{"id":9318,"date":"2025-06-11T14:26:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/?page_id=9318"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:25:15","slug":"4-h-livestock-exhibitors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/york\/4-h\/4-h-livestock-exhibitors\/","title":{"rendered":"4-H Livestock Exhibitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Important Information and Deadlines<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/hancock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/08\/Combined-Animal-Approval-with-Lease.pdf\">Animal Approval Forms<\/a>: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Required for all livestock <strong>except<\/strong> rabbits\/cavies and poultry. This form is due in the Extension Office by June 30th. We will emboss a copy of the form you send us and send it back to you to present to fairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Forms can be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:elizabeth.belanger@maine.edu\">elizabeth.belanger@maine.edu<\/a> or mailed to York County Extension, 45 Kennebunk Road Alfred, ME 04002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/actonfair.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/4-H-Livestock-Entry-Form.pdf\">Acton Fair Livestock Entry Forms<\/a>:<\/strong> Required for ALL livestock entries. <\/span>You must submit your Livestock Entry Form to the Acton Fair livestock superintendent by <b>August 1<\/b><b>st<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This is a hard deadline. The mailing address is listed on the form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mainelivestockexhibitors.org\/memberships\/\"><strong>MALE Liability Insurance<\/strong><\/a>: A minimum of $1,000,000 in liability insurance is required for all livestock exhibitors. You must present a signed and embossed UMaine Cooperative Extension Animal Approval Form and a copy of your insurance when you arrive on the fairgrounds with your animals. Keep these documents with you while at the fair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Records:<\/strong> 4-H members ages 9 and up are highly encouraged to complete the goals section of their project records and present it when submitting their entries to the 4-H Livestock shows. Youth ages 9-18 can use the form found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/volunteers\/project-records\/required\/\">Maine 4-H Project Records: Required webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Please note that all livestock being show at the 4-H shows must remain on the Acton Fairgrounds for the duration of the fair. This is a rule that Acton Fair created and enforces. You can find more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actonfair.net\/\">Acton Fair website<\/a>, and the premium book when it becomes available.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Information and Deadlines Animal Approval Forms: Required for all livestock except rabbits\/cavies and poultry. This form is due in the Extension Office by June 30th. We will emboss a copy of the form you send us and send it back to you to present to fairs. 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