Jefferson County 4-H
June 2018
Newsletter Contents
- 4-H Highlights!
- Upcoming Workshops, Contests & Events
- Animal Information
- Special Opportunities
- Calendar of Events
4-H Highlights!
Regional Public Speaking Contest Results
Congratulations to all of our participants at the Regional Public Speaking Contest! Jefferson County was well represented!
Samantha Schmidt - Purple, Junior Division
Elizabeth Ohlde - Purple, Junior Division
Preston Engelman - Blue, Intermediate Division
Brennan Schultis - Blue, Intermediate Division
Alexis Gerritse - Blue, Senior Division
Megan Mees - Purple, Intermediate Division PSA
Jayleigh Swartz - Purple, Intermediate Division PSA
Alexis Gerritse - Purple - Medal Winner, Senior Division PSA
2018 Jefferson County Fair
2018 Jefferson County Fairbook Now Available
4-H Council Foodstand
ALL 4-H families are required to work in the 4-H Foodstand at County Fair.
Signup will happen online this year. Spots will be a first come first serve basis! You can start on Monday, June 11th and end on June 30th.
Please go to: http://signup.com/go/YBjBZDS
Every 4-H family must work 1 (3-hour) shift. We need at least one adult from each 4-H family to accompany the 4-H members.
You will sign up as a family, so please only mark one spot. Specify how many will be coming in the additional information box under your family name.
Call the office with any questions or if you need help signing up!
Fair Entries Due June 15th
Instructions for online entries can be found at https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/jefferson/Online%20Entry%20Instructions.pdf . If you need assistance or if you need a computer to use, please call the Extension Office at 402-729-3487.
Fairgrounds Clean-Up
Favorite Foods Contest - Friday, July 6th @ 1 pm
What to bring:
Menu - menu for a full meal. May be any meal of the day, but not just party refreshments or snack. Use proper form for writing menu. Consider variety, color and nutrition when planning menu. Here is a publication about writing the menu.
Food – one food item from the menu. Baked items work best.
Place setting for one person - table cover (placemat or table cloth), tableware, napkin, glassware and dishes
as needed for the meal. You must set your own place setting with no assistance.
Centerpiece - appropriate for the meal planned.
Recipe - must have recipe of the food item brought for the judge to sample
Judging:
Participants will interview with the judge. The following points will be considered.
- Knowledge of nutrition – know the food pyramid and what food groups the foods you are serving belong in.
- Meal preparation – how will you prepare your meal? Which foods do you prepare first, second, etc. It is a good idea to have actually prepared the entire meal before the contest.
- Menu - suitable for the occasion, pleasing combination of flavors, textures and color
- Place setting - appropriate for the occasion, table properly set
- Creativity
- Quality of food prepared
- Contestant – neatly groomed, appropriately dressed, speaks up and answers questions
Presentations Contest - Friday, July 6th @ 1 pm
All presentations by youth 10 years and older should be related to how the 4-H youth is learning about agricultural literacy, career development, citizenship and leadership, healthy living, or science/animal science, through their 4-H experiences or 4-H project.
General Information: Presentations should be related to the member’s 4-H experiences, or 4-H projects. Presentations must include an introduction (the “why” portion of the topic), a body (the “show and tell” portion of the topic), and a conclusion/summary (the “what” portion of the topic). A team presentation, consisting of two individuals, may be given. There is no separate class for team presentations. Live animals of any kind may be used in the presentation. Health papers are required to bring the animal on the grounds. Presenters are responsible for all care and handling of animals. Animals can only remain in the presentation area while the owner is present. For all classes; the age groups, as of January 1 of the current year, are as follows: Junior 8-9, Intermediate 10-11, and Senior 12 and up. Presentations in the Intermediate and Senior age group are eligible for State Fair. One presentation for the senior group will be selected at the county level to compete in the Premier Presenter Contest at the Nebraska State Fair.
112. Illustrated Presentation – An Illustrated Presentation is a live presentation with a formal talk where youth will use visual aids (such as props, posters, computer-based visuals, handouts, video, etc.) to show and tell others how to do something. Time limit is 6-8 minutes for individual, or 8-10 minutes per team.
114. Teaching Presentation – A Teaching Presentation is a live, interactive, trade show style presentation where youth will continuously engage a constantly-changing/moving audience for 30 minutes by showing and telling them how to do something while answering questions.
115. 4-H FilmFest (Digital Video) – Digital videos are films that display the recording, reproducing, and broadcasting of moving visual images. During 4-H FilmFest, youth will provide a 1-minute oral introduction (name, background/goal of presentation, intended audience, where presentation could be shared, etc.) followed by the showing of their Digital Video. The following Digital Videos may be entered in 4-H FilmFest:
- Video Public Service Announcement: A short video that communicates an educational message focused on a cause, activity, or event (Length: 60 seconds)
- Narrative: A video that tells a fact or fiction story (Length: 3-5 minutes)
- Documentary: A video that presents factual information about a person, event or process (Length: 3-5 minutes)
- Animation: A video created by techniques that simulate movement from individual images (Length: 3-5 minutes)
Dog & Cat Vaccination Certifications Due July 1st
4-H Achievement Program 2018
Trailer Parking at County Fair
2018 Camper Reservations for County Fair
Upcoming Workshops, Contests & Events
Clover Kid Workshop
Animal Information
YOUTH LIVESTOCK AUCTION
New for 2018 will be signing up for the Youth Livestock Auction by June 15th. This will help the Livestock Auction committee be more prepared for the auction. With the best of your knowledge, please sign up what you think you will be bringing to the 2018 Livestock Auction. Please call Hayden or email hayden.hemphill@unl.edu to get signed up by June 15th!
No Market Beef Weigh-In for 2018!
4-H or FFA eartag and be entered on the fair entry sheet by June 15, 2018. We will have 4-H tags available at the office for these animals.
Any animals that want to be eligible for State Fair or AK-SAR-BEN, will need to have an EID tag and have a DNA sample on file by April 15, 2018. We have the EID tags and DNA envelopes here at the office. DNA samples are $6 each, and will need to be paid on-line.
2018 Animal Identification Guidelines
Premises ID Required
Quality Assurance Training
In-person training will be on June 28th at 2:00 pm at the Extension office. This will be the last chance to attend an in-person training.
4-Her’s can also complete their Livestock Quality Assurance requirement online! All 4-Her’s enrolled in swine, beef, sheep, dairy goat, dairy cattle, meat goat, rabbits or poultry need to complete Livestock Quality Assurance. 4-Her’s can complete their quality assurance requirement online and need to be done by July 1st.
Horse Levels Testing
District & State Horse Show Information
NATIONAL 4-H DAIRY CONFERENCE
Call the extension office for more information!
Scrapie Program Changes from USDA
We wanted to make you aware of some changes in our Scrapie Tag program due to Federal budget cuts in the Scrapie program. We are unable to provide any taggers, or plastic tags free of charge. We will continue to provide free metal tags. With 4H season coming up, it is prudent to prepare our customers so they have compliant identification. We will not be able “singularly” hand out tags on an as needed basis as we did before, because we also cannot order plastic tags for our office, or give out taggers from here. More than ever, it is important for 4-Hers purchasing sheep and goats for their projects to make sure the seller has the animals identified when they are sold.
We have attached a copy of the packet of information we include when a new flock id is established. It includes information on where plastic tags and taggers can be purchased. It also includes information on where the tagger for applying the free metal tags can be purchased (505S tagger). Finally, we also included a new order form. ALL fields should be filled, including current flock/herd size. Please distribute the information as you see necessary so we don’t disappoint anyone when the 4H crunch begins…
Owners should still call our office to be assigned a Scrapie Flock ID number, during which they can order the metal tags and we can give them the phone number to get the tagger. Otherwise, we will send them their flock id letter and the attached information for purchasing their own plastic tags/tagger.
Please call USDA with any questions - 402-434-2302
Special Opportunties
farm safety day camp - July 24!!!
The Progressive Agriculture Safety Day is for students who will be entering Kindergarten through seventh grades. It will be held on Tuesday, July 24th, from 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Registration will be open from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Please do not bring children earlier than 7:45 a.m.
This fun-filled day will include demonstrations/discussions of 10 safety topics, including 8 sessions, a lunch program and a closing program.
Applications will be available at the Nebraska Extension office along with other area businesses. Applications must be submitted by July 10 to receive the early registration discount.
A non-refundable fee of $5 per child or $10 per family includes lunch, snacks, speakers, t-shirt, and freebies. The fee must accompany the application. After the early registration deadline the fee will be $7 per child with no family discount available. Lunch will be provided. Checks should be made to Jefferson County Farm Safety 4 Just Kids.
Calendar of Events
June
11 - Clover Kid Workshop, Fairgrounds
12 - Camp Renegade Registrations Due
12 & 13 - Fair clean up days, Fairgrounds
14 - District Horse Show - York
15 - ALL FAIR ENTRIES DUE!!!!
15 - Livestock DNA and Online Nominations Due
19-20 - Camp Renegade, Camp Jefferson
28 - In-Person Quality Assurance Training, Extension Office
July
6 - Favorite Foods & Presentations Contest, Fairgrounds
12-15 - Jefferson County Fair, Fairgrounds
15-19 - State 4-H Horse Show, Fonner Park, Grand Island
24 - Farm Safety Day, Fairgrounds
Nebraska Extension - Jefferson County
Email: darci.pesek@unl.edu
Website: jefferson.unl.edu
Location: 517 F Street, Fairbury, NE, United States
Phone: 402-729-3487
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jeffersoncountyext
Nebraska Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United Sates Department of Agriculture.
Nebraska Extension educational programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.
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