The Premium Guide, a comprehensive tool for State Fair exhibitors, is live on the Fair’s website.
NOTE: While these NEW items are listed, they do not replace exhibitor’s requirement for reading ALL of the General Rules & Regulation, Animal Health Requirements, and Department Rules & Regulations.
New – Vendor Payment Registration
**Vendor payment registration with the State of Missouri is required for individuals to be able to receive prize money from the Missouri State Fair. Please register online or submit the Vendor Input Form.
All checks will be mailed to premium winners if registration in the MissouriBUYS powered by MOVERS payment system or a vendor input form has been completed by the exhibitor.
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Name on registration and vendor input form must match the name on the entry blank. Entries & payment registration cannot be submitted under nicknames, non-legal farm names, middle names, etc. If entries do not correspond with the name on the payment registration, delay of premium payments will occur.
Per Missouri State Fair Premium Guide general rules and regulations, premiums not claimed prior to December 31, 2025, will be forfeited. Premiums must be claimed by completing online payment registration or submitting a vendor input form each year.
**Vendor = a vendor is any person who shows at the Missouri State Fair & wins prize money.
Superintendents
Poultry – Lane Falch
4-H/FFA Horse Show – Mikaila Livingston
4-H Building – Jim Sappington
Draft Horse Pull – Randy Conklin
New – Shows/Contests
- New rules and classes for 4-H/FFA Horse Show
- New breeds and classes
- New breeds and classes
- Additional scholarship money offered
- Charcuterie Board Contest
- Sourdough Baking Classes added
- Missouri Native Plant Show
- New classes
- New classes and regulations
- Location changed to the grass area north of the Sheep Pavilion. Date changed to the last weekend of the Fair
- New location; Lot 9 (Antique, Classic Tractor, Garden Tractor and Mini Rod Pulls)
New – Rules
Entry Deadline
- Livestock entry deadline is July 7 at 5:00 p.m. No late entries accepted.
Animal Health
- Updated rules and regulations provided by the Missouri Department of Agriculture Animal Health Department
- Animal health rule change requires cattle and swine exhibitors to provide a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI), completed by an accredited veterinarian within 30 days of the show. Cattle and swine must also be identified with an official form of identification. Swine will require a NUES tag and cattle will require an AID/RFID tag.
- Entry fees increased to $30.00 per entry. More than one vehicle per entry will be an additional $5.00 per vehicle added.