Weld County Extension Office is closed January 1st and 2nd for New Years Holiday.
Youth Meat Quality Assurance (YMQA) Certification
4-H & FFA members with MARKET and/or BREEDING livestock projects are required to complete Youth Meat Quality Assurance (YMQA) Certification. If you have never taken this program and did not take the program for a second time last year after you turned 14, you must attend a certification. For the purposes of YMQA, livestock is defined as BREEDING AND MARKET BEEF, DAIRY, SHEEP, SWINE, GOATS, RABBITS AND POULTRY. Horse projects are excluded from YMQA requirements.
Weld County members may complete certification in any county in the state. If attending in another county, please call their Extension Agent in advance to confirm your participation in their program and, find out specific time, location and directions to the training.
The Weld County MQA training will be held:
This training has several different stations that you will go through at your own pace. Please be here no later than 6:00 pm to attend the training.
If you are unable to attend the training in Weld County, it is your responsibility to attend a training in a different county. Please do not wait until the last minute to attend a training because choices become limited.
There will also be a virtual option in late spring or early summer that will only be valid for one year.
Please view the Meat Quality Assurance List in the Bulletin Board at www.weld4h.org or at www.weldcountyfair.com. The list will be updated on March 17th of who will need to take MQA.