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In 2019, 4-H/FFA youth enrolled in any of the following animal projects will need to complete Youth for the Quality Care of Animals training: beef (bucket calf, feeder calf, breeding beef, market beef), dairy cattle, goat (breeding meat goat, dairy goat, meat goat), poultry, rabbit, sheep... Continue reading…
Volunteers will host two sewing-related help sessions for 4-H youth ages 8 and up. No pre-registration required or fees, just drop in.
Planning Basics for Beginners — Monday, June 3, 6:30-8 p.m.
Expert Sewing Help — Tuesday July 9–Friday, July 12, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Continue reading…
Three Plant Science Contests will be held Wednesday, June 5, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. at the Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherrycreek Road, Lincoln. Registration is required by Monday, June 3 by calling 402-441-7180. Open to 4-H’ers from all counties, ages 10–18 — premiums paid by the... Continue reading…
The 4-H Bicycle Safety Contest will be held Saturday, June 8, 9 a.m. at the Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherrycreek Road. The contest is open to all 4-H’ers ages 8 and up. Participants must provide their own bicycle and must wear a helmet. Register by Monday, June 3 by calling... Continue reading…
There will be a 4-H Rabbit Clinic and Tattooing Opportunity presented by the Rabbit VIPS Committee on Saturday, June 8, 9–11 a.m. at the Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherrycreek Road, Lincoln. Open to all youth ages 8 & up. Tattoos will cost $1 per rabbit. Rabbits must have a legible... Continue reading…
Horse VIPS Committee is presenting a 4-H Reining Clinic on Sunday, June 9 at Middle Cross Stables, 500 W. Sprague Rd., Roca, Neb. There will be 2–3 sessions of 4–6 youth. Register by Wednesday, June 5. $25 entry fee plus $10 office fee per rider. Clinician: Kelsey Ebke of Horner Performance Horses.
More details at: https://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/horse/ReiningClinic19.pdf
A final level testing will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 5:30 p.m. at the Lancaster Event Center. Anyone wishing to test must sign-up with Kate by June 18 by contacting Kate at kpulec3@unl.edu or 402-441-7180. All of the written horsemanship level requirements must be completed and submitted to... Continue reading…
This is the 11th year Kath Conroy, a 4-H Clothing Superintendent, and her husband, Mike, are graciously donating a new sewing machine to one Lancaster County 4-H youth! All interested youth should submit an essay describing the clothing projects they have completed in the past and their plans for... Continue reading…
Hippology and Horse Judging entry forms for the State 4-H Horse Expo at Fonner Park are due to the Extension office by Friday, June 14. Lancaster County 4-H’ers entry fees will be paid by the Lancaster County 4-H Council. Contest entry forms and information can be found at https://4h.unl.edu/horse/state-expo.
Prairie Star 4-H Club, Hunter’s Pride and Lancaster County Horse VIPS are offering jumping clinics and a small jumping show with clinician Carine Stava on Saturday, June 15 (clinic) and Saturday, July 27 (clinic and show) at Middle Cross Stables, 500 W. Sprague Rd., Roca. Register 1 week before.
More details at: https://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/horse/JumpingClinic19.pdf4-H members must enroll/re-enroll by June 15. The website to enroll is https://ne.4honline.com. The process is easy and only takes a few minutes per member or volunteer. Only parents/guardians may enroll 4-H members. Each 4-H household will need to set up a profile in which the 4-H youth and/or... Continue reading…
To exhibit at the Super Fair, 4-H members must be enrolled in the respective project (unless otherwise stated in the Fair Book). Enrolled project examples: Home Environment Design Decisions, Food & Nutrition Cooking 101, Aerospace 2 and Rabbit. Note, this does not include the specific fair... Continue reading…
Club leaders must enroll/re-enroll at https://ne.4honline.com. If you and your other co-leaders have not already enrolled at “4-H Online,” please do so before June 15. If you would like to view your 4-H club’s roster online, contact Heather Odoski at 402-441-7180 for a password.
4-H/FFA youth exhibiting at the Lancaster County Super Fair and/or Nebraska State Fair will need to complete Youth for the Quality Care of Animals training: Continue reading…
All 4-H/FFA sheep/goats/swine/beef/bucket calves/dairy cattle/llamas & alpacas/rabbits identifications are due by June 15. If questions, contact Calvin DeVries at calvin.devries@unl.edu or 402-441-7180.
See the following handout available at http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/fair and at the Extension... Continue reading…
A Babysitting Training for 5th–7th Graders, a class through the American Red Cross taught by Extension Educator Jaci Foged, will be held Tuesday, June 18, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at the Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherrycreek Road. Register by Tuesday, June 10. Open to all youth ages... Continue reading…
All 4-H/FFA animal entries for the Lancaster County Super Fair must be entered online at
http://lancaster.fairmanager.com. This includes stall requests and livestock/poultry exhibitor T-shirt sizes. No paper forms will be accepted! Youth must have been enrolled AND animal project(s) selected... Continue reading…
4-H Clover College will be June 25–28 at the Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherrycreek Road, Lincoln. Youth must be currently at least 8 years old (as of June 25) to attend the remaining workshops. Need not be enrolled in 4-H. Many workshops are full, but several have openings!
More details at: https://lancaster.unl.edu/ccMany helpful resources related to exhibiting in 4-H at the 2019 Lancaster County Super Fair are now online, including: handouts, horse patterns and forms.
More details at: https://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/fairDue to state 4-H policy, Lancaster County 4-H will no longer offer Peewee Showmanship. Most 4-H/FFA livestock shows will now offer 4-H Clover Kids Showmanship for 4-H members ages 5 through 7 (by January 1 of the current year). Participants must be enrolled in Lancaster County 4-H by June 15 as a... Continue reading…
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