CARROLL AREA FFA CHAPTER

Exhibiting projects at fair is one of the opportunities that FFA members have throughout and beyond their high school career. Carroll Area FFA members can exhibit at the Carroll County Fair, Crawford County Fair, Iowa State Fair, and several local and national livestock shows. Students are able to show in FFA and/or 4-H until the summer after they graduate high school; after that time, 4-H eligibility ends for the student. However, FFA members can continue showing through FFA at the Carroll County Fair and the Iowa State Fair until their FFA eligibility ends; FFA membership can be retained until the date of November 30, following the fourth National FFA Convention after graduation from high school.

 

Projects come in many different types, but are usually broken up into livestock and non-livestock categories. If you are interested in exhibiting projects at the Carroll County Fair or the Crawford County Fair, please visit the respective extension website and locate the fairbook and similar resources under the "4H & Youth" tab. If you are interested in exhibiting projects at the Iowa State Fair, please visit http://www.iowastatefair.org/competition/categories/#ffa. All students interested in exhibiting FFA projects should consult with their chapter advisor!

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Fair Information & Deadlines

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Carroll County Fair is held in Coon Rapids in the second week of July. FFA members can exhibit projects in beef, goats, poultry, rabbits, sheep, static, and swine. Livestock nominations (excluding rabbits) are due May 15, and entries are due in early June. Rabbit entries are due in late June. Static entries are due July 1.

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Crawford County Fair is held in Denison in the last week of July. FFA members can exhibit projects in beef, dairy, goats, horses, poultry, rabbits, sheep, static, and swine. Livestock nominations are due May 15, and all county fair entries are due July 1.

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Iowa State Fair is held in Des Moines in mid-August. FFA members can exhibit projects in agricultural mechanics, beef, dairy cattle, dairy goats, farm crops, floriculture, horses, horticulture, meat goats, photography, poultry, rabbits, sheep, and swine. Livestock nominations (excluding poultry and rabbits) are due May 15, and entries for all state fair entries are due July 1.

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For past county and state fair results, see "Awards & Accomplishments" under the Chapter History tab.