The 2020 Youth Quality Meats Program/YQCA “Youth for the Quality Care of Animals”

Please stay tuned as all of the information will be shared here as it becomes available.

Section 1 ~ Paperwork

• 2020 Quality Meats Brochure
• QM Guidelines 2020
• QM Feed Worksheet

Section 2 ~ Swine

Section 3 ~ Sheep and Goats

• 12th Annual US Targhee Sheep Association Starter Flock
• 2020 Starter Ewe Program
• Sheep Health Via Webinar
• Lambing Open House

Section 4 ~ Beef

Section 5 ~ 2020 Dates

Section 6 ~ Educational Activities

• Beef Feeding, Fitting and Grooming clinic    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

  When: March 21^st 8:30 am

  Where: Hibbs Farm 2796 60^th St. Frederic, WI

  What: Feeding presentation, clipping demo, lunch provided, one on one animal clipping to follow lunch

  Contact Jordon Hibbs 715.651.6516 for additional information

Section 7 ~ Fair Updates

Section 8 ~ Other Resources

• For any other information on Quality Meats please see the Clover Connection Newsletter. The newsletter will list upcoming dates and times of meeting and form deadlines.

  • Clover  Connection  Newsletter  2020
  • http://fyi.uwex.edu/wi4haganimalscience/area-animal-science-days/

Youth wishing to participate in the 2019 Polk County Quality Meats Program must meet all the program requirements:

• Quality Meats Requirements
  • Complete YQCA “Youth for the Quality Care of Animals” online classroom training. Club organizational leaders and co-leaders have more information on YQCA.
  • Attend a Polk County Quality Meats Kick-Off Meeting
  • Attend an educational event or sessions

•  2019 YQCA – Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (Formerly MAQA)

  • ALL Quality Meats Exhibitors must bring their printed certificate to paperwork check-in Wednesday at the Fair in the livestock show barn office. check-in concludes at 6pm.
  • Required on-line course go to yqca.org  and follow directions to register and take course – cost is $12.
  • Classroom training is available at a cost of $3 at various locations in other counties. Register for these classroom courses at yqca.org
  • Questions can be directed to your species chair or vice chair.
  • Instructions on Getting Your YQCA WebBased Certification 

The Polk County Quality Meats kick-off meeting will be announced in the Clover Connection, your email as well as on this website so stay tuned.

Helpful links

UW Extension Youth Livestock  (Bernie O’Rourke’s page)

Cooperative Extension Animal Sciences – Meat

Polk County Fair

Wisconsin State Fair

Indianhead Sheep Breeders Website

Wisconsin Sheap Shearers (Updated May 2018)

This page will continuously be updated with information as it becomes available to us.