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Editor Elizabeth Harsh

Managing Editor Hanna Fosbrink

Ohio Cattleman magazine (USPA: 020-968, ISSN: 1543-0588) is published six times per year: Winter issue, mailed in January; Expo preview issue, mailed in February; Spring issue, mailed in April; Summer issue, mailed in July; Early Fall issue, mailed in September; and Late Fall issue, mailed in October; for $15 a year to OCA members only. It is dedicated to reporting facts about Ohio’s cattle including marketing, production and legislative news. All editorial and advertising material is screened to meet rigid standards, but publisher assumes no responsibility for accuracy or validity of claims. All rights reserved. Circulation for the issue is 3,086.

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State Fair Time

By Elizabeth Harsh, Ohio Cattleman Editor

It’s state fair time. For many of Ohio’s beef industry youth their county fair and the state fair are what they look forward to and work hard for all year long. This year is especially meaningful as it marks the first full state fair in three years and as a result many fair enthusiasts feel like all is right with the world once again.

For OCA a full fair includes a return to operating two beef stands the Steak Barn and Taste of Ohio Café on the fairgrounds. OCA welcomes a new beef foodservice partner Graze On Catering owned by the Muir family, OCA members from Auglaize County, and appreciates the many volunteers who have signed up to work a shift and help promote beef.

A full fair also means that the Commercial Cattle Show and carcass contest will once again take place under the viaduct. The pens of three steers and heifers entered in the live show by some of Ohio’s finest cattle feeders represent one of the few remaining shows of this type held at a state fair anywhere in the country and OCA is pleased to support it.

The 2022 Ohio State Fair will also include a return of the Dean’s Charity Steer Show following its successful debut in 2019. OCA is proud to continue its partnership with The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) and Telhio Credit Union to host this event that benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Central Ohio. It will take place Tuesday, August 2 from 2–4:30 p.m. in Cooper Arena. The show features 11 teams consisting of a celebrity exhibitor, with most teams also having a local media personality, as well as an experienced 4-H and OCA BEST livestock family and their steer.

In addition to showing a steer during the charity steer show, the teams will also compete to see who can raise the most money for RMHC through both online donations and a sale following the show. The sale will follow the same procedures as a typical livestock sale, but without the actual transfer of livestock. More details on the event are available in this issue and online.

Special thanks to BEST and 4-H members: Own Bailey, Wayne County; Ashton Bain, Highland County; Kendall Bishop, Clark County; Madisyn Brandt, Tuscarawas County; Maddox Cupp, Fairfield County; Kyleigh Hatfield, Muskingum County; Mason Love, Fairfield County; Rachel O’Reilly, Geauga County; Shayla Sancic, Stark County; Rees Toler, Gallia County; Karissa Treadway, Warren County and their families for providing their animals, expertise and passion for this important cause!

The state fair also creates an experience for consumers to learn more about agriculture. Through the beef checkoff, the Ohio Beef Council is responsible for several educational exhibits around the fairgrounds that provide information for all ages on how beef gets from pasture to plate. New this year the beef council will participate in the Land and Living building and through an interactive display explain what sustainability means to beef farm families.

Included in this issue is a complete schedule of the state fair beef shows. Good luck if you are exhibiting and if not, plan a trip to take in all the fair offers. My advice, wrap up your state fair visit by stopping at the Beef Store in the beef barn to purchase a new hat or beef shirt and be sure to enjoy a hot-off-the-grill ribeye or burger.

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