Nebraska State Fair!

NATIONAL 4-H WEEK

YOUR 4-H STORY

NEBRASKA STATE FAIR RESULTS

STATE FAIR PHOTOS

76th ANNUAL NORFOLK BEEF EXPO

4-H COUNCIL MINUTES

LATEST 4-H NEWS LINK

Sept 7 - 76th Annual Norfolk Beef Expo

Sept 25-28 - Aksarben Stock Show, https://aksarbenstockshow.com (registration due Sept 5)

Oct 5-11 - National 4-H Week

Oct 19, 2-4 pm - SAVE THE DATE! Achievement Party at the Casey's Building

Nov 15-16 - Nebraska State Poultry Association Show, Sandhills Event Center, Lincoln.

https://www.nestatepoultryshow.com

Save the Date! National 4-H Week, to be held October 5-11, 2025, is a week that will rally, inspire, and connect 6 million 4-H’ers, 3,500 educators, 500,000 volunteers, and 35 million alumni! Events in every county and state celebrating and amplifying the 4-H mission: preparing youth to be Beyond Ready for life and career.

DAY 1 - BEYOND READY: GO GREEN
Monday, October 6, 2025
On Monday of National 4-H Week, Go Green and show your 4-H state spirit! A simple way for youth, professionals, volunteers, alumni & supporters across the country to celebrate their 4-H program being Beyond Ready. Wear a green hat, clothing, face paint - anything green goes. Lets paint the nation GREEN on Monday, October 6!

Share your Go Green moment on social and tag National 4-H, your State 4-H program, and use #4HBeyondReady#National 4HWeek.

DAY 2 - BEYOND READY: 4-H FOR GOOD
Thursday, October 9, 2025
On Thursday of National 4-H Week, help us shine a light on all the good that 4-H does! A day to recognize all 4-H’ers who are doing good and making positive impact by helping their communities and beyond.
Share your own story or celebrate someone who is making a difference - another 4-H’er, volunteer or educator We want to know, on Thursday, October 9!

Share on social, tag others in your 4-H community, tag National 4-H and use #4HBeyondReady #National4HWeek

It may have been a while since you were last in 4-H, or you may still be a 4-H’er doing amazing things. We want to know how your 4-H experience started and how it’s going. Share a photo of yourself from early on and one of you today and a short description of how 4-H has made you Beyond Ready in your life and career.

Share your story at https://4-h.org/events/4-h-week/

More information about National 4-H Week can be found at https://4-h.org/events/4-h-week.

Your 4-H story is a very important part of your 4-H record each year. By completing this story, you have successfully completed your 4-H project year. You only need to submit one 4-H story no matter how many projects you completed. This story may be hand written or typed, and should not exceed two pages in length. The 4-H Story is required to earn your 4-H member year recognition.

Tell us what you enjoy the most about the 4-H program. Also describe or explain one of your most memorable experiences that you encountered this past 4-H year and tell us why.
If you’re a high school junior or senior, please tell us your future career goals. Did 4-H influence your choice of career, if so, how did it?

Clover Kids should draw or sketch a picture that would help us learn what you enjoyed the most about the 4-H program. For example, one of the projects you made at a club meeting or workshop.

These 4-H stories are due back in the Extension Office by September 22. Forms are available at the Extension office, or online at https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/boone-nance/boonenance-county-4-h/4-h-clubs-materials/ Forms will also be emailed to all 4-H members, and can be returned via email.

STATIC EXHIBITS
Aidan Choat Level 2 Crochet PURPLE
Level 2 Crochet PURPLE
Photography Level 2 PURPLE
Annie Krohn Conservation & Wildlife BLUE
Cooking 201 RED
Cooking 301 BLUE
General Foods & Nutrition PURPLE
Human Development PURPLE
Visual Art Mediums BLUE
Visual Art Mediums BLUE
Audrey Miller Design Decisions BLUE
Seeing i2i PURPLE
Baylor Neidhardt Design Decisions BLUE
Design Decisions (Snowman) PURPLE
Floriculture RED
Bode Meyers Beyond the Needle BLUE
Design Decisions BLUE
Brynlee Schriver Horticulture RED
Caleb Krohn Field Crops PURPLE
Field Crops PURPLE
Forestry RED
Heritage Level 1 PURPLE
Horticulture RED
Outdoor Adventures PURPLE
Clara Brengelman Cooking 201 BLUE
Design Decisions RED
Floriculture BLUE
Horticulture BLUE
Danica Jensen Cooking 301 PURPLE
SPECIAL AWARD
Eddan Sauser Best Buy for Your Buck RED
Geneva Smith Cooking 401 RED
Hadley Schriver Horticulture RED
Quilt Quest PURPLE
Kasey Krohn Cooking 301 BLUE
Cooking 401 PURPLE
Heritage Level 2 PURPLE
Kendall Fleer Conservation & Wildlife PURPLE
Cooking 201 PURPLE
Floriculture PURPLE
Harvesting Equipment BLUE
Heritage Level 1 PURPLE
My Financial Future RED
Rockets & Drones BLUE
Unit 2 Drying PURPLE
Unit 2 Drying PURPLE

Laramie King Best Buy for Your Buck BLUE
Mackenzie Fleer Beyond the Needle BLUE
Cooking 301 RED
Entomology BLUE
Floriculture PURPLE
Rockets & Drones BLUE
Seeing i2i BLUE
STEAM Clothing 2 BLUE
Unit 3 Boiling Water Canning PURPLE
Mallorie Fleer Beyond the Needle PURPLE
Citizenship PURPLE
Conservation & Wildlife BLUE
Cooking 201 BLUE
Cooking 401 PURPLE
Floriculture BLUE
Human Development Math PURPLE
Human Development RED
Rockets & Drones BLUE
Seeing i2i BLUE
Unit 3 Boiling Water Canning PURPLE
Morgan Cumming Floriculture BLUE
Horticulture PURPLE
Unit 3 Boiling Water Canning PURPLE
Rebekah Ketelsen Level 2 Crochet RED
Level 3 Crochet Tank Top BLUE
Sawyer Sauser STEAM Clothing 2 RED
Tinsley Neidhardt Quilt Quest BLUE
Vienna Neidhardt Photography Level 2 PURPLE
Visual Art Mediums RED

Visual Art Mediums RED

CONTESTS
Laramie King Fashion Show PURPLE
Geneva Smith Fashion Show PURPLE
Sarah Smith Fashion Show BLUE
Aidan Choat Horticulture Judging 5TH BLUE
Weed & Grass ID BLUE

Insect ID 6th RED

Kendall Fleer Horticulture Judging 1ST PURPLE
Tree ID PURPLE
Weed & Grass ID 3RD PURPLE
Mackenzie Fleer Horticulture Judging 2ND PURPLE
Tree ID PURPLE
Weed & Grass ID 10TH BLUE
Mallorie Fleer Horticulture Judging 5TH PURPLE
Tree ID PURPLE
Weed & Grass ID RED

ANIMAL RESULTS

Brielle Benes Composite Charolais Yearling PURPLE
3RD PLACE COMPOSITE CHAROLAIS HEIFER
Brinklee Benes Hereford Yearling Heifer PURPLE
3RD PLACE HEREFORD HEIFER
Brogan Benes Angus Yearling Heifer PURPLE
3RD PLACE ANGUS HEIFER
Kollin Rasmussen Crossbred Steer PURPLE
5TH PLACE CHAMPION MARKET BEEF
RESERVE CHAMPION STEER - CROSSBRED DIVISION 2
Nicholas Groeteke Crossbred Steers PURPLE

Crossbred Steer PURPLE

Geneva Smith Commercial Meat Breed Ewe BLUE
Crossbred Market Lamb BLUE
Int Sheep Showmanship BLUE
Kelby Rasmussen Commercial Doe Kid BLUE
Market Wether PURPLE
RESERVE CHAMPION DIV 3 MARKET GOAT
Int Meat Goat Showmanship PURPLE
Evelyn Rose Hvy Appleyard Young Duck BLUE
Orphington Blue Hen BLUE
Brahma Buff Hen RED Brahma Light Pullet RED
Lt Egyptian Brown Old Male Goose BLUE American Fuzzy Lop Jr Doe PURPLE
Holland Lop Sr Doe BLUE
Holland Lop Jr Doe PURPLE
Mini Lop Jr Buck BLUE
Netherland Dwarf Jr Doe BLUE
English Lop Int Doe BLUE
Jr Poultry Showmanship RED
Jr Rabbit Showmanship BLUE
Aidan Choat Phoenix Silver Hen BLUE
Egg Production Trio BLUE
One Dz Brown Eggs BLUE
Sr Poultry Showmanship PURPLE
Dog Agility - LEVEL 2 BLUE
Dog Obedience Beginning Novice Div C RED
Dog Rally 1 PURPLE Dog Showmanship Senior PURPLE
Dog Skillathon Senior PURPLE
3RD PLACE SENIOR DOG SKILLATHON

Sarah Moeller received the Emerging Volunteer Award at the Nebraska State Fair.

CONGRATULATIONS SARAH!

The 76th Annual Norfolk Beef Expo will be held at the Chuck Pohlman Ag Complex at the Northeast Community College campus. The Breeding Heifer competition will also be held again this year. NEW THIS YEAR: Market calves with be divided into classes by weight vs height. Entry forms, Animal care forms, and Scholarship Applications are available at https://norfolkareachamber.com/beef-expo/. Entries are due September 2.

Steve Pritchard - Extension Educator

Sonya Glup - Extension Associate