• Curtis Wolter, President; Meldon Melcher, 1st Vice-President; Jim Klein, 2nd Vice-President; Twyla Menth, Secretary Bob Lano, Treasurer
  
• Curtis Wolter, Shawn Dalchow, Dan Robb, Meldon Melcher, Bill Flusemann, Bob Lano, Dale Rademacher, Lou Robb, Adrian Rademacher, Ken Norman, Vernon Rosckes, Wallace Rolf, Scott Flusemann, Glenn Strube, Twyla Menth, Cindy Dobratz, Ross Erickson, Steve Rolf; County Extension (952) 442-4496
• Ex-Officio: Rachel Bender
• Carver County Commissioners: Jim Ische, Tim Lynch

GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS - LIVESTOCK
Competition for premiums is restricted to Carver and adjoining counties except in the case of livestock where special regulations apply.
All entries must be made and delivered to the Superintendent by 3:00 p.m. on Entry Day unless another time is requested. Refer to division of the exhibit for special instructions.
All exhibits must be entered in the name of the owner.
No animal or exhibit will be assigned a place on the grounds unless proper entry has been made.
Livestock must be brought to the judging ring promptly upon being called.
Exhibitors must care for their own livestock exhibits. Care and feed will be provided for poultry.
No animal or article unworthy of a premium shall receive 1st place even though there be no competition. Nor shall any animal or article receive a higher premium than its merit demands. When there is nothing in a class deserving a premium, the judge or committee shall make no award. Lack of competition shall not be cause for withholding a premium, if the animal or article is worthy.
Any person who attempts to interfere with the judging of exhibits shall forfeit any award that he or she may be entitled to in that division.
No animal or article shall compete for more than one award except when the animal is used as part of a herd or group class.
Livestock judges shall give reasons for their placing at the completion of the judging of each class. Other judges may be asked to give reasons for their decisions.
Pedigrees (or proof of eligibility to record by registry certificates of sire and dam) of horses and cattle in the registered classes shall be shown to the Superintendent to entitle animals to premiums. This rule will be strictly observed.
Superintendents of all departments have the right to accept or reject any exhibit.
A duly licensed veterinarian has been designated as the official veterinarian of the fair. He will be in complete charge of the enforcement of sanitary and livestock health regulations and is authorized to inspect and examine all livestock at any time he feels this is necessary.
All buildings including exhibition halls, rings, stables, yards and pens have been cleaned and disinfected with an approved disinfectant as specified by the official veterinarian.
All Livestock Exhibitors must adhere to Minnesota Livestock Sanitary Board Regulations LSB 40. Below is a condensation of the requirements. If any questions, contact your veterinarian or the County Agent.

Exhibition of Livestock in Minnesota 2008 Requirements
General requirements - Livestock and poultry that exhibit symptoms of any infections or communicable disease, including ringworm and warts, may not be exhibited. All animals must be examined by the official veterinarian on the day they are admitted to the exhibition and at least once daily during the exhibition. All entries must be in the office one week before the fair.

• Cattle - No specific tests or identification are required for cattle from Minnesota.
• Sheep and Goats - Sheep and goats must be identified with the official identification approved for use in the scrapie eradication program.
• Swine - Swine must be individually identified and must: have had a negative official pseudorabies test conducted within 30 days prior to the opening date of the exhibition; or
  • originate directly from a qualified pseudorabies-negative heard; or
  • originate directly from a Stage IV or V county or area. All 50 states are currently Stage V (Pseudorabies Free Status)
    
• Horses - All horses must be negative to an official test for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) within 12 months prior to the opening date of the exhibition. A test is not required for suckling foals accompanying a negative dam.
  
• Poultry - Poultry, except waterfowl and pigeons, must be individually identified with a leg or wing band and accompanied by a form approved by the board to show compliance with one of the following: negative test for pullorum-typhoid disease conducted within 90 days prior to the opening date of the exhibition; originate directly from parent stock tested and found negative for pullorum-typhoid disease within the last 12 months. In addition, turkeys must be negative or originate directly from parent stock that is tested negative for salmonella typhimurium, mycoplasma gallisepticum, and mycoplasma synoviae.
• Dogs - Dogs over six months of age must be accompanied by a certificate of rabies vaccination issued by a licensed veterinarian.
• Imported Animals - All imported animals must be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection and meet the board’s importation requirements.
• Slaughter Classes - All livestock and poultry entered in the class which are kept isolated in a separate building from all other livestock and poultry at the exhibition and which are slaughtered during or immediately following the exhibition do not need tests or individual identification.

• The Society will not assume any responsibility for disease, sickness, injury, loss or damage to exhibits contracted during the Fair.
• Any person knowingly violating any of the rules of this Society will thereby forfeit all rights to any premium that may be awarded to them.
• No persons will be permitted to distribute advertising matter on the grounds except from their place of business or exhibit. The tacking or posting of any advertisement or distribution of bills, cards, fliers, etc. except within the space occupied by the exhibitors, is prohibited. Anyone violating this rule will be subject to fine and expulsion from the grounds as the Board of Directors may elect.
• An exhibitor removing exhibits before 8 p.m. on Sunday, August 10, 2008 will forfeit their premium monies.