Updated: August 30, 2023
By Becky Ridgeway , and Elaine Long Bailey

Until 2020, we all took the county fair, state fair, 4-H ribbons and premiums, good friends and 4-H auctions for granted. Not so anymore. Pandemics change life.Specifically, 2020 has meant that all 4-H programs look very different and many local and state fairs are canceled. So what’s a 4-H member to do? No premium money and potentially weak prospects to obtain a nice price for livestock at auctions means it’s time to look at alternatives.

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