Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection § ATCP 160.01 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Breed class" and "breeding class" mean a specific breed within a class such as holstein in the dairy class.
(2) "Class" means a grouping in which exhibits may be entered, including an animal breed or age group for animal exhibits; a type of produce, crop or food; or a specific age, age group or educational grade level of exhibitor.
(2m) "Conference judging" means a judging system using a discussion about each exhibit with the entire group.
(3) "Danish judging system" means a judging system that allows for multiple first, second, third and fourth class selections as provided in s. ATCP 160.91 (4) (b).
(4) "Department" as it relates to the organizational structure of a fair, means an animal species, production group, or other principal classification of exhibits. As used in any other context, "department" means the state of Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.
(5) "Division" means one of 3 exhibitor group classifications for a fair and is limited to junior division, open division and senior citizens division.
(6) "Entry class" means a class in which the fair allows exhibitors to submit entries.
(7) "Exotic domestic animal" means an animal that is not a common farm animal.
(7e) "Face-to-face judging" means a judging system using a semiprivate discussion between the judge and the exhibitor with the following phases:
(a) Get acquainted.
(b) Learn the background of the exhibit.
(c) Self-evaluation.
(d) Evaluator comment.
(e) Parting.
(7m) "Fair" means a county or district fair eligible to receive state aid under s. 93.23(1) (b) or (c), Stats.
(7s) "Fair board" means the governing entity of a fair.
(8) "Lot" or "lot number" means the numerical designation assigned by a fair for a specific category of exhibits within a class.
(9) "Market class" means a class that includes animals of a certain weight for the species that can be sold for slaughter.
(10) "Premium" means a monetary prize that a fair awards to an exhibitor after judging all competing exhibits in the class to which the premium pertains.
(11) "Regular judging system" means a judging system that allows for one first, second, third and fourth class selection as provided in s. ATCP 160.91 (4) (c).
(12) "Self determined project" means a project that meets all of the following criteria:
(a) It is approved by the fair board.
(b) Its subject matter is related to any of the junior fair departments 9, 10, 13 to 16, 18, or 20 to 29.
(c) It does not fall into a defined entry class within any department.
(d) It is carried out by a member of a youth organization.
(13) "Youth organization" means an organization under adult leadership that has educational programing.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection § ATCP 160.01
Cr. Register, November, 1990, No. 419, eff. 12-1-90; cr. (5), Register, July, 1995, No. 475, eff. 8-1-95; CR 11-037: renum. (1) to (5) to be (2), (4), (5), (8), (10), cr. (1), (3), (6), (7), (9), (11), (12) Register April 2012 No. 676, eff. 5-1-12. Amended by, CR 21-093: cr. (2m), (7e), (7m), (7s), am. (8) to (10), (12) (d), cr. (13) Register September 2022 No. 801, eff. 10/1/2022

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