Butler County 4-H News

Youth Pork Quality Assurance

suziecoloredAge Groups (as of January 1, 2016)

Beginners: age 8 – 11 yrs old – MUST attend PQA training each year to certify

Intermediate: age 12 – 14 yrs old – can attend each year or by passing a PQA exam (test out for Intermediate)

Advanced: age 15 – 18 yrs old – can attend each year or by passing a PQA exam (test out for Advanced)

¨ 7 year olds, as of May 1, 2016, with siblings can use the siblings PQA number.

¨ 7 year olds, as of May 1, 2016, without siblings must have a parent attend an Adult PQA training. Adult PQA training will be scheduled at a later time.

¨ 7 year olds are encouraged to attend a meeting.

SAVE THE DATES!!

Two meeting/testing dates are being offered.

1) Tuesday, April 12th @ 7:00 pm.

2) Thursday April 21st @ 7:00 p.m.

REMEMBER—If you are enrolled in the swine project, you are required to take a Youth Pork Quality Assurance class (unless you are old enough and test out).