Lincoln Logan McPherson News
September #1
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: ekircher2@unl.edu
Website: LLM.UNL.EDU
Location: 348 West State Farm Road, North Platte, NE, USA
Phone: 308-532-2683
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nebraska.extension.north.platte/
Twitter: @LLM_EXT
IN THIS NEWS LETTER YOU WILL FIND
* CALENDAR OF EVENTS TO COME
* STATE FAIR EXHIBITS AND RIBBIONS ARE READY TO BE PICKED UP IN THE OFFICE
* ACHIEVEMENT AWARD INFORMATION
* Diamond Clover
* National Youth Science Day
* PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK : LINCOLN-LOGAN-MCPHERSON COUNTIES
CALENDAR OF EVENTS TO COME
September 8th -- Lincoln County Sale Committee Meeting @ 2:00pm Centennial Hall Lincoln County Fair Grounds
September 4th - 6th -- All State Fair Static exhibits must be picked up from the office
September 26th - 29th -- Aksarben Stock Show
October 1st -- Award Applications , Camp Scholarship Essays and Production Livestock Record Books due to the office By 5pm
October 3rd -- National Youth Science Day Workshop! @ The Extension Office 5:00 - 6:30
October 10th -- National Youth Science Day Workshop! @ The Extension Office 5:00 - 6:30
October 17th -- National Youth Science Day Workshop! @ The Extension Office 5:00 - 6:30
October 5th -- 4S goat Expo Lincoln County Fairgrounds
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD INFORMATION
Submission Deadline: October 1, 2019 (kate.marshall@unl.edu)
The Nebraska 4-H Achievement Application is a standard application form used for the selection of county and state award winners, including Nebraska delegates to National 4-H Congress and National 4-H Conference, as well as Nebraska 4-H Foundation scholarship award recipients.
Two versions of the application are available:
- Junior Achievement Application for ages 8-14 (county-only)
- Senior Achievement Application for ages 15-18 (state-eligible)
To apply for county-level awards and recognition, submit a complete application via email to the Extension Office by October 1. Only Senior Achievement Applications (ages 15-18) are accepted for state-level awards and recognition.
*Lincoln & Logan County award camp scholarships, please include a 1 page essay with your application on “Why I want to go to 4-H Camp”.
*Lincoln County 4-H Council awards scholarships to graduating seniors
**Lincoln, Logan & McPherson County graduating Seniors may fill out the achievement application to apply for Nebraska 4-H Foundation Scholarships.
Application Completion:
Applications must be completed and submitted electronically. For convenience, three electronic formats of the application form are available: PDF, Word and Google Docs.
Following a county-level review, youth may make revisions as needed before submitting for state-level review.
View Applications Here - https://4h.unl.edu/achievement-application
Files should be labeled with the applicant’s last name, first name, and county. For example: "Smith John Blaine.pdf"
You can also find a workbook to help guide you through filling out your achievement application here: PDF WORD
Diamond Clover
The Nebraska 4-H Diamond Clover program encourages ALL 4-H youth to engage in a variety of programs, projects, and activities that will enable youth to acquire skills and abilities that will prepare them for success in the future. The program is designed to reach and recognize all youth engaged in 4-H, from club members and campers to school enrichment, afterschool, and special interest program participants.
The program consists of six levels that require a young person to plan and report a broad range of age-appropriate accomplishments. For each level, the Nebraska 4-H Diamond Clover program provides a list of accomplishments from which 4-H youth choose their goals.
The accomplishments increase in quantity and difficulty for each level. At the beginning of the 4-H year, participants plan what to accomplish and at the end of the 4-H year, they report on their completed accomplishments. Successful completion of a level's Plan & Report form results in a 4-H youth earning that level of the Diamond Clover program.
You can find the forms & more information on this at: https://4h.unl.edu/diamond-clover
Please turn in completed forms by October 1st to kate.marshall@unl.edu
National Youth Science Day
Join us for a National Youth Science Day Workshop! These will be hands-on sessions where youth learn basic computer coding skills using a program called Scratch. Each sessions is limited to 10 youth. In order to reserve your place we need the $5.00 payment (can be dropped off at our office or you can pay by credit card by calling us).
PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK CLASSES: LINCOLN-LOGAN-MCPHERSON COUNTIES
PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK CLASSES: LINCOLN-LOGAN-MCPHERSON COUNTIES
MARKET BEEF - PRODUCTION BEEF
MARKET LAMBS – PRODUCTION SHEEP
MARKET GOATS – PRODUCTION GOAT
MARKET HOG – PRODUCTION SWINE
RABBIT – PRODUCTION MEAT PEN
POULTRY – PRODUCTION MARKET BROILER
GENERAL RULES:
1. You may only enter 1 market animal per species in a production class.
2. Animal Age and Weights:
*Market beef must be be a mimumum weight of 1000 lb. lbs. AGE: Born after January 1 of the current year.
*Hogs must be under one year of age and weigh a minimum of 230 lbs and not more than 320 lbs at the fair.
*Sheep must weigh a minimum of 100 lbs Age: Must have milk teeth and there shall be no evidence of breaking of the skin or eruption of the two permanent front teeth.
*Goats must weigh a minimum of 50 lbs Age: Must have milk teeth and there shall be no evidence of breaking of the skin or eruption of the two permanent front teeth.
*Rabbits should not be over 12 weeks of age and under 5 ½ lbs.
*Poultry must weigh a minimum of 4 lbs and have been purchased on same date from the same poultry supplier according to each county’s policy.
3. The production champion per species will be the youth with the highest total score from the live show, rate of gain and record book. Placing will be based on how the animal gains.
4. Record books for the market animals will need to be turned in to the office 1st of October. Each book will be judged with a maximum possible score of 25 points
5. The top gaining market animal will have its weight multiplied by a factor to total a score of 25 points. This factor will then be used to figure points for the remaining animals in the production class.
6. Showmanship will account for 10 points total. Purple 10 points, blue 9 points, red 8 points, white 7 points. Those not participating in showmanship will receiving 0 points.
7. Production Champion for each part (the live show, rate of gain, record book, and showmanship) will receive 2 additional points with reserves receiving 1 additional point. Does not qualify without record book.
8. Prizes will vary by County.