May Newsletter
Furnas County
IMPORTANT DATES!!
May 21 - Sheep & Goat Weigh-in at the fairground in Beaver City
May 27 - Inspire Academy forms due
May 30 - Office Closed in Observance of Memorial Day
June 3 - YQCA training at the Furnas County fairgrounds in the Blue Ribbon
June 15 - Inspire Academy at the Furnas County fairgrounds in the Blue Ribbon
June 15 - Small Animal Rabbies Vaccination Certificate Due
June 15 - 4-H Enrollment Deadline
June 15 - YQCA Certificate Deadline
June 15 - DNA & Show Stock Manger Due
June 15 - Pre-Entry Forms for Livestock Due
June 20 - Office Closed in Observance of Juneteenth
July 4 - Office Closed in Observance of Independence Day
July 6 - Clean up Day
July 9 - Clothing Construction Day in Arapahoe
July 9 - Favorite Food Revue in Arapahoe
July 9 - Fashion & Talent Show in Arapahoe
July 11-16 - 2022 Furnas County Fair
~ Summer Intern 2022 ~
Aubree Warner
We are excited to welcome Aubree Warner as our summer intern this year! Aubree is from Edison, Nebraska and grew up in 4-H & FFA. She is currently attending Fort Hays State University to pursue her bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
"I am excited to be on the planning and executing side of County Fair! I am also looking forward to being able to help the young 4-Her’s find their passion and love for their 4-H animals and projects!"
~ 4-H Carnival ~
~ Southern Valley Embryology ~
4-H Embryology Program at Southern Valley
Elena Stout – Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development
Extension Educator, Elena Stout, teamed up with the kindergarten classes at Southern Valley to facilitate the 4-H Embryology project. This is an exciting opportunity for young children to discover how an embryo develops inside an egg to become a chick. The kindergarteners spent 21 days caring for their eggs in an incubator before they hatched. Students even had the opportunity to look inside the eggs to see the developing embryos when Elena visited their classroom with a special flashlight to candle their eggs. This agriculture literacy project is incredibly important for young children to help them understand that agriculture products, like eggs, don’t just come from the grocery store.
~ 4-H Calendar ~
~ 4-H Enrollment ~
It’s time to get enrolled in 4-H for the 2022 4-H year! Nebraska 4-H has transitioned to 4honline 2.0. To enroll, visit: https://v2.4honline.com/. For returning families, please do not create a new account; rather use your log-in credentials for 4honline used in previous years. Instructions can be found here: https://4h.unl.edu/enroll/returning-member. Enrollment instructions for new families can be found here: https://4h.unl.edu/enroll/new-member.
Please contact Makayla at makayla.livingston@unl.edu or 308-268-3105 with any questions.
~ 2022 Fairbook ~
~ Furnas County 4-H News ~
YQCA Trainings
YQCA is on a new platform. Due to this change, families will need to create a new account on the new platform. Please follow the steps below to ensure you are registering correctly. If you have any questions, please reach out to Elena at elena.stout@unl.edu
Creating and logging into your YQCA account:
1. Go to yqcaprogram.org
2. Click “Login & Register”
3. Select “Register” to create a new account. This will be a family account; you will be able to add each child individually to this account. You will be prompted to enter your (the parent if the child is under 12 years of age) birth date and complete the registration information.
4. You will receive an email to validate your registration and complete the parental consent.
5. Once your account has been created, select “Add Child”.
6. Complete the registration for your child.
7. Select “Submit” to move on or “Submit and Add Another Child” if you have additional children to register.
8. Complete “Data Sharing Consent”.
Registering for an Instructor Led Training:
1. Login to your YQCA account.
2. Go to the home page and select a course (example - Age 08: Junior)
3. Select user to take the course, state, and training.
a. Trainings available in Harlan and Furnas Counties include:
i. Southern Valley – Afterschool (March 30th at 4:00 pm)
ii. Alma – Afterschool (April 11th at 4:00 pm)
iii. Cambridge – Afterschool (April 13th at 5:30 pm)
iv. Arapahoe – Afterschool (April 22nd at 3:00 pm)
v. Orleans – Ag Center (June 2 at 9:00 am)
vi. Beaver City – Blue Ribbon Building (June 3rd at 9:00 am)
4. Enter coupon code (Thank you to Harlan and Furnas 4-H Councils for covering the cost of the instructor led trainings!)
*We are currently waiting for our coupons to be converted so they can be used on the new platform. The Extension Office will notify families once we have these codes. Please wait to register until you have a code or you will have to pay the $3 training fee.
5. Following the training, Elena will log into her YQCA account and mark each participant as “completed”. At this time, the certificate will be available for you to download. Please email your certificates to your respective county office managers by June 15th: Furnas: Makayla Livingston at makayla.livingston@unl.edu
Web-Based Training:
Online training is available through the YQCA learning management system. The online course costs $12 per individual. Please visit https://yqcaprogram.org/ for login and course completion instructions.
Clean Up Day!
Livestock Tags
If you are still needing BEEF & SWINE tags please contact the Extension Office 308-268-3105. Reminder tags are $3/per tag and only for MARKET Classes. If you plan on showing in market at county & state fair you need to have tags before JUNE 15TH!
Sheep & Goats we will use farm scrapie tags as official identification.
Small Animal
~ 2022 Seniors ~
Autumn Deterding
Braden Holste
Tracy Roskop
Saige Tegtman
Bryson Warner
Megan tenBensel
Hope Koller
~ Extension Programs ~
~ Furnas County Fair ~
~ Nebraska 4-H News ~
Campus in Curtis
• 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
• Cost: $15 includes lunch
• Register at the link below by Monday, May 23rd.
Late Registrations will result in a $20 registration fee
For more information contact
Kimberly at kimberly.cook@unl.edu
https://go.unl.edu/animalsciencediscover
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. The project allows 4-H members interested in agronomy to grow something fun, new, and different.
The focus of the 2022 Special Agronomy Project is Broomcorn Sorghum. Broomcorn can be used for ornamental uses in floral arrangements or harvested for broom-use prior to seed maturity. To participate in the Special Agronomy Project, enroll in the project through 4-H Online or call your local extension office to reserve seed.
There are three ways to complete this at the county or state fair. First, an educational exhibit that can be in a poster format can include what you learned. Secondly, let your creativity go wild and create a video-type presentation explaining what you have learned, showing the growing process, etc. Finally, you can enter the crop itself. To do this, cut 4 stalks at the ground level and bound-together with supporting information about the project. For project specifications and details, be sure to go to the Nebraska State Fairbook at https://4hfairbook.unl.edu/fairbookview.php/rules.
4-H Council Members 2022
President : RayAnn Roskop
Vice President: Brandon Andrews
Secretary: Laura McInturf
Treasurer: Sher'rie Balderston
Extension Board Rep: Blake Soucie
Member: Brenna Balderston
Member: Tenton Roskop
Makayla Livingston
Email: makayla.livingston@unl.edu
Website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/furnas/
Location: 912 R Street, Beaver City, NE, USA
Phone: 308-268-3105
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/furnascountyext
Elena Stout
Email: elena.stout@unl.edu
Website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/furnas/
Location: 912 R Street, Beaver City, NE, USA
Phone: 308-268-3105
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/furnascountyext/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARDqomxCdltnuxa9FbjGty8uWNrMBkTdxZn1CHZLHi5eGlPyqBYuA3wSBXWsBNa48fhKO3RcwfryDPxK