Sheep, Goat, Swine Validation Information
30 Mar by Wood, Barbara
State Fair of Texas Sheep & Goat Validation: Location and Schedule TBD
Lambs and goats validated during the 2025 State Fair Validation Period will be eligible for 2026 Spring Major Shows.
Market animals validated for the 2025 State Fair will carryover for 2026 Spring Major Shows. Once validated, the project must stay in the care of the exhibitor that project is validated to; if the exhibitor chooses to sell the project to a new exhibitor, the new exhibitor must revalidate the project within the next validation period. Please see the Validation Guidelines for more details.
BREEDING SHEEP & GOATS: All Registered and Commercial Breeding Sheep and Goats must be validated to be eligible to show at the State Fair of Texas. Once validated, Breeding Sheep and Goat projects will be eligible for 3 years unless a change in ownership occurs. The deadline for ownership, transfer, and registration is June 30, 2025. A color, PDF copy of
the original registration papers should be emailed to (Meagan.Cline@ag.tamu.edu) by June 30, 2025. If applicable, please carbon your ag teacher.
State Fair of Texas & Heart O’ Texas Fair Swine Validation: Location and Schedule TBD
All Registered and Commercial Gilts must be validated for the State Fair of Texas and Heart O’ Texas Fair.
REGISTERED GILTS: The date of ownership, transfer, and registration must all be on or before June 30, 2025. A color, PDF copy of the original registration papers should be emailed to your County Extension Agent (Meagan.Cline@ag.tamu.edu) or Ag Teacher by June 30, 2025.
Lambs and goats validated during the 2025 State Fair Validation Period will be eligible for 2026 Spring Major Shows.
Market animals validated for the 2025 State Fair will carryover for 2026 Spring Major Shows. Once validated, the project must stay in the care of the exhibitor that project is validated to; if the exhibitor chooses to sell the project to a new exhibitor, the new exhibitor must revalidate the project within the next validation period. Please see the Validation Guidelines for more details.
BREEDING SHEEP & GOATS: All Registered and Commercial Breeding Sheep and Goats must be validated to be eligible to show at the State Fair of Texas. Once validated, Breeding Sheep and Goat projects will be eligible for 3 years unless a change in ownership occurs. The deadline for ownership, transfer, and registration is June 30, 2025. A color, PDF copy of
the original registration papers should be emailed to (Meagan.Cline@ag.tamu.edu) by June 30, 2025. If applicable, please carbon your ag teacher.
State Fair of Texas & Heart O’ Texas Fair Swine Validation: Location and Schedule TBD
All Registered and Commercial Gilts must be validated for the State Fair of Texas and Heart O’ Texas Fair.
REGISTERED GILTS: The date of ownership, transfer, and registration must all be on or before June 30, 2025. A color, PDF copy of the original registration papers should be emailed to your County Extension Agent (Meagan.Cline@ag.tamu.edu) or Ag Teacher by June 30, 2025.
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