EVENT INFORMATION:
Exhibitors must purchase validation tags for and physically validate the following animals at this event in order to show:
- Major market swine & breeding gilts
Validation Tag Purchase Deadlines:
- $20 per tag/UIN for Validation orders placed or post-marked by 9/16/20
- $30 per tag/UIN for Validation orders placed or post-marked by 10/14/20
Purchase Validation Tags Here
MAJOR SWINE VALIDATION REMINDERS:
Bastrop County major show livestock exhibitor’s orders for:
- Market barrows and breeding gilts showing at the Texas Spring Major Shows
- Order what is necessary, the Extension Office does not order extra. Refunds will not be given.
- Ordering DOES NOT enter a participant into any show
- Vaccinations/health papers NOT REQUIRED for VALIDATION
What to do before validation:
- Decide where your registered hog will be shown and look up the rules for registration paper requirements – they will be different for each show
- Check breeding swine Registration papers: Registration papers for breeding hogs may be family validated or validated to 1 exhibitor listed as the owner
What to bring to Validation:
- Your hogs
- Gilt exhibitors will need to bring an ORIGINAL COLOR copy of their registration papers to be scanned on site – the Validation Committee must keep this copy and send it in with your paperwork (these may be sent ahead of time to MLMickelson@ag.tamu.edu or mailed to the Bastrop County Extension Office)
- Family email address
- Family mailing address
- Physical address where your animal is being kept
Validation Process:
- For breeding animals, the committee will verify exhibitor ownership and date
- The committee will pull a hair sample and tag ALL hogs with a state validation tag
- The committee will record ear notches
- Exhibitors, Parent/Guardian, and AST/CEA will complete sign the following documents:
- Carbon copy validation form
- Ethics Policy
- Hair Card
At validation the following must be present:
1. Animal being validated
2. Registration papers for Breeding Animals (may be emailed to MLMickelson@ag.tamu.edu ahead of time)
3. Parent/guardian – must be present to sign paperwork.
- Parents may sign for exhibitor if child cannot attend
- Parents unable to attend must sign waiver & paperwork before validation
- Ag Teachers CANNOT sign on behalf of parent
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