Doniphan County Fair

The 2025 Doniphan County Fair will be July 19, & 21-25.

Kansas State Fair Book - 2025

Beef Weigh-In Day: March 15, 2025 8:30 am to 10:30 am

Sheep/Goat Weigh-In Day: April 27, 2025 2 pm to 4 pm

County Fair Deadlines: 4-H Online Enrollment for fair participation is May 1, 2025.

All animals going to the fair need ear tags purchased by Wednesday, May 1, 2025.

Summary of Requirements

  • Market beef, sheep, and goats weighed in on appropriate dates.
  • All livestock tags purchased by May 1 and enrolled in appropriate project on 4-H Online
  • All horse papers due in the extension office by May 1.
  • All livestock tagged/identified by JUNE 1 and reported to Extension Office.
  • State fair animals nominated or otherwise entered/registered by appropriate deadlines. Check out this link for more info: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/extension/youth-programs/nominated-livestock/
    • State fair exhibitors completed YQCA certification by date of nomination or by June 15.
  • County Fair Pen/Stall requests turned in by deadline (first week of July).

Fair Entries and Record Keeping System

We do not utilize an electronic FairEntry system. We utilize a paper green card system for 4-H. White cards are Open Class entries. Please check out the green card example resource here. All small animals, poultry, FCS, and static Agriculture and Natural Resource projects must fill out both sides of green card.

  • Livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, swine) may fill out only one side of the card per entry. See example page 3 in the resource listed above.
  • Open Class Livestock: Adults 18+ or older. No youth are allowed to show in this division due to safety concerns and liability.

Green and White cards are available at the Extension office or at time of entry check-in denoted by Fair Schedule.

YQCA Certification for State Fair and KJLS Exhibitors

**Online nomination system will continue this year. It is IMPERATIVE that you plan ahead this year. You will not be able to wait until the last minute and sucessfully complete the process.**

The platform will be available at http://yqcaprogram.org/. This website will be populated with information and materials from YQCA staff as the launch date approaches.

YQCA training must be done annually, either online for all exhibitors 4-H age 8 and up. 12- and 15-year-olds have one chance to test out of the entire intermediate (12-14 year range) or senior (15-18 year range) requirements. Training prices vary by type.

More detailed explanations and instructions are available:

Please contact the office for assistance getting started with this process. It is different that the county level.

Forms and Important Links