ALL REMAINING 2021 MAJORS SWINE VALIDATION TAG ORDERS PLACED BETWEEN OCROBER 26TH AND NOVEMBER 7TH HAVE SHIPPED VIA USPS PRIORITY MAIL ON NOVEMBER 10TH, AND SHOULD BE RECEIVED BY END OF DAY ON NOVEMBER 16, 2020.
Swine tag orders for the 2021 Major Stock Shows opens on September 1, 2020. Tag orders placed between September 1 – September 30, 2020 will be $15.00 per tag. Tags ordered October 1 – November 7, 2020 will be $18.00. Please note that tags can only be ordered by the county validation chair.
Tags ordered in September will begin shipping during the second week of October 2020. These tags will be shipped directly from the manufacturer and the shipment will also contain: hair envelopes and ear notch forms. All other documents can be found and downloaded at https://www.texasffa.org/swine-validation. Tags ordered after October 1, 2020 will be shipped from the Texas FFA office after November 1, 2020.
Validation of 2021 barrows and gilts showing at a major show must occur within the presence of the swine validation committee between November 1 and November 30, 2020. Under no circumstances should tags be handed out.
All materials and any unpaid orders must be postmarked by December 7, 2020 to the Austin office. To ensure timely receipt and posting of your payment, please DO NOT include your payment in your validation materials box.
VALIDATION SCHEDULING DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15TH - make sure to email your forms to tammy@texasffa.org. If you haven't done so already, make sure to get your form emailed to Tammy ASAP!
***IMPORTANT*** County validation chairs are highly encouraged to print the order invoice immediately after placing an order and submit for payment. This will prevent the county account from being blocked for the next ordering cycle.
Please see the chart below in the FAQ section regarding validation/tagging requirements for the 2021 Majors!
The 2021 Major Show Validation Checklist and all remaining Major Show documents have been updated. You can find them at the bottom of this page. Please make sure you are using the current version of the forms, and that all materials are complete and included when mailing in your validation materials.
Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see the Power Point presentation covering the Structure of Livestock Validation in Texas, as presented at the 2019 VATAT Conference!***
Major Show tag orders begin September 1, 2020. Please visit http://validate.texasffa.org/ to submit your orders.
County Validation Chairs Please Note: Your county swine validation account balance must be in good standing, or you will not be able to order 2020 Major Show tags. Please make sure all previous orders are paid prior to the September 1, 2020 opening date.
County validation chairs will need their county password to login to the system to place orders, print forms, submit tag/ear notch corrections and complete the student tag information. If you do not know your county's login password, please contact Tammy Glascock (tammy@texasffa.org)).
The swine validation system will close December 7, 2020 for all data input. After that date, all changes to the online tag assignment system will be done through the State Swine Validation Coordinator (tammy@texasffa.org). All forms contain instructions regarding this change.
The gilt registration paper upload system http://validate.texasffa.org/gilt will close on December 15, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. All registered gilt information and paper upload must be completed by the deadline. NO EXCEPTIONS! Please note that state validation tag numbers are required in order to input required information into the data system for the registered/purebred gilts.
2021 Major Show Swine Validation Process Information
Only the Swine Validation Chairman from each county may order tags.
COST: September $15.00 each
October $18.00 each
November $18.00 each
***All orders will ship 2-3 day priority mail.***
ORDERS/SHIPPING: Address on order form should be SHIPPING address, please NO PO BOX addresses - we are not able to verify delivery to PO Boxes other than received at the post office. Orders received in September will ship the second week of October. Orders received in October/November will ship by the end of the second week of November - please keep this in mind when scheduling your validation dates!
VALIDATION: All official validation and tagging should occur on or before 11:59 p.m. November 30, 2020 in the presence of the County Swine Validation Committee. Under no circumstances should tags be handed out for offsite tagging.