ATCP 160.02(3)(a)(a) A fair may charge an exhibitor an entry fee or charge stall rents for animals, or both.
ATCP 160.02(3)(b)
(b) Exhibitors in department 35 shall not be required to purchase an exhibitor's ticket. Any other exhibitor may be required, if no entry fee is charged, to purchase an exhibitor's season ticket at a price not to exceed that charged for a non-exhibitor's season ticket.
ATCP 160.02(4)(a)(a) For purposes of this subsection, “split fair dates" occur when a fair organization judges exhibits or contests and pays premiums at more than one time or at more than one location during the calendar year.
ATCP 160.02(4)(b)
(b) Except as provided under par.
(c), the department may not pay state aid for a fair having split dates unless the department gives advance written approval for a split fair. The department may approve split dates based on hardship.
ATCP 160.02(4)(c)
(c) The department may pay state aid for the following exhibits or contests in a fair having split dates with advance notification to the department:
ATCP 160.02(4)(d)
(d) If there are split dates under par.
(b) or
(c), all blue ribbon winners shall repeat their demonstrations or exhibits at the regular fair dates unless the department grants a hardship exemption. An exhibitor may use audio-visual media, still photography or an educational display to repeat a demonstration or exhibit.
ATCP 160.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1990, No. 419, eff. 12-1-90; r. and recr. (1) (e) and am. (3) (a),
Register, July, 1995, No. 475, eff. 8-1-95; r. and recr. (4),
Register, November, 2000, No. 539, eff. 12-1-00; correction in (2) (a) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, November, 2000, No. 539;
CR 08-075: am. (1) (a)
Register April 2009 No. 640, eff. 5-1-09;
CR 11-037: am. (1) (a), (3) (a), (b), cr. (4) (c) 8.
Register April 2012 No. 676, eff. 5-1-12;
CR 21-093: am. (1) (a), (b), renum. (1) (d) to ATCP 160.05 (3), am. (1) (e), (3) (a), (4) (b), (c) (intro.), cr. (4) (c) 4m., 7m., (4) (d) Register September 2022 No. 801, eff. 10-1-22. ATCP 160.03
ATCP 160.03 Exhibition requirements. A fair shall meet all of the exhibition requirements of this section to be eligible for state premium aid.
ATCP 160.03(1)
(1) No fair society or other organization sponsoring a fair may require an exhibitor to become a member of the organization in order to enter an exhibit at the fair, nor may the sponsoring organization make any deduction from an exhibitor's premium as a donation to the fair society, or require an exhibitor in any other way to make a donation to the society.
ATCP 160.03(2)
(2) State aid may not be approved for out-of-state exhibits or for separate classes of local and non-local exhibitors. Aid may not be approved for payment of premiums to an exhibitor having an out-of-state address but claiming Wisconsin residency unless the fair secretary provides the department with an affidavit that the exhibitor's residence is geographically located within the state.
ATCP 160.03(3)
(3) State aid may be paid only on articles or animals actually on display in an exhibit building or actually shown in the show ring on regular fair dates unless approval for split fair dates is obtained under s.
ATCP 160.02 (4). State aid may not be paid on Dairy Herd Improvement Association records, transportation aid, production contests or other special educational exhibits unless prior approval is obtained under s.
ATCP 160.49 (7).
ATCP 160.03(4)
(4) State aid may not be paid on exhibits removed from the fairgrounds before 4 p.m. on the last day of the fair, or such other later time as may be specified by the fair, without prior approval of the department. Authority for earlier removal may be granted by the department in case of meat animal sales or other special classes, if requested before the beginning of the fair. In other hardship cases, approval may be granted by the fair. Exhibits in dog obedience and small animal pet classes may be judged during the regular fair but are not required to remain present during the entire fair. The fair may prescribe the length of time junior fair exhibitors of horses shall keep their animal on the ground.
ATCP 160.03 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1990, No. 419, eff. 12-1-90;
CR 21-093: am. (intro.), (1), (4) Register September 2022 No. 801, eff. 10-1-22; correction in (3) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2022 No. 801. ATCP 160.05
ATCP 160.05 Open division; general requirements. ATCP 160.05(1)(1)
The total maximum premiums set forth for all places in any open division livestock class, excluding poultry and rabbits, may be divided into multiple premiums for a greater number of places, but the maximum premium offered for any additional place shall not be higher than the maximum for the last place in the class.
ATCP 160.05(2)
(2) All animals in any open division class shall be owned by the exhibitor, except as provided in s.
ATCP 160.09.
ATCP 160.05(3)
(3) State aid may be paid on no more than 2 premiums awarded an exhibitor under one premium or lot number in open division individual livestock classes, except poultry and rabbits, and no more than one premium in all other classes, including poultry and rabbits.
ATCP 160.05(4)
(4) State aid may not be used to award a premium to an exhibitor who exhibits an item or animal that has been exhibited in open class division previously in a state aid funded fair in that calendar year and resulted in a premium being awarded for that item or animal.
ATCP 160.05(5)
(5) The fair board may establish specific classes by professional and amateur level groupings within classes for open class departments 14 to 28.
ATCP 160.05 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1990, No. 419, eff. 12-1-90;
CR 11-037: r. (2), renum. (3) to be (2)
Register April 2012 No. 676, eff. 5-1-12;
CR 21-093: am. (1), renum. (3) from ATCP 160.02 (1) (d), cr. (4), (5) Register September 2022 No. 801, eff. 10-1-22. ATCP 160.07(1)(1)
Classes may be combined if the number of entries in several single classes is insufficient. If any classes are combined, state aid shall be limited to the maximum total premiums listed for a single class of animals, items or articles in that department.
ATCP 160.07(2)(a)(a) Except as provided under par.
(b), no fair may receive state aid for premiums awarded for sexually intact male dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, goats, swine or horses unless those animals are registered. Registered status shall be documented by a certificate of registry from the appropriate breed association or society, or by a copy of the application for registration.
ATCP 160.07(2)(b)
(b) Paragraph
(a) does not apply to dairy cattle exhibited at a fair if a national breed association certifies that those dairy cattle are recorded in that breed association's qualified herd book which records the genealogy of that breed.
ATCP 160.07(3)
(3) Any animal entered as part of a group class may also be exhibited in a class for individual animals.
ATCP 160.07(4)
(4) Boars may not be entered as an exhibit in the swine department unless their tusks have been removed.
ATCP 160.07(5)
(5) The age of an animal, for purposes of determining its entry class under this chapter, shall be determined as of the opening day of the fair.
ATCP 160.07 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1990, No. 419, eff. 12-1-90; renum. and am. (2) to be (2) (a) and cr. (2) (b),
Register, July, 1995, No. 475, eff. 8-1-95;
CR 11-037: cr. (5)
Register April 2012 No. 676, eff. 5-1-12;
CR 21-093: am. (2) Register September 2022 No. 801, eff. 10-1-22. ATCP 160.08
ATCP 160.08 Class definitions; individual classes. ATCP 160.08(1)(a)(a) A spring calf is one born on or after March 1 of the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(1)(b)
(b) A winter calf is one whose date of birth is between December 1 of the year preceding the exhibit year and February 28 or 29 of the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(1)(c)
(c) A fall calf is one whose date of birth is between September 1 and November 30 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(1)(d)
(d) A summer yearling is one whose date of birth is between June 1 and August 31 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(1)(e)
(e) A spring yearling is one whose date of birth is between March 1 and May 31 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(1)(f)
(f) A winter yearling is one whose date of birth is between December 1 of the second year preceding the exhibit year and February 28 or 29 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(1)(g)
(g) A fall yearling is one whose date of birth is between September 1 and November 30 of the second year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(1)(h)
(h) A 2 year-old is one born between September 1 of the third year preceding the exhibit year and August 31 of the second year preceding the exhibit year. A 2-year-old includes a yearling that has freshened.
ATCP 160.08(1)(i)
(i) A 3 year-old is one whose date of birth is between September 1 of the fourth year preceding the exhibit year and August 31 of the third year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(1)(j)
(j) A 4 year-old is one whose date of birth is between September 1 of the fifth year preceding the exhibit year and August 31 of the fourth year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(2)(a)(a) A junior calf is one born on or after January 1 of the exhibit year. The calf shall be at least 4 months old at the time of exhibit.
ATCP 160.08(2)(b)
(b) A senior calf is one whose date of birth is between September 1 and December 31 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(2)(c)
(c) A summer yearling is one whose date of birth is between May 1 and August 31 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(2)(d)
(d) A junior yearling is one whose date of birth is between January 1 and April 30 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(2)(e)
(e) A senior yearling is one whose date of birth is between September 1 and December 31 of the second year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(2)(f)
(f) A 2 year-old or older cow is one born before September 1 of the second year preceding the exhibit year and which has calved during the past year.
ATCP 160.08(4)(a)(a) A junior yearling boar or sow is one born between January 1 and June 30 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(4)(b)
(b) A senior boar or sow is one whose date of birth is between July 1 and December 31 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(4)(c)
(c) A senior spring boar or sow pig is one whose date of birth is between January 1 and February 28 or 29 of the exhibit year. A fair board may subdivide this entry class into January-born and February-born sows or boars.
ATCP 160.08(4)(d)
(d) A junior spring boar or sow pig is one born during the month of March of the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(5)(a)(a) A spring lamb is one born on or after February 16 of the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(5)(b)
(b) A fall lamb is one born between September 1 and December 31 of the year preceding the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(5)(c)
(c) A winter lamb is one born between January 1 and February 15 of the exhibit year.
ATCP 160.08(5)(d)
(d) A yearling ram or ewe is one born outside the date of birth limitations in pars.
(a) through
(c). The age of yearlings may be subject to verification by a veterinarian's examination whose findings shall be final.
ATCP 160.08 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1990, No. 419, eff. 12-1-90; am. (1) (h), (4) (a) and (5) (a), (b) and (c),
Register, July, 1995, No. 475, eff. 8-1-95; correction in (6) (intro.) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, November, 1999, No. 527;
CR 11-037: r. (3), (5) (e), (6)
Register April 2012 No. 676, eff. 5-1-12;
CR 21-093: am. (4) (c) Register September 2022 No. 801, eff. 10-1-22. ATCP 160.09
ATCP 160.09 Class definitions; group classes. ATCP 160.09(1)(a)
(a) A dairy junior get of sire shall consist of 3 animals which are the offspring of the same bull. All of these animals shall be under 2 years of age, and not more than one may be a bull. A beef junior get of sire shall consist of 3 animals which are the offspring of the same bull and are animals in the junior calf, senior calf, or the summer yearling, bull and heifer classes, with both sexes to be represented.
ATCP 160.09(1)(b)
(b) A dairy and beef senior get of sire shall consist of 3 animals which are the offspring of one sire. All of these animals shall be 2 years of age or over. In either a dairy or beef breed get of sire, the name of the sire shall be designated by the exhibitor. The animals need not be owned by a single exhibitor.
ATCP 160.09(1)(c)
(c) A produce of dam shall consist of 2 animals of any age or sex which are the produce of one cow.
ATCP 160.09(1)(d)
(d) A group of 3 best female cattle shall consist of 3 animals of any age which were bred and are owned by the exhibitor.
ATCP 160.09(2)
(2)
Swine. A pen of 3 feeder pigs shall consist of swine of either sex each weighing between 40 and 60 pounds. Any male pigs included in the pen shall be castrated and healed.
ATCP 160.09(3)(a)(a) A get of sire shall consist of 4 lambs or yearlings, or both, of either sex, from one sire, which were bred and are owned by the exhibitor.
ATCP 160.09(3)(b)
(b) An exhibitor's flock shall consist of one yearling or ram lamb, 2 yearling ewes and 2 ewe lambs which are owned by the exhibitor.
ATCP 160.09(3)(c)
(c) A junior division pair of lambs may include a spring or fall ram and spring or fall ewe lamb owned by the exhibitor.
ATCP 160.09(3)(d)
(d) A junior division flock shall be comprised of 3 sheep consisting of a yearling or lamb ram, a ewe lamb, and a yearling ewe, all of which are owned by the exhibitor.
ATCP 160.10
ATCP 160.10 Premium lists. The uniform premium lists in this subchapter are the amounts on which state premium aid may be paid to a fair. State premium aid is also limited to the classes set forth in this subchapter. Maximum premiums are listed in dollar amounts for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places for each entry class within a premium level.
