Dodge County 4-H Blast
January 28, 2022
IN THIS ISSUE
- 4-H Calendar
- Market Beef Rate of Gain Contest Returns in 2022
- 2022 4HOnline Enrollment
- 4-H Volunteer & Leader Update Meeting
- Senior State Level Achievement Applications Due
- Special Agronomy and Special Garden Projects
- SOAR Dog Workshop
- Nebraska 4-H Livestock Achievement Program
- Nebraska 4-H Month
- Practice Horse Judging
- Horse Health and Nutrition Short Courses
- 2022 Nebraska 4-H Summer Camps
- Share with Us
- 4-H Photo Album
- 2022 Dodge County 4-H Ambassadors
- 2022 Dodge County 4-H Council
- Dodge County 4-H Website
4-H Calendar
4honline Enrollment Open Now!
January 28.........................Deadline to Request Seeds for Special Projects
January 31.........................Club Treasurer's Report Due
February is Nebraska 4-H Month!
February 5..........................Achievement Applications Due
February 6.............................Market Beef Weigh Day
February 19........................SOAR Dog Workshop
March 24...............................4-H Volunteer & Leader Update Meeting
April is Dodge County 4-H Awareness Month! (More Info to Come)
Market Beef Rate of Gain Contest Returns in 2022!
Enrolled 4-H Beef Project Members are eligible to participate.
You are invited to the Market Beef Weigh Day
When: Sunday, February 6, 2-4pm
Where: Masonic Eastern Star Home Barn, 2415 N Main St, Fremont, NE 68025.
Enter from Broad St/Hwy 77, ¼ mile north of 23rd or ¼ mile south of 30th.
Bring animals to be identified, weighed, tagged. Bring a halter and rope to lead your animal across the scale. Dodge County Extension staff will have EID Tags, taggers, ID Sheets, DNA Envelopes, and other resources on hand.
Participation is required only if you wish to enter the Rate of Gain Class in the Beef Show at the 2022 Dodge County Fair.
Your animal will be weighed again during Market Beef Check-In at the Dodge County Fair. Winners will be awarded ribbons and premiums.
Questions? Email shane.ahrens@unl.edu or call 402-727-2775.
2022 4honline Enrollment
Returning families - please do not create a new account - use your log-in credentials for 4honline from previous years. Instructions for returning families are at this link. Enrollment instructions for new families can be found here. Dodge County enrollment fee is $10.00 per youth member and can be paid by credit card online, or by cash or check in our office.
All Dodge County Volunteers are required to complete DHHS screening this year, regardless of the last time you were screened. Screening through DHHS costs $5.00. 4honline will guide you through the screening steps as you finish volunteer enrollment. New volunteers can find instructions here, and returning volunteers can follow this guide. Please complete the screening as soon as possible!
If you have any issues with enrollment or screening, contact Shane or call 402-727-2775.
4-H Volunteer & Leader Update Meeting
Senior State Level Achievement Applications Due
Special Agronomy and Special Garden Projects
In the second year of the special agronomy project, youth will explore broomcorn sorghum. Broomcorn can be used for ornamental uses in floral arrangements or harvested for broom-use prior to seed maturity. Find out more by clicking here!
The special garden project offers youth a chance to grow a pollinator attracting flower that changes color as it ages. Check out the special garden project, Rubenza Cosmos!
Email or call 402-727-2775 by Friday, January 28 to order your seed for these projects!
Nebraska 4-H Livestock Achievement Program
The Nebraska 4-H Livestock Achievement Program is designed to promote all educational aspects of 4-H livestock projects including selection, production, leadership, and exhibition by recognizing youth striving to improve in their livestock project knowledge and leadership.
The program recognizes Members of Excellence across all 4-H livestock project areas, including beef, sheep, meat goat, swine, dairy cattle, dairy goat, rabbit, and poultry.
The program consists of two levels that require 4-H members to plan and report a broad range of age-appropriate and project-related accomplishments. For each level, the Livestock Achievement Program provides a list of accomplishments from which 4-H members choose their goals. Each accomplishment is worth a specific number of points. Intermediates, ages 10-13, must complete 100 points worth of activities to receive the distinction of Intermediate Member of Excellence. Seniors, ages 14-18, must complete 150 points worth of activities to receive the distinction of Senior Member of Excellence.
At the beginning of the 4-H year, youth must apply to participate in the program. Upon acceptance into the program, participants plan what to accomplish. At the end of the 4-H year, they report on their completed accomplishments. Additionally, participants must complete their annual 4-H Online enrollment process, YQCA requirements, and project record books in order to receive a Member of Excellence distinction. Learn more and apply at:
https://4h.unl.edu/livestock-achievement-programWednesday, February 2 is 4-H Spirit Day, a great day to wear your 4-H gear! From hats to patches, shirts and sweaters, or just something green - show your pride and let everyone know that You Belong in 4-H. Take a photo of your 4-H Spirit and post it in our Facebook group!
If you don't have any 4-H shirts, stop by our office to buy one for $10. We will have t-shirts at various events throughout the year, so be sure to participate and make some space in your closet!
Practice Horse Judging
Do you coach or participate in competitive Horse Judging or Hippology? Are you looking for classes to practice? Register for this course and you will have access to 6 classes to judge, along with the official placings and an official critique, to learn why the classes were placed the way they were. The course becomes available January 15 and closes on July 15. You can access as many times as you want in that time period, and can join anytime. This is completely self-directed, so go at your own pace, whenever you wish. Go to: https://catalog.extension.org/product?catalog=HorseJudgingContest
Horse Health and Nutrition Courses
Check out these 2 short courses on Horse Health and Horse Nutrition from Extension Foundation. They are available from December 15 to May 15. You can start at any time, and each course has 6 lessons from University and industry experts around the country. At $50 per course, that is less than $10 per lesson! Click here to enroll.
Share with Us
Please post pictures or videos of the projects you are working on to the Dodge County 4-H Facebook group! Some fun examples would be giving us a video tour of your livestock barn, posting time lapse photos of fabric or painting projects, or sharing a recipe and picture of a home cooked meal.
2022 Dodge County 4-H Ambassadors
Paige Bunn - Kaden Gregory - Morgan Ondracek - Brooklyn Reynolds
2022 Dodge County 4-H Council
Youth Representatives:
Ashley Abrahams - Kaden Gregory - Evan Hartman - Brooklyn Reynolds - Hunter Wiese
Adult Representatives:
Michelle Ryun (District 1: Dodge/Scribner/Snyder) - Kelly Abrahams (District 2: Logan View) - Amy Hartman (District 3: Fremont) - Andy Swanson (District 4: North Bend) - Denise Dostal - Ann Brodd - Angela Meiergerd - Mary Jo Reynolds - Marvin Wiese - Kristin Schlueter
Nebraska Extension in Dodge County
Lisa Poppe - Extension Educator: lisa.poppe@unl.edu
Mary Spath - Office Manager: mary.spath@unl.edu
Shane Ahrens - 4-H Support: shane.ahrens@unl.edu
Email: dodge-county@unl.edu
Website: http://extension.unl.edu/statewide/dodge/
Location: 1206 West 23rd Street, Fremont, NE, United States
Phone: 402.727.2775
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/362826330737240/?ref=bookmarks