4-H Council Meetings

Stafford County: Saturday, February 22, 2025 after Club Day.

Edwards County: Monday, April 28, 2025 - in Offerle at 7 pm.

4-H ProjectFest 2025

Be on the lookout for more information involving project fest closer to date. In Kinsley we will offer Sewing, Fiber Arts, Meat Processing & Retail Cuts. In St John, we will offer leather work, baking, and photography. This is all subject to change.

SAVE THE DATES FOR 4-H:

February

Wednesday - Feb 5th - Registration Due for Swine Producer Day
Thursday - Feb 6th - EYE Trip Crispy Cream order due
Friday - Feb 7th - SFCO YEC Executive Summary Due
Saturday - Feb 8th - SFCO Beef Weigh-In & Tagging from 8 to 11am at Siebert Farms
Wednesday - Feb 12th - SFCO YEC Competition at the Stafford County Annex Building
Saturday - Feb 15th - EDCO Club Day starting at 9am at the Lewis Elementary School
Sunday to Monday - Feb 16th & 17th - Citizenship in Action in Topeka
Saturday - Feb 22nd - SFCO Club Day starting at 9am at the St John HS
Saturday - Feb 22nd - SFCO 4-H Council Meeting starting at Noon at the St John HS
Wednesday - Feb 26th - Registration due for Goat Producer Day

March

Saturday - Mar 1st - JR. Swine Producer Day in Manhattan
Friday - Mar 7th - Cattlemen's Day
Friday - Mar 14th - Regional Club Days in Great Bend
Saturday - Mar 15th - EDCO Beef Weigh in at 1 pm
Tuesday - Mar 18th - EDCO Projectfest at the fairbuilding
Wednesday - Mar 19th - SFCO Projectfest at the St John Extension office
Saturday - Mar 22nd - Jr. Goat Producer Day in Manhattan
Saturday - Mar 22nd - Super Saturday in Colby

The Stafford County Fair will take place from July 15 to July 19, 2025. This year's theme is "Blue Jeans & Country Dreams!"

The Edwards County Fair is scheduled for July 7 to July 12, 2025. This year's theme is Welcome to Fair-a-dise at the Edwards County Fair.

4-H Membership ACHIEVEMENT PINS: We have updated our website with the new applications.

Save the Date for K-State Junior Producer Days

Swine Saturday, March 1, 2025

Goat Saturday, March 22, 2025

Plan ahead! Every year, K-State has Junior Producer Days in Manhattan. Beef and Sheep days are held in the even years, and Swine and Meat Goat days are held in the odd years. For more information click HERE!

If we have enough interest, to attend the producer days in Manhattan we will provide transportation.

Click HERE to register!

4-H CLUB DAY DATES & SCHEDULES

Edwards County 4-H Club Day is in February 15th at the Lewis Elementary School.
Stafford County 4-H Club Day is February 22nd at the St John High School.
Regional Club 4-H Club Day is in March 14th in Great Bend.

For those who have virtual entries in Stafford County please turn in your Club Day presentation information by Tuesday, February 18th to the extension office.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes early in case we are ahead of schedule and can get you judged sooner. Let us know if there are any time conflicts or errors by contacting Jewell at jewellg@ksu.edu or 620.549.3502 by Feb. 7th. 4-H Club Day Entries are now closed!

Edwards County 4-H Club Day Schedule

Stafford County 4-H Club Day Schedule

**Attention: Change to Record Books**

We would like to inform you about some important changes to the record book forms. To help streamline the process, we strongly recommend using the **Setting 4-H Project Goals** form. Completing this form will fulfill section one of the project report form.

Additionally, we are providing the **Project Report Evaluation Score Sheet** as a resource. This score sheet will be used to evaluate 4-H Record Books at the local level. If a 4-H member qualifies for regional or state record book judging, a new evaluation score sheet will be issued, and updates to the local evaluation book will be required.

Most importantly, the **Kansas 4-H Project Recognition Check Sheet** is now mandatory for all record books. This is a new requirement for the current 4-H year. We have created an internal 21 Central District - 4-H Record Book Instructions as a helpful resource checklist. You may use this as well to help guide you in completing a record book.

See our website for more information about record books.

As always, don't hesitate to call the office at 620.549.3502 or 620.659.2149.

UPCOMING 4-H EVENTS: See what's happening this year. Please take note that there are county-specific deadlines.

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