Quality Assurance & Drug Use Notification Forms

Quality Assurance Training (QA) is required by the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) for all livestock producers. This includes youth livestock exhibitors. Logan County Ag Society requires all youth members exhibiting livestock and dairy at the Logan County Fair to complete QA by April 30th to meet ODA’s requirements. If you are exhibiting at the Ohio State Fair, please be aware, you must complete QA 45 days prior to exhibition. ( Pet projects are included in Still Project judging and do not need to complete quality assurance.)

**QA Test Outs are back! Check back for more information!

 Please contact your club advisor or the Extension office if you have questions. 

2025 LOGAN COUNTY QA PROGRAM HANDOUT Click Here

QA OPTION 1: IN-PERSON

OSU Extension offers 4 in-person Quality Assurance Programs for 2026.

In-person options are available at no cost with no registration required.

Thursday, February 12, 2026
Benjamin Logan High School
 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Indian Lake High School 
6:00pm-8:00pm
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
Riverside High School
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Saturday, March 28, 2025
Logan County Fair Grounds
 10:00am - 12:00 noon

 

 

QA OPTION 2:  Online Certification Program

Youth, age 12 as of January 1, who are officially enrolled in 4-H and/or FFA livestock/food animal projects and who intend to show their project animal at exhibition (e.g., county or state fair) have the option to complete an online QA program for $12 at Youth for the Quality Care for Animals (YQCA) at the link below. The online module must be completed by April 30th at 4:30PM for Logan County Fair . You must Download and email a copy of your certificate to logan4h@osu.edu or deliver it in person to the extension office.

Other online courses do not meet the Ohio Youth Food Animal QA certification requirements (ie. BQA, PQA, BEST, etc.) 

https://yqcaprogram.org/

 

EQUISTEP - QA For Horse Projects

EquiSTEP training is required for all 4-H members enrolled in a horse project. The training must be completed every year. Ohio 4-H requires this training. To complete EquiSTEP online, go to horse.osu.edu and click the EquiSTEP logo at the bottom of the screen. EquiSTEP training must be complete by April 30th by 4:30PM in order to participate in 4-H horse activities and fair. Certifictes must be emailed at logan4h.osu.edu or dropped off at the Extension Office.  


Drug Use Notification Forms (DUNF)

According to Ohio Revised, Code 901-19-06 Drug Use Notification Form must be completed by all market and lactating livestock that are exhibited at the Logan County Fair. A Drug Use Notification Form (DUNF) must be submitted between July 5th and July 9th, 2026 by 4:30pm for each market and lactating animal. One form per each animal. No form = no weigh-in and the exhibitor will be ineligible for exhibition and required to remove the animal from the premises. A Junior Fair livestock exhibitor’s project must be drug free when they come into the Fairgrounds for weigh- ins to be eligible to participate at the Logan County Junior Fair and sell in the Logan County Junior Fair Livestock Sale. If drugs are determined to be present, the exhibitor and/or exhibitor’s family may be banned from showing in any future Logan County Fairs. The minimum number of years for banning is three (3) years before the right to review. No person shall submit an incomplete, illegible or unsigned DUNF.

Please note: All market animals, including feeder cattle, need to have completed DUNF forms. To complete a DUNF form you must have the following, 1) the official ID tags required for your species 2) The whole ID number (15 digit RFID Tags). Poultry and rabbits can be entered in a pen of two or three but all animals MUST be identified. 

ALL DUNF FORMS MUST BE COMPLETE BETWEEN JULY 5th and JULY 9th, 2026 at 4:30pm!!

 

2026 DUNF LINK