FURNAS NEWSLETTER NEBRASKA EXTENSION IN FURNAS COUNTY May 2017

UPCOMING

EVENTS:

MAY 23rd

— LQA Class - Beaver City

— Sheep Weigh In

MAY 25th & 24th

— Curtis Livestock Judging

Camp & Field Day

JUNE 6th

— This N’ That Day

JUNE 9th

— 4-H Council Meeting

JUNE 14 - 16th

— 4-H Camp Orleans

JUNE 24th

— Holbrook Livestock Show

Sheep Weigh In & Tag Day

Tuesday, May 23rd 10:00 a.m. at the Beaver City Fairgrounds

Are you showing a sheep at the Furnas County fair? Bring your sheep on the 23rd to have them weighed and tagged for the county fair. Weighing will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the fairgrounds following the Livestock Quality Assurance class.

Last Livestock Quality Assurance (LQA)

Tuesday, May 23rd 9:00 a.m. Blue Ribbon Fair Building, Beaver City

All 4-H and FFA youth ages 8-18, who are enrolled in any live-stock projects (Beef, Sheep, Swine, Meat Goat or Dairy Goat), need to complete LQA. Attend the in-person class or complete the online module at https://yqca.learngrow.io/Account/Login

This N’ That Day June 6th

9:00 a.m. - Noon Beaver City Fairgrounds

Cost: $5

Join us Tuesday, June 6th as 4-H’ers 5 - 13 years of age learn and prepare three exhibits for fair. From Tie-Dye to their own message

boards, 4-H’ers will be busy putting their creative minds to use.

Call the office (308-268-3105) by MAY 30TH to register!

MUCH THANKS!

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2017 4-H Carnival a huge success! From the 4-H Council, 4-H Clubs, volunteers and participants to all of the prize sponsors and 4-H’ers selling raffle tickets - the combined efforts made this years carnival one for the record books!

(308)268-3105 Furnas-County@unl.edu furnas.unl.edu

Livestock Judging Contests

Mark your calendars for the upcoming livestock judging contests! If you are interested in partici-pating in any of the contests listed below, please let the office know so that we can get everyone pre-registered.

May 24th – Livestock Judging Camp & Contest @ NCTA in Curtis (Registration due May 18th)

May 30th – Dawson County Livestock Judging Contest

June 1st – South Central Livestock Judging Clinic @ Bladen (Registration due May 27th)

June 3rd – West Central Nebraska Spring Livestock Judging Clinic @ North Platte (Registration due June 1

st)

June 9th – Nebraska Livestock Judging Classic @ Kearney (Registration due June 7th)

June 26-27th – PASE @ Lincoln (Registration due June 1st)

Premise ID

All Livestock Exhibitors are required to have a premise ID this year. Get your ID by calling the Nebraska Department of Agriculture at 402-471-2351 and ask for Premise ID Infor-mation. Then, call the Extension Office to let us know your ID number, 308-268-3105.

Have You RE-ENROLLED in 4-H?

The deadline to re-enroll in 4-H is fast approaching! Don’t wait any longer, get enrolled!

1) Visit https://ne.4honline.com and log in using your same email and password as last year. DO NOT create a new profile.

2) Update your information. Double check the number of years it says you’ve been in 4-H.

3) You’re Done!! If you have any problems with steps 1 or 2 contact the office at 308-268-3105.

Presentation & Speech Contest

Eleven 4-H’ers took the stage on Tuesday, April 4th at the Ella Missing Building

in Arapahoe, for the 2017 Furnas County Speech and Presentation Contest. It was a fun and educational evening as each competitor anxiously awaited their turn to, ‘wow’ the judge with

their speech. Micah Gerlach, Kolby Hunt, Mackenna Hunt and Megan tenBensel (pictured to the left),

represented Furnas County, with their speeches, at the 4-H

Regional competition. The regional contest for the West Central area took place on April 29th in North Platte. These four 4-H’ers proudly represented Furnas County as Mackenna took Purple in the senior division. In the Intermediate division, Kolby received a Blue and Megan a Red. Then last, but certainly not least, Micah received top medal in the Junior Division of the West Central Regional Speech Competition.

Congratulations Micah and to all of our Public Speakers!

June 20th - Last day to add or drop projects