Dodge County 4-H Blast
April 8, 2022 - Dodge County 4-H Awareness Month!
IN THIS ISSUE
- 4-H Calendar
- 2022 4HOnline Enrollment
- Workshop Schedule
- 2022 Nebraska 4-H Summer Camps
- YQCA In-Person Training!
- Dodge County 4-H Public Speaking Contest
- Dodge County 4-H Month Special Project
- Nebraska 4-H Livestock Achievement Program
- Great Plains Livestock Judging Circuit
NEBRASKA EQUINE WEBINAR SERIES
Horse Events and Contest Schedule
Dodge County Horse Project
- Practice Horse Judging
- Horse Health and Nutrition Short Courses
- NDA CANCELS POULTRY EVENTS UNTIL MAY 1 TO PREVENT SPREAD OF HPAI
- 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
Enroll in Dodge County 4-H Today!
April is Dodge County 4-H Awareness Month!
April 11..........District and State Horse Entries Webinar - 6-7pm
April 18..........YQCA In-Person Training: 10-11:30am
April 21..........Dodge County 4-H Public Speaking Contest @ Masonic Home - 6-9pm
April 23..........Dodge County 4-H Month Special Project @ Fairgrounds - 9am-2pm
2022 4honline Enrollment
Visit our new website: https://v2.4honline.com/
Returning families - please do not create a new account - use your log-in credentials for 4honline from previous years. (Returning Member Enrollment Tips)
Dodge County enrollment fee is $10.00 per youth member 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 volunteer guide* (Returning volunteer 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.
Workshop Schedule
Bold=Confirmed
Italics=Tentative
June 1 ~ Pork Science ~ 9am-12pm
June 7 ~ Clover Kid Daycamp ~ 9am-12pm*
June 14 ~ Potpourri Crafts ~ 9am-12pm & 1-4pm
June 16 ~ Healthy Living (Nutrition, Baking, Recipes) ~ 9am-12pm*
June 21 ~ Conservation/Environmental Education ~ 9am-12pm*
June 23 ~ Range/Weed Science, Crop Production or Drones
June 28 ~ Pollinator Habitat ~ 9am-12pm*
June 30 ~ Electric Excitement - Quiz Board ~ 9am-12pm*
*Workshops may be split into AM and PM sessions depending on enrollment or age groups.
State scholarships, new camper discounts, and transportation options are available. Register at 4h.unl.edu/summer-camp-schedule.
YQCA In-Person Training
Use this help document to register. The cost is $3.00 due at registration online.
YQCA is an annual education and certification program focused on food safety, animal well-being and character awareness for youth ages 8 to 21 who produce and/or show pigs, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, and poultry.
The program has been designed by extension specialists and national livestock program managers to ensure it is accurate, current and relevant to the needs of the animal industry and shows and is appropriate for youth.
This training will be delivered in the form of an interactive lecture with slides provided by YQCA. Participants will be expected to pay attention to the presentation and interact as appropriate. Following the training, all youth who participated will receive a certificate from YQCA that will meet the Fremont 4-H Expo, Dodge County Fair, and Nebraska State Fair requirement for youth quality assurance training.
Another in-person training will be offered in May/June for those who cannot attend on the 18th.
Dodge County 4-H Public Speaking Contest
Sign up now for the 2022 Dodge County Speech/PSA Contest on April 21 from 6-9pm at the Masonic Home in Fremont!
- Complete this form to register by April 15. Email, mail, or stop by the Extension office with your completed registration.
- Top placers at the Dodge County Speech/PSA Contest will be nominated to participate in the State Public Speaking Contest
Speech schedules for the event will be sent out on April 18th after the registrations are all submitted.
Dodge County 4-H Month Special Project Workshop
4-H, in partnership with the Nutrition Education Program (NEP), will be building Little Free Pantries as a county wide service, leadership, and educational activity. Little Free Pantries are designed to provide temporary emergency assistance to those in need of food who do not have immediate access to food support resources. 4-H clubs will be asked to help support with maintenance, filling, and monitoring of the pantry in their community. Each pantry will have about 5 cubic feet of storage space and will be mounted above the ground like a Little Free Library. We hope that you will help support this fun and engaging opportunity for new growth in Dodge County 4-H. Within a year, our hope is to have a thriving pantry in each Dodge County community that is decorated with 4-H, NEP, Extension, and UNL logos - providing food, hygiene products, and Extension resources to people in need. 4-H is engaged in Dodge County, and this project will remind everyone that community-oriented young leaders that are learning valuable lessons in 4-H!
Saturday, Apr 23, 2022, 09:00 AM
Fairgrounds Park, Scribner, Dodge County, NE, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Nebraska 4-H Livestock Achievement Program
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.
There are two levels that require 4-H members to plan & report a range of accomplishments.
Youth must apply to participate in the program. Learn more and apply.
NEBRASKA EQUINE WEBINAR SERIES
Join us APRIL 11TH! 6-7pm CT at our Equine webinar series.
Topic: District & State Entries
To register in advance for the webinar please go to: https://4h.unl.edu/horse/webinar-series The webinar will also be recorded if you cannot attend in person and you will be able to find it along with all the previous webinars at: https://4h.unl.edu/horse/webinar-series
If you have participated and/or watched previous webinars please fill out a short survey so that we can better meet your needs in the future and provide a better experience. https://goo.gl/forms/INFcpHyaupMh7xNS2Join
Horse Events and Contest Schedule
- Nebraska Judges Workshop – April 30th- Animal Science Complex UNL
- Horse Judging Contest- May 1st - Animal Science Complex UNL
- 4-H District Horse Shows – June 6-10th
- Entries Due May 6th
- CHANGES!
- New age group/classes
- Elementary Ranch Pleasure (10-11 years old)
- Individual work will not be used as a trial basis for the 2022 year (Please see webpage for district procedure details): https://4h.unl.edu/horse-district-shows-rules
- Fonner Park 4-H State Horse Show- July 9-13th – Grand Island, NE
- Entries Due May 6th
- Slightly modified show schedule posted!
- Another livestock show will be occurring during the same dates as the 2022 Fonner Park State 4-H Horse Expo, 4-H families are highly encouraged to book hotel rooms and reserve camper/RV hookups as early as possible. Camper/RV hookups will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis, and reservations can be made by contacting Kathy at 308-382-4515.
- 2021 4-H Horse Show and Judging Guide can be found for purchase at:
Dodge County Horse Project
Contact Glenda Masteller, grm@bellevue.edu or Shane Ahrens to ask about available horses to work with, learn about, and care for.
Practice Horse Judging
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 closes on July 15. You can access as many times as you want and can join anytime. 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 until 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.
NDA Cancels Poultry Events Until MAY 1 To Prevent Spread of HPAI
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CANCELS POULTRY EVENTS IN EFFORT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HPAI
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) today announced an order cancelling all poultry events across Nebraska due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The order prohibits birds of any type at events including but not limited to fairs, expositions, swap meets, exotic sales and live bird auctions. The order is effective immediately and will be in effect until May 1, at which time the order will be reevaluated.
“The decision to cancel poultry events was not taken lightly but is a necessary step to assure we are doing everything possible to protect our poultry producers, both small and large,” said NDA Director Steve Wellman. “Poultry producers should continue to take biosecurity measures on their farms to help prevent the spread of the disease into their flock.”
At present time, NDA will continue to allow the selling of chicks, ducklings and goslings at farm stores as such birds are hatched in National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) flocks.
NDA is encouraging bird owners to prevent contact between their birds and wildlife and to practice strict biosecurity measures. If producers suspect signs of HPAI in their flock, they should report it to NDA immediately at (402) 471-2351. More information for producers can be found at https://nda.nebraska.gov/animal/avian/index.html or http://healthybirds.aphis.usda.gov.
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
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