April 17, 2023
Market Beef Nomination Deadline Approaching May 1
The 2023 state livestock nomination season has arrived! Market beef nominations are due by May 1, 2023. This includes market steers and market heifers youth would like to be eligible to show at the Kansas State Fair Grand Drive and/or KJLS. Any market beef animal, regardless of breed, gender, or registration status, must be nominated. The deadline is a postmark and online submission deadline, but families need to plan ahead and get them submitted as soon as possible.
We have transitioned to an online nomination system, so families will need to order DNA envelopes in advance, as well as complete their YQCA certification and the Declaration Form before submitting their nominations. The nomination fee is now paid through purchasing DNA envelopes, which means no payment will be included when the completed and signed DNA envelopes are postmarked. The deadline to order official DNA envelopes is April 20.
Additionally, no paper forms will be mailed. Families will submit all tag numbers and identifying iformation about their animals through the online portal (ShoWorks) and only mail in their completedand signed DNA samples and a copy of the receipt from their online nomination entry submissions (list of animals/tag numbers). Extension agents and FFA advisors will approve nominations online.
Nomination information for all species may be found on the KSU Youth Livestock Program website, including the link to the online portal: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/extension/youth-programs/nominated-livestock/. The website also includes an overview of the four‐step nomination process. No paper forms or old DNA envelopes will be accepted. Families should use the checklist, make sure the DNA envelopes are signed by all exhibitors within the family, as well as a parent, and cross reference the information submitted online with the DNA envelopes. There is also a recording from the market beef nomination zoom meeting posted on the website. For more information, contact Lexie Hayes via email at adhayes@ksu.edu or 785‐532‐1264.