Youth Quality Assurance (YQA) teaches youth how to give the best care for their livestock in order to produce a high quality product for consumers. This is learned through understanding the importance proper nutrition, housing, identification, handling, carcass quality, health care, withdrawal times, and recordkeeping.
All youth planning to sell a market project must complete YQA each year. This is NOT a Junior Livestock Sale Committee requirement. Below is a list of dates for all nutrition and YQA classes that will be offered this year.
If members have gone through Pork check Off (PQA) or have completed the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) or have another quality assurance certification, that will meet your requirements.
If you would prefer to test out of YQA, an age and species appropriate test may be taken at either extension office. Youth must score an 80% or higher, and can retake the test (on a different day) as many times as they would like. Members scoring 100% (on the senior level test) will no longer need to complete YQA in future years. Junior and intermediates scoring 100% will not need to complete YQA again until they reach a new age level. Here is a study guide for the tests! study-guide