September: State Fair of Virginia

2022 Schedule and Information

NOTE: Ticket prices are $6 (this includes all fees/taxes).

Purchasing and Reserving Tickets to the Fair:

In order to enter the fair, teachers will need to purchase or reserve tickets for each day that they plan to attend.

Option 1 (Recommended): Purchase tickets online with a credit card. Tickets will be sent automatically and electronically.

Option 2: Reserve tickets online and pay with check onsite. Tickets will be sent to the teacher prior to the fair if reserved before 9/20. Please understand that when you reserve tickets you are responsible for payment, whether you attend or not. No returns. Adjustments can be made to contest registrations if a substitution is needed.

2022 Dates

9/22 Student Garden Set up
Giant Hay Bale Set up

9/23 Lawn Tractor Operators (Blue Ribbon Tent)
Small Engines (Best of Show Tent)
Tractor Troubleshooting (Best of Show Tent)
Junior Dairymen's (First Bank Show Ring)
Student Garden Judging

9/26 Horticulture Demonstration (Farm Credit Barn)
Agriculture Demonstration (Farm Credit Barn)
Career Applications in Horticulture (Farm Credit Barn) Turn in Ag Poster (Farm Credit Barn)

9/27 Forestry Field Day (Natural Resource Field, Farm Credit Barn (Rain))
Junior Forester's (Farm Credit Barn)

9/29 Crops (Blue Ribbon Tent)
Middle School Ag Exploration Contest (Blue Ribbon Tent)

9/30 Hippology (Blue Ribbon Tent)

9/29-10/2 State Youth Livestock Show and Sale
10/1 Sale of Champions

Registration:

FFA - 2022 registration for the contests will be on Judging Card. Please contact alisonks@vt.edu if you are having trouble logging in.

4-H - Please register using this Google Form.

All registrations are due September 15th.

Competition Guide Links:
Student Garden Rules
Lawn Tractor Operators Rules, Contest Guide
Small Engines Rules
Tractor Troubleshooting Rules
Junior Dairymen's Rules and Registration
Forestry Field Day Rules
Junior Forester's Rules

Horticulture Demonstration Rules
Category A - Crop Production and Soil Management
Category B - Crop Marketing and Preparation
Category C - Food Crop Preparation
Category D - Artistic Arrangement
Category E - Landscape, Installation, and Maintenance
Category F - Middle School Horticulture Demonstration
Crops Rules

Agriculture Demonstration Rules

Agriculture Poster Rules

Hippology Rules

Middle School Ag Exploration Rules

Career Applications in Horticulture Rules

Thank you for participating in the 2022 contests!
2022 Results
Ag Demo - Junior
Ag Demo - Senior
Hort Demo - Category A
Hort Demo - Category B
Hort Demo - Category C
Hort Demo - Category D
Hort Demo - Category E
Hort Demo - Category F
Ag Poster - Junior
Ag Poster - Senior
Career Applications in Horticulture
Crops - Junior
Crops - Senior
Hippology - Junior
Hippology - Senior
Jr. Foresters - Junior
Jr. Foresters - Senior
Lawn Tractor Operators
Middle School Ag Exploration
Small Engines
Student Garden
Tractor Troubleshooting

2021 Results
Agriscience Poster - Junior
Agriscience Poster - Senior
Agriscience Demonstration - Junior
Agriscience Demonstration - Senior
Horticulture Demonstration - Category A
Horticulture Demonstration - Category C
Horticulture Demonstration - Category D
Horticulture Demonstration - Category F
Jr Foresters - Senior
Jr Foresters - Junior
Crops - Senior
Crops - Junior
Hippology (ALL)
Hay Bale 2021
Student Garden 2021
Lawn Tractor 2021
Tractor Troubleshooting 2021
Forestry Field Day - Senior
Forestry Field Day - Junior
Small Engines

Thank you for participating in the 2020 contests!
2020 Results
Agriscience Poster - Junior
Agriscience Poster - Senior
Agriscience Demonstration - Junior
Agriscience Demonstration - Senior
Horticulture Demonstration - Category A
Horticulture Demonstration - Category C
Horticulture Demonstration - Category D
Horticulture Demonstration - Category E
Jr Foresters - Senior
Jr Foresters - Junior
Crops - Senior
Crops - Junior
Hippology (ALL)
Small Engines

Other Contest Resources
Native Trees of Virginia Guide
Jr Foresters ID List
Crops ID List
Horticulture Demonstration Rubric

State Fair Applied Scholarships
2021 applications due January 26, 2022

Applications

Links for the two applications are provided below. We advise that you prepare the data in a word document, and cut and paste into the form. For some applicants, a transcript will need to be uploaded and all applicants upload an essay. Deadline for receipt of scholarship applications is

January 26, 2022 at 5 pm.

**Please note that you will need to sign into a personal google account (NOT VT)
in order to submit your application and upload your essay and transcript**

Fill out your application at the link below or see the full PDF version below for reference:
-- Fill out your 2021 SFVA General Scholarship Application Here.
-- Fill out your 2021 Youth Livestock Application Here.

If you have scholarship application questions, please email edu@statefairva.org and include the word scholarship in the subject line.

PDF VERSIONS OF APPLICATIONS FOR REFERENCE

General SFVA PDF Version **Fill out on Google Form

Youth Livestock PDF Version **Fill out on Google Form

One $1,000 Gatewood Holland Stoneman Endowed Youth Development Scholarship

Qualifier: Applicant must have participated in the 2021 State Fair of Virginia competitions.

One $1,000 Farm Credit Endowed Youth Development Scholarship

Qualifier: Applicant must have participated in the 2021 State Fair of Virginia competitions.

Two $2,000 General Youth Development Scholarships

Qualifier: Applicant must have participated in the 2021 State Fair of Virginia competitions.

Fifteen Youth Livestock Scholarships:

Qualifier: Applicant must have participated in 2021 Youth Livestock Shows.

Current State Fair Scholarship Program
The State Fair of Virginia offers several scholarships through the many youth competitions of the Fair. Scholarship funds are held in a State Fair of Virginia, Inc. interest-bearing custody account. Annually, you will receive notice of your current balance. In future years, the balance will include the pro-rated interest that has been earned on your account balance.

When you have enrolled in an accredited college, university, or trade program, the earnings will be paid directly to your student account at your educational institution. To access scholarship funds, after enrolling in school, you will complete the Scholarship Payment Request Form (a copy is enclosed) and submit the form to the school’s registrar’s office. The registrar’s office will then forward the request to the State Fair of Virginia for payment.

Scholarships not used by your 24th birthday will revert from your name back into the State Fair of Virginia Scholarship Fund. You may not request that funds be transferred to another student.

Please visit our website, www.statefairva.org, and click on ‘State Fair Scholarship Program’ (https://www.statefairva.org/p/other/state-fair-of-virginia-scholarship-program) for general scholarship information.