The smoke has cleared, but recovery efforts are still ongoing from the fires earlier this spring.
Kenneth Malone, retired agriculture educator of over 44 years, was recently selected by the members of the Nebraska Agricultural Youth Council (NAYC) to receive the council’s highest honor, the Award of Merit.
- Kristen Sindelar
The ultimate livestock judging contest proved to be a trifecta of competition for the approximately 100 4-H’ers during the first annual Heartland Triple Crown Livestock Judging Series.
- By Noah Seberger, Bassett, Neb.
"I’ve heard reports of the hay crop being 50-60% of what it was last year. That is what we are seeing, too."
The Dan Gillespie Soil Health Fund aims to strengthen Nebraska agriculture through investments in youth engagement, farmer innovation and hands-on soil health education.
- Kristen Sindelar
In all she does through 4-H, Kristin Coufal of David City, Nebraska, has taken to heart the words of former NFL coach Tony Dungy: remember that mentor leadership is all about serving.
- Kristen Sindelar
Most teens aren’t leaping out of bed at 6 a.m. to wash calves before the heat of the day. Then again, most seventh graders aren’t begging their parents to let them buy cows, either.
- Kristen Sindelar
Youth who attended the Feed to Fair to Fork Pork Workshop at Nebraska Extension in Dodge County learned about “everything but the oink.”
- By Noah Seberger of Bassett, Neb.
"We got a few rain showers more recently, which caused the grass to green up quite a bit, but we’re still needing more rain."
- By BaiLee McMillan, Nebraska IFYE Association
Wow my first four weeks into this IFYE experience has been eye opening!
The York FFA Difference Makers “Difference in Action” committee is launching a new community-driven food security and ag-education program this summer at the York County Fair Aug. 6-9.
- Kristen Sindelar
A successful marksman has a steady hand and a sharp eye. Equally important to the 4-H’ers and instructors in the Knox County Shooting Sports program is safety.
BaiLee McMillan of Milburn, Nebraska, a recent graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University, is representing Nebraska and the U.S. in an international agricultural immersion program called IFYE.
- Kristen Sindelar
Scotts Bluff 4-H is a frenzy of fur and feathers. The small animal program has a strong presence at each Scotts Bluff County Fair with between 50-65 rabbits and an additional 80 chickens, Bantams, geese, ducks, turkey and other fowl.
- Janelle Atyeo
Meet the Messenger's newest Producer Progress Reporter! Noah Seberger is a junior at Rock County High School in Bassett, and the Rock County FFA president. He'll be giving reports from his grandparents' black Angus ranch, and he's got some pretty grand ambitions for the coming school year an…
- Kristen Sindelar
It’s been a long ride for the Silver Spurs 4-H Club, which got its start more than six decades ago in 1963.
- from K-State Extension news service
It’s county fair season, and while local events are a great way to enjoy the sun and time with friends, heat can be an invisible fun bandit for livestock.
- Kristen Sindelar
Not everyone gets to go from candling eggs in one school, to delivering caterpillars to another, to handling Madagascar hissing cockroaches in another. Yet this is all in a day’s work for extension educator Jenna Gilbert.
- Kristen Sindelar
Curious minds want to know: what makes 4-H so awesome?
- Kristen Sindelar
Young patients at the hospital in Jefferson County, Nebraska, have something to look forward to after Marley Rosener put her heart and hands to larger service for this year’s 4-H Citizenship project.
- Kristen Sindelar
Many in the older generation can recall their childhood summers filled with endless days spent exploring the great outdoors. This was especially true if you were lucky enough to go to 4-H camp, where the adventures that made camp special featured hiking in the woods, being on the water and s…
- Kristen Sindelar
Kids around Osmond, Nebraska know that to be an all-star, you’ve got to join 4-H.
- Kristen Sindelar
The temps are heating up, kids are out of school and the days are getting longer. For Elise Anderson, these are signs that her favorite season is almost here: fair season.
- By Amy Hadachek
It was no small feat for Maywood, Nebraska’s FFA chapter members and their teacher to have a banner year. Many of the members earned awards, and the chapter dug deep to engage in numerous community service projects.
- Kristen Sindelar
A central Nebraska woman turned her love of horses into a nonprofit organization, Heartland Youth Ranch, offering hope and healing for the child and families amidst horse riding sessions, summer camps and a women’s retreat in the fall.
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