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UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND DEADLINES
Livestock Weight ChecksHoward County 4-H will be hosting 3 livestock weight checks in July 6:00 - 8:00 PM. This is a great opportunity to get an accurate weight of your animals and calculate your rate of gain for them. Please be mindful that volunteers are helping with this so if you plan to attend, please arrive by 7:45 PM so they can get your animals weighed and everything cleaned up in a timely manner.
If the heat index is 95 degrees or higher at 4:00 p.m. on the day of the weight check, it will be cancelled. |
2025 Maryland 4-H/FFA On-line Animal Husbandry and Quality Assurance (AH&QA) Program is OpenAll 4-H members enrolled in alpacas, beef, dairy, goats, horse and pony, llamas, poultry, sheep, swine and rabbits are required to have completed the on-line training prior to July 1st to be eligible to exhibit their project animals in 2025 Maryland County 4-H and State 4-H Shows. Counties may set earlier deadlines to accommodate their local program. The 2025 program must be completed using Firefox, Chrome, Edge, or Safari web browsers. The program is not supported by Internet Explorer. The narrated program contains two levels, a Junior-aged Level and an Intermediate/Senior-aged Level. The program automatically directs members to the correct level based on their birthdate. 4-Hers are required to complete the on-line training program when they reach each 4-H age division (juniors (8-10), intermediates (11-13), seniors (14-18) – all as of January 1 of the current year) OR when an Intermediate or Senior 4-H member chooses to show a new species since last completing the program within their age division - they must return to the program and complete it for the new species area (The Junior program does not have species-specific sections like the Intermediate/Senior program does). Passcodes issued to members between 2015-2024 should still be viable for returning members. |
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:
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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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