Judging, demonstration and exhibit schedules for the 2007 Minnesota State Fair, Aug. 23-Labor Day, Sept. 3, are as follows: • Thursday, Aug. 23 – 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Baa Booth, Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 1 p.m. Poultry: 4-H poultry & showmanship (Sheep Barn); 1:30 p.m. Beef Cattle: 4-H cow/calf and prospect market calves (Judging Arena); 2 p.m. Sheep: 4-H fleece show, conference judging (Swine Barn); 4 p.m. Beef Cattle: 4-H breeding heifers (Judging Arena). • Friday, Aug. 24 – 7:30 a.m. Beef Cattle: 4-H beef, dairy steers and showmanship (Warner Coliseum); 8 a.m. Sheep: Superintendent’s Special (Sheep Barn); Dairy Goats: 4-H dairy and market goats, and showmanship (Judging Arena); 8:30 a.m. Swine: 4-H breeding and market gilts, market barrows and showmanship (Swine Barn); Sheep: Rambouillet (Sheep Barn); 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Baa Booth, Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 9 a.m. Poultry and Rabbits: rabbits, pigeons (Poultry Barn); 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 10:30 a.m. Sheep: Columbia (Sheep Barn); 1 p.m. Sheep: Montadale (Sheep Barn); 3 p.m. Sheep: Corriedale (Sheep Barn); 4:30 p.m. Beef Cattle: 4-H beef championship event (Warner Coliseum); Sheep: 4-H market lambs and breeding ewes (Judging Arena). • Saturday, Aug. 25 – 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Baa Booth, Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 8 a.m. Rabbits: 4-H rabbits (Sheep Arena); Sheep: 4-H lamb lead show (Swine Barn); Beef Cattle: 4-H beef showmanship (Exercise Ring); Draft Horses: Belgian halter classes (Judging Arena); 9 a.m. Poultry: Rabbits (Poultry Barn); Dairy Cattle: 4-H dairy cattle (Warner Coliseum); 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 11 a.m. Rabbits: 4-H rabbit showmanship (Sheep Arena); Sheep: 4-H sheep showmanship (Swine Barn); 2 p.m. Sheep: quality lambs (Sheep Barn); 2:30 p.m. Sheep: market lambs, white faced breeds (Sheep Barn); 3 p.m. Sheep: Border Cheviot (Sheep Barn); 4:30 p.m. Sheep: All Other Breeds (Sheep Barn); 6 p.m. 4-H Auction (Judging Arena). • Sunday, Aug. 26 – 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Baa Booth, Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 8 a.m. Draft Horses: Percheron halter classes (Judging Arena); 8:30 a.m. Poultry: 4-H poultry judging contest (Sheep Arena); 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 11:30 a.m. Sheep: lamb lead (Sheep Barn); 2 p.m. Horses: Miniature Horse halter classes (Judging Arena); 3 p.m. BARNS CLOSED FOR THE DAY (Cattle, Sheep, Dairy goats, Swine and Poultry depart). • Monday, Aug. 27 – 8 a.m. Draft Horses: Clydesdale halter classes (Judging Arena); Stock Dogs: Stock Dog trials (Warner Coliseum); 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Baa Booth, Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 12:30 p.m. Draft Horses: Shire halter classes (Judging Arena). • Tuesday, Aug. 28 – 8 a.m. Sheep: Superintendent’s Special (Sheep Barn) Swine: Poland China, Duroc (Swine Barn); 8:30 a.m. Sheep: P.A. Anderson Challenge Trophy (Sheep Barn); 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Baa Booth, Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 9 a.m. Dairy Cattle: Ayrshire, Milking Shorthorn, Normande, Guernsey, Red & White (Warner Coliseum); Sheep: Hampshire (Sheep Barn); 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 11 a.m. Swine: Hampshire, Chester White (Swine Barn); 1 p.m. Sheep: Suffolk (Sheep Barn); Swine: Spotted Hogs, Berkshire (Swine Barn); 2 p.m. Swine: Yorkshire (Swine Barn); 3 p.m. Swine: Landrace (Swine Barn). • Wednesday, Aug. 29 – 8 a.m. Dairy Cattle: Holstein (Warner Coliseum); 8:30 a.m. Sheep: market lambs; black faced breeds (Sheep Barn); 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Baa Booth, Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 9 a.m. Dairy Cattle: Brown Swiss, Jersey (Warner Coliseum); Poultry: Chicken, waterfowl, turkey (Poultry Barn); Swine: Derby & open barrows (Swine Barn); 9:30 a.m. Sheep: Southdown (Sheep Barn); 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 1 p.m. Sheep: Dorset (Sheep Barn). • Thursday, Aug. 30 – 8:30 a.m. Llamas: performance classes (Judging Arena); 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Baa Booth, Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 9 a.m. Poultry: chickens and turkeys, waterfowl (Poultry Barn); 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10 a.m. Dairy Cattle: Supreme Champion Female (Warner Coliseum); 2 p.m. BARNS CLOSED FOR THE DAY (open cattle, open sheep and open swine depart). • Friday, Aug. 31 – 8 a.m. Horses: Quarter Horse, Paint Horse halter classes (Warner Coliseum); 8:30 a.m. Llamas: light & medium wool breed classes (Judging Arena); 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10 a.m. Llamas: heavy wool breed classes followed by Costume Class (Judging Arena); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 11 a.m. Poultry: rooster crowing contest (Poultry Barn); 2 p.m. LLAMAS DEPART; 3 p.m. Dairy Goats: Nigerian Dwarf (Sheep Barn); 7 p.m. Dairy Goats: Toggenburg juniors (Sheep Barn); 8:15 p.m. Dairy Goats: Oberhasli juniors (Sheep Barn). • Saturday, Sept. 1 – 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 8 a.m. Beef Cattle: Angus, Hereford, Simmental (Warner Coliseum); Dairy Goats: Oberhasli seniors and groups (Sheep Barn); Sheep: FFA Corriedale, Rambouillet, Columbia, Cheviot (Swine Barn); Swine: FFA breeding swine and showmanship (Swine Barn); 8:30 a.m. Dairy Cattle: FFA Dairy Showmanship (Judging Arena); 9:15 a.m. Dairy Cattle: FFA Holstein, Grade Holstein (Judging Arena); 9:30 a.m. Dairy Goats: Saanen (Sheep Barn); 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 11 a.m. Poultry: rooster crowing contest (Poultry Barn); 1 p.m. Beef Cattle: Charolais, Limousin, Red Angus, Shorthorn (Warner Coliseum); Dairy Cattle: FFA Milking Shorthorn (Judging Arena); Dairy Goats: Nubian (Sheep Barn); Sheep: FFA market lambs and showmanship (Swine Barn); 3 p.m. Dairy Cattle: FFA Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Jersey and Guernsey (Judging Arena); 4:30 p.m. Dairy Goats: La Mancha (Sheep Barn). • Sunday, Sept. 2 – 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 8 a.m. Dairy Goats: Toggenburg seniors and groups (Sheep Barn); Sheep: FFA Dorset, Montadale, Polypay, Hampshire (Swine Barn); Swine: FFA market swine and showmanship (Swine Barn); 9:30 a.m. Dairy Goats: Alpine (Sheep Barn); 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, 4 & 6 p.m.); 10 a.m. Beef Cattle: FFA market steers and showmanship (Judging Arena); 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Bee & Honey (various demonstrations throughout the day); 11 a.m. Beef Cattle: FFA beef cattle (Judging Arena); Poultry: rooster crowing contest (Poultry Barn); 1 p.m. Sheep: FFA Southdown, Suffolk, all other breeds and showmanship (Swine Barn); 2:30 p.m. Dairy Goats: Recorded Grades (Sheep Barn); 5:15 p.m. Dairy Goats: best junior and senior does in show (Sheep Barn); 6 p.m. Beef Cattle: Championship Female & Bull (Judging Arena). • Monday, Sept. 3 – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Moo Booth, Oink Booth; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Milking demonstrations (start at 10 a.m., noon, 2, & 4 p.m.); 11 a.m. Poultry: rooster crowing contest finals (Poultry Barn); 3 p.m. BARNS CLOSED FOR THE DAY (remaining animals depart). • Premiums and awards (livestock) – cattle, $230,000; dairy goats, $14,000; horses, $50,000+; llamas, $4,925; poultry, $11,000; sheep, $36,000; stock dogs, $1,110; swine, $67,000; 4-H, more
than $50,000; and FFA, $74,000+. • Premiums and awards (other) – fine arts, $10,000; education, $13,000; creative activites, $10,000+; Christmas trees, $3,525; honey & bee culture, $4,572; farm crops, $10,150; flowers, $2,500; fruits & wine, $1,500; and vegetable & potato, $5,040.
