SOUTHERN PLAINS 4-H NEWSLETTER

For information on shows, clinics, camps and judging refer to this newsletter. This is updated every month look for changes https://www.smore.com/g916f

Your 2024 printed copy of Southern Plains fairbook is available for pick up at either Nuckolls or Thayer County Extension offices.

It is also available online HERE

• 4-H Enrollment-https://v2.4honline.com/
• Horse ID Sheets-https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/southernplains/
• More Information about the State 4-H Expo-https://4h.unl.edu/horse-expo-show-entry
• Enter into State Horse Show-https://nhorse.fairwire.com/

• 4-H Enrollment-https://v2.4honline.com/
• Animal ID Sheets-Can pick up at the office or on our website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/southernplains/
• Horse Level Testing-Find a Certified Examiner and testing resources:https://4h.unl.edu/horse-advancement
• YQCA-https://yqcaprogram.org/login
• State Fair DNA Envelopes: Pick up at the Extension Office
• State Fair Animal Nomination-https://showstockmgr.com/

Please pick the Pre-Entry Sheet for each 4-Her at the Nuckolls County Extension Office.

FAIRWIRE entry system for THAYER County will open on June 18. By Entering in the Fairwire System this will tell us what you are bring to the Thayer County Fair

• Start my FAIRWIRE CART HERE
• Entries are due on July 19!
• The Thayer County 4-H Council pay the entry fee accessed with each entry.
• Please be good stewards and enter items that will realistically be done by the fair. For example: If you did not plant tomatoes in your garden then you shouldn't enter them saying you are bring them.
• No late entries will be accepted, and everything must be entered during this time.
• We have mailed out an instruction sheet, and a paper page to help organize your projects and make them easier to enter.
• The paper entry form will not be accepted it is simply to hopefully make the fairwire entry processes easier.
• Don't forget any contests, and their paperwork will be due at this time also.
• The extra paperwork can be found on our COUNTY WEBSITE
  
• Please do not wait until the very last minute, as the site will likely experience it's peak as deadline approaches.
• Start my FAIRWIRE CART HERE

Looking for a fun club project? Want to unite your club members? Running out of ideas for club meetings? If you answered, “yes” to any of these questions, help is on the way! Nebraska Extension is pleased to present the 11th annual Crop Scouting Competition for Nebraska youth. Youth interested in crops can learn about crop growth & development and basic crop scouting principles.

Don’t know a lot about crops? Ask a local agronomist to assist by providing a short lesson on crop production. You can have the agronomist meet with youth a little during each meeting or outside of the meeting. This is one way to engage those youth interested in crops.

This contest will be held at the Eastern Nebraska Research & Extension Center near Mead, Nebraska on August 7, 2024. The event will include both indoor and outdoor events. Teams of junior high and high school students (those completing 5-12th grades) from across Nebraska are invited to participate. This event is limited to the first ten teams who sign-up!

Clubs or other organizations may enter a team composed of three to five participants. An adult team leader must accompany each team of students. Team leaders could be FFA advisors, crop consultants, extension staff, coop employees, etc.

Top-scoring teams win prizes: $500 for first, $250 for second, $100 for third place. Top two teams will be eligible for regional competition held in Nebraska this year.

Teams will be expected to know the basics of scouting corn and soybean fields. This includes crop staging; looking for patterns of crop injury; disease, insect and weed seedling identification; etc. Other topics many include but are not limited to, pesticide safety, nutrient disorders, and herbicide injury.

More information about the crop scouting competition and instructions on how to register a team are available online at cropwatch.unl.edu/youth. Register at: https://go.unl.edu/cropscoutingreg

Teams must be registered by July 15. This program is sponsored by Nebraska Independent Crop Consultant Association, Ward Laboratories, the Nebraska Soybean Board and Nebraska Extension.

Email: nuckolls-county@unl.edu
Website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/southernplains/
Location: 825 S Main St, Nelson, NE, USA
Phone: 402-225-2381
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SouthernPlainsExt
Twitter: @SPNE4HExt

Email: thayer-county@unl.edu
Website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/southernplains/
Location: 225 N 4th St, Hebron, NE, USA
Phone: 402-768-7212
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SouthernPlainsExt/
Twitter: @SPNE4HExt

The 4-H Youth Development program abides with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.