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Meat Quality Assurance

4-H and FFA members enrolling in any market and/or breeding livestock or small animal projects for the first time regardless of age, must attend a Colorado Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) program.  4-H and FFA members will be required to attend a Colorado MQA program a minimum of twice during the course of their 4-H career – once as a junior (8-13 years old, 4-H age) and once again within one year after becoming a senior (14-18 years old, 4-H age) 4-H member.

We have completed all of our classes. 

Meat Quality Assurance List - Updated June 11, 2025(PDF, 255KB)

Project Packets

Are You Ready for Fair?

There is always the common question of: Did you complete all the steps to be eligible to exhibit at fair? Please see the below check-lists to see if you have completed all the steps for your projects!

  • Family Consumer/General Natural/County Projects
    • Dog ID’s are due in 4-H Online by May 1st. You must update previously exhibited dogs, they do not automatically carry over
    • Interview Judging sign-up by July 7th. Interview judging day is Monday, July 21st. Sign-up will open on June 1st!
      • Dog and Crops/Vegetable members must sign up for an interview for the corresponding project record book. Failure to sign-up for a record book interview will result in participation only in those two divisions.
    • Fair Entries:Online at: Weld County Fair. Entries close July 7th!!
    • Do you have the proper Record Book? Visit Colorado 4-H Website to find the appropriate e-record.For Pocket Pets and Restoration projects, please use the Self Determined e-record.Crops and Genealogy both have record books online.
    • Shooting Sports: You will need to download your record book from the link above. The manual you received from your leader is not your record book, just a manual for information.
    • Do you know your project requirements? Refer to the State 4-H and County 4-H Project Requirements! Some projects require only exhibit item and record book, some also require a completed manual.
    • Do you know how your project will be evaluated? Visit: Colorado 4-H website. If you are unsure if you’ve completed all of the steps please call and verify prior to July 7th!!
  • Livestock Projects
    • Market Animal ID Days
      • Cattle: February
      • Sheep and Goats: Live ID Days at the following-locations
        • Island Grove Park, Greeley: Tuesday, May 6th, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
        • Briggsdale School FFA Shop:Wednesday, May 7th, 4:00-6:00 pm..
        • Southeast Weld County Fairgrounds (Keenesburg):Thursday, May 8th, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
      • Pigs: Must pick up paper work from office and paperwork due back to the Extension Office by 4:00 p.m. May 8th or by 6:00 p.m. at the Southeast Weld Fairgrounds in Keenesburg.
      • Rabbits: Doe ID’s Due May 1st
    • Horse Project
      • Horse ID’s due in 4-H Online by May 1st
      • Level testing completed by July 1st
    • Animal Care and Housing Forms – Due May 1st
    • Breeding Animal Ownership Deadline – May 1st
    • Are you up-to-date on your Meat Quality Assurance (MQA)? To check, visit the Bulletin Board.
    • Mandatory Interview and Record Book Review. Sign-up information will be available June 1st.
      • Virtual Interviews, time varies, June 17th-19th and July 1st-2nd
      • Fort Lupton, 3:00-5:00 p.m. on June 23rd
      • Keenesburg 3:00-6:00 p.m. on June 24th
      • Briggsdale, 4:00-6:00 p.m. on June 25th
      • Greeley, 3:00-7:00 p.m. on June 26th
      • Ault, 8:00 a.m. – noon on June 30th
    • FFA Members: SAE Form due to Extension Office by July 7th at 4:00 p.m.
    • Fair Entries:Online at: Weld County Fair website. Entries close July 7th!!
    • If you are unsure if you’ve completed all of the steps please call and verify prior to July 7th!!

Outstanding Member Application Due by August 15, 2025

Outstanding Volunteer Application Due by August 15, 2025

Judy Stevens Memorial Making the Best Better Leadership Application due by August 15, 2025

Extension Elevated

The Weld County Extension Office is excited to share with you a new publication that feature's a few of our elevated moments throughout the year here in Weld County.

Extension Elevated, Issue 03, December 2023(PDF, 13MB)