Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) is a national multi-species quality assurance program for youth ages 8 to 21. The program is designed to provide a minimum 60 minutes of education each year. Save the Date for the Price County Market Animal Sale program.
The YQCA organizational Board of Directors adopted the following goals for the YQCA training and certification program:
Ensure safety and well-being of animals produced by youth for showing and for 4-H and FFA projects.
Ensure a safe food supply to consumers.
Enhance the future of livestock industry by educating youth on these very important issues so they can become more informed producers, consumers and/or employees in the agriculture and food industry.
Maximize the limited development time and budgets of state and national youth program leaders to provide an effective quality assurance program.
Offer livestock shows a valid, national quality assurance certification for youth livestock exhibitors.