Exhibitor Responsibility:

1. Animals must be in continuous possession of exhibitor from time of validation until the LSU AgCenter Sate LIvestock Show.
2. Exhibitors should request validation kits from agents and ag teachers as per parish guideline. Validation kits will be supplied to exhibitors by the Evangeline Parish office by request.
3. Validation will consist of ear tagging animal and pulling a hair sample; hair sample should be placed in a properly identified validation envelope for each animal validated. Validation envelope must be returned to Evangeline Parish office with the validation fee of $7.00 per envelope by dates specified above.
4. Animals previously tagged for the 2021 Louisiana State Fair may utilize the State Fair Tag to complete LSU AgCenter State Show validations. All animals must be tagged with either an LSU Tag or State Fair tag to be validated. New hair samples must be submitted to LSU AgCenter for all animals previously validated for the State Fair.
5. Animals must be validate in either the exhibitors name or in family name. Please keep in mind that when the official entry forms are turned in at the parish level animals validate in family name must be enterd in the name of the exhibitor that will show the animal at eh District and State Livestock Shows.

Validation Hardship Statement

Disrtict and/or State Show Manager must be notified within seven days after the validation deadline to be considered for a validation hardship. After contacting District and/or State Show Manager hardship forms must be immediately filed with supporting material and stating hardship. These hardships will be evaluated on a case by case basis by parish agent, district show manager, and state show manager. Only cases where it is determined to have been unavoidable will the exhibitor be allowed to validate. This decision will be final and not subject to appeal.