Polk County 4-H
In This Smore...
1. Calendar of Events
2. Clover College
3. Events and Deadlines
4. ENROLL IN 4-H - DEADLINE JUNE 15 - ENROLL BY JUNE 1ST FOR FREE T-SHIRT
5. T-SHIRT ORDER - DUE JUNE 1ST
6. County Horse Show - DATE CHANGE
7. Polk County 4-H Council Scholarship Recipients
8. Flower and Vegetable Exhibit Information
9. Shout out to our amazing 4-H'ers who participated in the Communications Contest
10. YQCA
11. 2023 Polk County Photography Theme
13. Upcoming Opportunities
14. May Birthdays
May 2023
16 - 4-H Council Meeting
29 - Memorial Day, Office Closed
31 - June 2 - Regional 4-H Camp
June 2023
May 31 - June 2 - Regional 4-H Camp
1 - DEADLINE FOR ENROLLMENT WITH T-SHIRT
1 - Horse ID and level testing due for State Horse Show
1- State Horse Show Online Entry Deadline
15 - DEADLINE TO ENROLL IN 4-H
15 - YQCA, and Animal ID Due for County Fair
15 - Horse Level Testing Due for County Fair
28 - Pre-Entry for all Static Exhibits do for County Fair
July 2023
15-19 State Horse Show, Fonner Park, Grand Island
12 - CONTEST DAY - Culinary Challenge (1 pm) & Horticulture Judging (2 pm)
12 - Fairgrounds Clean up - 6:30
17 - Clothing & Quilt Day - 9 am - Midwest Covenant Home
19 - Entry Day - Polk County Fair
19-23 - Polk County Fair
DON'T LET THE LEARNING STOP!!
Office Hours: 8:30 - 12:00 & 12:30 - 4:30
PO BOX 215, OSCEOLA NE 68651
ENROLL TODAY - SCAN THE QR OR CLICK IMAGE BELOW
Volunteers Need to Enroll Too!
4-H Volunteers need to re-enroll in 4HOnline every year. Please make sure your club organizational leaders and project leaders are enrolled as soon as possible. New volunteers are required to pass DHHS background check.
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FOLLOW STEPS BELOW FOR YOUR FREE 4-H T-SHIRT
- ENROLL THROUGH 4-H ONLINE before ordering your t-shirt(see above enrollment details)
- Click the image to the left to fill out the google form.
- A FORM NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT FOR EACH 4-H MEMBER.
- All other t-shirt orders (parents) will need to contact Fields and Frills Screen Printing and pay them directly to receive additional t-shirts.
- ORDERS ARE DUE JUNE 1ST so DO NOT WAIT to get your t-shirt ordered
2. DEADLINE - all State 4-H horse contest Entries are due June 1st
3. DEADLINE - Horse ID sheets for State Horse Show are due June 1st
4. DEADLINE - Horse Judging/Hippology entries are due June 1st
All previous rules for classes, advanced horsemanship levels required, and online entry will be the same.
LIVESTOCK ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Livestock Achievement Program is an additional opportunity for enrolled livestock project youth, is designed to promote all educational aspects of 4-H livestock projects including selection, production, leadership, and exhibition by recognizing youth striving to improve in their livestock project knowledge and leadership.
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.
The program consists of two levels that require 4-H members to plan and report a broad range of age-appropriate and project-related accomplishments. For each level, the Livestock Achievement Program provides a list of accomplishments from which 4-H members choose their goals. Each accomplishment is worth a specific number of points. Intermediates, ages 10-13, must complete 100 points worth of activities to receive the distinction of Intermediate Member of Excellence. Seniors, ages 14-18, must complete 150 points worth of activities to receive the distinction of Senior Member of Excellence. The Plan and Reports, linked on the webpage, show examples of the project related accomplishments they can choose, or they can identify their own with approval of their local educator.
Applications/Sign up are due June 15th through the application form link on the website. Participants should work on their yearly plan and set their goals at the beginning of starting the program. Plan and Reports, as well as Project Records are due August 1st and sent to 4hlivestockachievement@unl.edu
note this is a change in process from previous years. Youth completing the achievement program and receiving member of excellence recognition in the various species will be recognized during the Parade of Champions, 4-H weekend at the Nebraska State Fair.
2. All 4-H/FFA Breeding livestock, market livestock and feeder calves will now be REQUIRED to submit a DNA sample/envelope to be eligible to exhibit at the Nebraska State Fair.
3. DNA nominations for the Nebraska State Fair are due on June 15th, 2023.
4. Any DNA nomination submitted through Show Stock Manager will also be eligible for exhibition at the Aksarben Stock Show.
5. DNA nominations will remain at $7 per animal.
6. With this update, animals will automatically be eligible for both breeding and market.
Requiring DNA on breeding stock will allow for flexibility or substitutions, allow exhibitors to have a better record of the animals they are nominating, sustain the integrity of exhibitors and ensure ownership of the livestock. As for the administrative side, this will help streamline the record keeping and validation process to assist our families as they are nominating their animal projects.
DEADLINE FOR YQCA IS JUNE 15TH. YQCA is an important part of any livestock project. Learning more about safe and effective ways of caring for your livestock is the aim of YQCA.
IMPORTANT!! Each participant that completes either in-person or online YQCA MUST complete a pre-test and post-test. The system will not mark your session complete or generate your certificate without both tests.
CLICK THE IMAGE TO VIEW THE HELPFUL, SHORT VIDEO TO HELP LOGIN AND COMPLETE YOUR YQCA.
Polk County Extension
Email: polk-county@unl.edu
Website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/polk/
Location: 400 Hawkeye Street, Osceola, NE, USA
Phone: 402-747-2321
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PolkCountyNebraska4H