville@wisc.edu

Market Goats must meet a minimum weight of 45 pounds to sell and will be paid up to a maximum weight of 100 pounds.

Online fair entries and Auction Entry Forms are both due by Monday, May 20 at 4:30pm.

Don’t forget to also review the Green County Market Goat Exhibitor Rules 2025 (coming soon) and review the GOAT Fairbook information on the Green County Fair website.