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Columbia, MD 21045
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UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND DEADLINES

Market Goat, Market Sheep and Market Swine - Due Tuesday, May 27

Online registration for commercial sheep, commercial goat, market goat, market sheep, market swine and pygmy goat is open until May 27th.

  1. Read the registration letter from Sheryl
  2. Register online and print
  3. Print out the Liability - Informed Consent Agreement
  4. Print out the Payment Form
  5. Make check payable to:  Univesity of Maryland
  6. Mail online registration, Liability - Informed Consent Agreement, Payment Form and Check to University of Maryland Extension, Attn:  Livestock Registration, 8930 Stanford Blvd, Suite 25, Columbia, MD  21045

If you have any problems please email Rick Hodiak

4-H Spring Swine Show on Saturday, June 7, 2025

Howard County 4-H is pleased to provide updated information about the upcoming 2025 Howard County 4-H Spring Swine Show to be held on Saturday, June 7th at the Howard County Fairgrounds.

This is a great opportunity to learn and have an opportunity to work with your market hog projects prior to the fair so we encourage all Howard County 4-Hers with market hogs to attend.

Please read through all of the information that is attached and be sure to get your entries completed and returned by June 1st. June 1st happens to be a Sunday so plan ahead. We will be accepting entries at the Swine ID Day on May 31st so feel free to bring your entries that day. You most likely will not have your 4-H tag number to write on the form unless you do it at Swine ID Day, so feel free to leave blank and the 4-H staff will take care of that for you.

 

Howard County 4-H 2025 Broiler Order
2025 Howard County Sheep and Goat Field Day

Market Exhibition Classes Clarification

Exhibition classes have been conducted as part of each of the 4-H/FFA market shows at the Howard County Fair. This year there is a slight adjustment and we wanted to make everyone aware as many 4-Hers will be purchasing their market lamb, market goat, and market hog projects in the near future.

Market animals under the sale weight or above the sale weight will be moved to exhibition only classes. 

Livestock sale weights are as follows:

  • Hogs must weigh between 235-300 lbs
  • Sheep must weigh between 100-150 lbs
  • Goats must weigh between 55-125 lbs
  • Beef steers must weigh between 1100-1500 lbs
  • Dairy steers must between 1100-1600 lbs
2026 Essay Question:  When faced with the potential of limited funding, how would you advocate to your community the value of funding the 4-H youth development program?
2025 Special Awards:  We are looking for your support.  We have special awards for the 2025 Howard County Fair in need of sponsorship.  Since we had no awards last year we may have a number of awards that become available.  Please check availability often.

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Enrollment Information

As the youth development program of the Cooperative Extension System of land-grant universities, 4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization, empowering six million young people throughout the United States. Cooperative Extension of 1862 and 1890  land-grant universities provide the leadership to engage young people in 4-H in all 3,007 counties of the United States.

4-H'ers belong to 4-H Clubs that meet in local communities.  University of Maryland Extension Volunteers help youth learn life skills to become caring, competent and responsible individuals through club work, community service, and 4-H project curriculum.  4-H members work with their club leaders to develop their educational plans for each year.  These plans might include community service projects, speakers, field trips, or learning activities.

4-H'ers participate in county-wide programs organized by volunteers and University of Maryland Extension faculty.  These programs include activities such as fashion shows, camps, public speaking contests, workshops, and more.  With so many community clubs and specialty clubs in Howard County, there is always something to do in Howard County 4-H.

Please click on the Club Information link to find specific information about joining a club and the 4-H clubs in Howard County.

To join the Howard County 4-H program, you will need to complete the online enrollment process.  Please keep in mind that we ask potential members to attend at least one 4-H meeting prior to enrolling in the online system.  

Current re-enrollment for the 2025 is currently open and the link to register is https://v2.4honline.com/#/user/sign-in. 

Volunteers

Please check back for the updated process.

Officer Training

The Central Maryland 4-H Cluster is pleased to announce the release of a virtual Officer Training resource that was created to help our 4-H club officers.  

The direct link to the resource is: https://go.umd.edu/MDofficertraining

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For more information, please see the informational flyer.

2025 Howard County 4-H Member Policy

2025 Howard County Club Policies and Guidelines

For more information about the Howard County 4-H Program please contact one of the following:

Sheryl Bennett

4-H Youth Development Educator

410-313-1912

sherylb@umd.edu

Chris Rein

4-H Program Coordinator

410-313-1915

crein@umd.edu