Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Show Entries Due Aug. 4

Several Lancaster County 4-H'ers earned purple ribbons and top placings at last year's Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Expo.
Several Lancaster County 4-H'ers earned purple ribbons and top placings at last year's Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Expo.

More than 2,000 4-H families from a ten-state area participate in the Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Shows.

The Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Stock Show will be held Sept. 26–29 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha. Categories of this 4-H only competition are dairy, feeder calf & breeding beef, market beef, market broilers, meat goats, market lamb, market swine, rabbit and dairy steer. Stock Show exhibitors must be at least 10 years of age by Jan. 1.

The Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Horse Show will be held Sept. 21–22 at the Lancaster Event Center in Lincoln. Horse exhibitors must be 12 years of age by Jan. 1.

All Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Stock Show and Horse Show entries are due to extension staff no later than Sunday, Aug. 4 at the Extension office or the Super Fair. Forms will be available online, at the Extension office, or for pick up in the livestock and horse offices at the fair. Registration fees must be included with the entries.

For more information, entry forms and tentative schedule, go to http://www.rivercityrodeo.com.