Guernsey County Jr. Fair Dairy Cattle Committee

08/21/2026

🐄 Reminder: The Jr. Fair dairy cattle fitting and showing demonstration is Sunday August 23, 2026 @ 2pm in the Sr. Fair Office.

Remember to bring all donations received to the Fitting & Showing to be turned in!

08/21/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 Dairy Skillathon Winners and participants!

07/20/2026

It’s that time of year again when our Jr. Fair Dairy Cattle committee Jr. Fair participants and members are going out into the community and asking for donations for our Dairy Baskets!

We would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to our 2025 sponsors.

If you are a new business who would like to donate for 2026, please reach out to us.

If you are a participant or member and have not received your instruction and designated list of sponsors to visit, please check your email and/or message Tiffany F.

07/20/2026

Pre-Registration is open for Skillathon!

Reminder:
An exhibitor must complete 2 of 4 events
including QA clinic, Skillathon, Dairy fitting &
showing demonstration, and Dairy check-in at the fair in addition to exhibiting their project animal at the fair to receive their share of the dairy basket proceeds.

You can pre-register now for Skillathon at http://go.osu.edu/gcskillathon.

07/20/2026

Junior Fair Entry Instructions available at http://go.osu.edu/gclivestockentryinstructions

07/19/2026

Happy National Ice Cream Day!
🍦 Tell us your favorite flavor in the comments! 🍦

07/06/2026

Reminder:
Jr. Fair Livestock Committee Meeting
Monday July 6, 2026 7:00 pm @ Fairgrounds

06/15/2026

Did you know?!

• Ohio is ranked 12th in milk production in the U.S.

• Ohio is ranked first in the production of Swiss cheese.

• Dairy typically ranks third or fourth in agricultural receipts for the state.

• Ohio has about 252,000 dairy cows in just under 1,400 herds.

• At the present time, there are about 278 automatic milking systems installed among 79 herds in Ohio. This number continues to grow.

-Farm & Dairy 2026 February Article

06/11/2026

June is Dairy Month.
What is your favorite dairy product?

06/01/2026

Last call! Dairy Cattle ownership forms and lease agreements due today! Before 4:30pm at the Extension office!