Feb. SOUTHERN PLAINS 4-H NEWSLETTER
Serving Thayer and Nuckolls County - February 2024
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Shows, Clinics, Camps & Judging
For information on shows, clinics, camps and judging refer to this news letter. https://www.smore.com/g916f
"2024" 4-H ENROLLMENT OPEN! ENROLL NOW!
Points to remember:
*You Must Enroll each Year! Leaders, Volunteers, Council & Youth!
*NEW THIS YEAR, Volunteer training for all Volunteers, Leaders, must be completed prior to final approval.
*Update your existing profile, DO NOT START A NEW ONE, unless you are truly NEW!
*Please review your information carefully, and make any corrections.
Zoom and Facebook Live Q&A sessions
Our first virtual Q&A session will be held February 22nd at 6pm via zoom and Facebook live! This session will be covering livestock ID's and specific questions you may have about enrolling in 4-H. If you are unable to attend, the session will be recorded and can be found on the Southern Plains Extension Facebook page or on our website. You can submit livestock ID specific questions that you have via this link before the session: https://forms.gle/dpSjLhWxANv3Lumc9
The zoom link is provided below. To join via Facebook Live go to the Southern Plains Extension and 4-H Youth Development page at the time of the event. https://unl.zoom.us/s/91311133682
2024 Special Agronomy Project-Sugar Beets
The Nebraska Extension Special Agronomy Project gives 4-H members an opportunity to experience a crop that is grown, was grown or has the potential to be grown in Nebraska. Youth participate by receiving seed and resources to grow the crop, research traits of the crop and determine the viability of that crop in the part of the state they live in. The project allows 4-H members interested in agronomy to grow something fun, new, and different. This year, we honor a crop grown in the panhandle! In the fourth year of the special agronomy project, youth will explore sugar beets!
Sugar beets are a major contributor to the U.S. sweetener industry and occur in a vast range of different food products. Be eligible to enter an exhibit at the County and/or State Fair in the agronomy project area. Enroll for the 2024 Special Agronomy Project through 4-H Online by enrolling in the Agronomy project and contacting your local Nebraska Extension Office to order packets of seeds. The local Extension Office will order and distribute the seeds to members. Please contact the office by February 28th to reserve your seeds.
For project specifications and details, be sure to go to the Nebraska State Fairbook at https://4hfairbook.unl.edu/fairbookview.php/rules.
Nebraska 4-H Summer Camp
Registration for the Nebraska 4-H Summer Camp program is now open!
The summer 2024 theme is The Power of Being 🍀 Green. Youth will get to explore and interact with their natural world in six different sessions. Youth will learn how they can use their head, heart, hands, and health to make our natural world a better place for all.
The 2024 sessions offer tailored age cohorts, providing sessions for younger campers between the ages of 8-10, and an older cohort for ages 10-14.
Families can find dates, session summaries, and registration information by visiting https://4h.unl.edu/camps-register.
BB Gun Information
NDA’S ANNUAL POSTER CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS NEBRASKA AGRICULTURE
LINCOLN—With abundant natural resources, a diverse landscape, and innovative farmers and ranchers leading the way, Nebraska is home to some of the nation’s best agriculture. The Nebraska Department of Agriculture’s (NDA) annual poster contest highlights and celebrates Nebraska agriculture. NDA’s poster contest is open to all Nebraska students in first through sixth grades. This year’s theme, Nebraska Agriculture: Ready, Set, Grow, applies to everything in Nebraska from livestock to crops. The deadline to submit posters is March 1, 2024.
“Outreach in agriculture education is an important part of the work we do at NDA, and our annual poster contest is a good way for parents and teachers to connect with students and talk about agriculture,” said NDA Director Sherry Vinton. “We’re looking forward to seeing the students’ creativity as they share their ideas of what Nebraska agriculture and this year’s “Ready, Set, Grow” theme looks like to them.”
NDA will announce the winners during National Agriculture Week, March 17-23, 2024, the perfect time to highlight agriculture and celebrate Nebraska’s number one industry. National Ag Week highlights the diversity of agriculture and celebrates the food, fuel, and fiber that farmers and ranchers provide every day. NDA will feature winning entries from this year’s contest on its website and in promotional materials and publications.
NDA’s poster contest is divided into three age categories for judging purposes: first and second grade students; third and fourth grade students; and fifth and sixth grade students, in any Nebraska public, private or home school. All posters must be exclusively student created. Entries must be received at NDA’s office by March 1, 2024.
Poster contest rules and official entry forms are available online at nda.nebraska.gov/kids. For more information, contact Christin Kamm at 402-471-6856 or by email at christin.kamm@nebraska.gov.
“NDA’s poster contest reminds all Nebraskans that agriculture positively impacts all of us, from the food we eat, to the fuel for our cars, to the clothes we wear,” said Vinton. “Last year, we received a record 2,000+ entries in our annual poster contest, and we’re hoping for even more this year.”
CALENDAR AT A GLANCE
Next Meeting
7:00 p.m. @ Nuckolls County Extension office
Next Meeting
7 p.m. @ Courthouse Club Room, Hebron
Next Meeting
Nuckolls County Extension Office
Email: nuckolls-county@unl.edu
Website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/southernplains/
Location: 825 S Main St, Nelson, NE, USA
Phone: 402-225-2381
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SouthernPlainsExt
Twitter: @SPNE4HExt
Thayer County Extension Office
Email: thayer-county@unl.edu
Website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/southernplains/
Location: 225 N 4th St, Hebron, NE, USA
Phone: 402-768-7212
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SouthernPlainsExt/
Twitter: @SPNE4HExt