Lincoln Logan McPherson News
MARCH #2
IN THIS NEWS LETTER YOU WILL FIND
* CALENDAR OF EVENTS TO COME
* 4-H Enrollment DUE APRIL 15th
* WEIGH-IN 2019
* QUALITY ASSURANCE
* Market Beef Nomination
* 2019 UNL Tractor Saftey
* 4-H Shows and Sales
* Sponsor needed
* NCTA Livestock Judging Camp, and Youth Animal Science Field Day
* BEEF WEIGH-INS are completed
CALENDAR OF EVENTS TO COME
April 1st-- Market Beef affidavits are due to the office by 5pm
April 1st -- Speech & Music Contest Entry Forms Dues to the office by 5pm
April 7th-- Speech & Music Contest @ Gandy Church 2pm
April 15th -- 4-H Enrollment Deadline
April 25th -- Quality Assurance Junior Class 4-H Age 8-11 4:30 @ WCREC
April 27th -- District Speech Contest @ WCREC
May 21st -- Quality Assurance All Ages 1:00pm @ WCREC
June 1st-- Sheep and Goat Weigh-in 9-11 Lincoln County Fairgrounds (Weigh-In Optional)
June 6th -- Quality Assurance All Ages 6:30pm @ WCREC
June 13th & 14th -- Tractor Safety WCREC
June 15th -- All affidavits are due to the office by 5pm (except market Beef)
July 1st -- Pre Fair entries due online.
4-H Enrollment Instructions
WEIGH-IN 2019
WEIGH IN - 2019 Livestock Weigh-in WILL BE optional. A 4-H family may decide if they want to weigh in their market lamb and market goat project animals. IF you DO NOT weigh you are NOT eligible for production classes/awards AND NOT eligible for “rate of gain” contest or awards.
Sheep/Goat Weigh-in (LINCOLN COUNTY)
June 1 from 9:00 to 11:00 am
Affidavits will still need to be filled out and turned into the office even if YOU'RE NOT Weighing -In.
April 1st Market Beef
June 15th for all other animals
QUALITY ASSURANCE
https://yqca.learngrow.io/Account/Login
April 25th -- Quality Assurance Junior Class 4-H Age 8-11 4:30 @ WCREC
May 21st -- Quality Assurance All Ages 1:00pm @ WCREC
June 6th -- Quality Assurance All Ages 6:30pm @ WCREC
Market Beef Nomination
https://extension.unl.edu/…/lincol…/county-fair-information/
2019 UNL Tractor Saftey
June 13 & 14, 2019
Registration begins at 7:45 am, and class
begins promptly at 8:00 am
Any youth 14 or 15 years of age who works on a farm or ranch other than his own is required to be certified through a tractor safety course. Extension Educators and field specialists will teach the 2 - day courses. Cost for the course is $60, which includes all materials, lunch and breaks, for both days. Registration is requested a week prior to class. For details or to
register, contact the UNL Extension office at (308) 532-2683.
4-H Shows and Sales
We have a number of shows and sales filling up folder.
Flyers include: cattle shows, pig sales, horse shows,
Sponsor needed
Looking for a Sponsor for Champion Bantam Breed Poultry plaque for the Lincoln County Fair.
Call the office if you are interested in sponsoring this plaque for $20.
Join us for the NCTA Livestock Judging Camp, May 22nd and Youth Animal Science Field Day, May 23rd. These events are open to all youth ages 8-18 years old.
On Wednesday, May 22nd The NCTA Livestock Judging Team would like to invite youth to the Standard of Excellence Livestock Judging Camp. During this overnight experience judgers will learn evaluation techniques, terms, note taking skills, proper handling of contest animals, and gain the confidence it takes to deliver a set of reasons. All in a fun, friendly, and safe environment. Judgers will have the option to stay overnight, in our NCTA residence halls, to join in the Youth Animal Science Field Day on Thursday, May 23rd. For a complete agenda please see the bottom of this page.
On Thursday, May 23rd the Youth Animal Science Field Day (YASFD) team would like to invite youth to YASFD. On this day there will be six different sessions taught by Nebraska Extension Educators and NCTA faculty and staff. These sessions will include Animal Science Careers, Horse Hippology, Dog Care/Stock Dogs, Beef Reproduction, Animal Management, Poultry Judging and more.” “9:30 am – 3:30 pm in Curtis, NE on the NCTA Campus
For your convenience, those participating both days have the option to register for an overnight stay in the resident halls on NCTA’s campus.
See attached flyer for your use. To register and for more information, please use the following:
https://go.unl.edu/camp-ncta