Marshall County 4-H

Clover Courier

The theme for the 2023 Central Iowa Fair is: It's a Fairadise!

With such a fun theme, we are excited to see all of the fun ways you will decorate your fair booths!

Fair Queen:

We want YOU to run for Central Iowa Fair Queen. Applications are due by Friday, June 9, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. This will be a wonderful opportunity for any girl over the age of 16 and under 21. The new fair queen will receive a $100 cash and the runner up will receive $25 cash. We have several fun events planned and know you will have a great time. The application and all the requirements are on line at centraliowafairgrounds.com or the Marshall Co Extension Office. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jodi Breniman, Fair Queen Coordinator at 641-750-6096. Don’t delay, get your application in today!!!

Little Miss Princess:

We are looking for our next 2023 CIF Little Miss Princess. If you are currently living in Marshall County or are a cloverbud in Marshall Co. and are currently (2022/2023) in grades Kindergarten through Third grades you are invited to participate in this year’s Little Miss CIF Princess activity. This activity is in conjunction with the Central Iowa Fair, which is scheduled for the week of July 12 – 15, 2023. Applications must be completed and returned to Jodi Breniman no later than Monday, June 12, 2023. For the application please go online to the centraliowafairgrounds.com or the Marshall Co Extension Office or give Jodi a call at 641-750-6096

Alumni Showmanship Contest:

Alumni Showmanship Contest will return! We had so much fun last year we are going to do this again. Rules will be coming to you by the April newsletter. But we would like to start asking 4-H clubs and species depts. to once again make a donation to the Silent Auction. We will ask that all donations be made and delivered to the fair office no later than July 1st. We want to start advertising and posting pictures on social media to get bidders to come out or make phone bids. We had some that wanted to bid but didn't know about it soon enough. We thank you so much for the support of the CIF Scholarship Fund. Thank you. 

Greetings! Spring is right around the corner and I don’t know about you but I’m sure ready! We hope your projects are coming along and hopefully you can all get out and show some before the county fair.

Congratulations to all those that exhibited at this year’s 2023 Iowa Beef Expo. You all did a fantastic job and represented Marshall Co. very well. Way to make us proud.

MAY is Beef Month. Plans are in the works for a fundraiser that month. More details will be coming soon.

Bottle Bucket Exhibitors! Hope you are all in the process of looking for your bottle calf for the fair. It’s certain the right time of year for this. Remember there is an ID form that must be filled out by May 15^th. The form is available at the extension office and on their web site. Please give Jodi a call if you have any questions. We may try and have a bottle/bucket calf workshop in May. More information coming on this as well.

If you have any questions, please give me a call. For those of you calving we sure hope it’s going well.  Thank you. Jodi 

It’s almost hopping and agility practice time! The tentative schedule is:

May 7th

May 21st

June 4th

June 11th

June 25th

July 2nd

July 9th

Practices are from 3-4 at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds. Schedule changes will be posted on the Facebook group Marshall County Youth Rabbit Club. Tattooing will be offered at both May practices. We will also go over showing questions, showmanship, general care, etc during practices as well. All exhibitor/rabbit pairs showing agility or hopping must attend at least 3 practices with the exception of pairs on their 2nd or subsequent year who may only attend 2 practices to be eligible to show in the hopping/agility classes at the fair.

We also added a costume contest this year! We are looking forward to having fun with that class this year!

Sarah & Sally

We are very excited to be offering dog obedience classes this year in partnership with the Tama County Dog Program. This year, dog obedience classes will take place every Thursday starting on April 20th at 6:30 pm. The first 6 classes will take place in Marshall County at the Central Iowa Fair Grounds. Following that the next 6 classes will take place in Tama County on Sundays at the Tama County fairgrounds.

Please fill out this survey if you are planning on attending dog obedience classes. Please remember to send Elizabeth (egeemley@iastate.edu) your proof of rabies vaccinations prior to attending classes.

Each year, we are able recognize the hard work and dedication that Marshall County 4-H volunteers put into the 4-H program and are able to nominate an outstanding 4-H volunteer from Marshall County to be inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame. We are blessed with many amazing volunteers in Marshall County.

If you have a volunteer in mind that you believe should receive this award, please fill out the survey below, and let us know!

Below is also a link to view past Marshall County awardees.

Thank you Marshall County Volunteers!

April 5th, 2023 youth grades 6-12 from Marshall, Hardin, Tama, and Grundy counties are able to go to the ISU campus to tour farms, hear from 4-H alumni, and visit the ISU Vet College to do hands on learning. On the ride, youth will complete their YQCA training.

To sign-up, log into yqcaprogram.org and sign-up for the YQCA training titled "2023 YQCA Bus Trip", and pay the $3 YQCA fee. There is an additional $40 fee that must be paid to the Marshall County Extension Office prior to attending the trip.

There are 5 spots left open, and we have decided to open the registration up to 5th graders, if you are still interested in sending your 4-Her, please reach out to Elizabeth by April 4th, to ensure that there is space available!

The pre-test must be taken in order to assign your certificate. Please make sure that this is done prior to April 5th. It is only 4 quick questions.

4hOnline is open to livestock exhibitors to enter their projects for this year!

You can enter animals now through May 15th.

Please reach out to Elizabeth (egeemley@iastate.edu) if you have questions or run into any snags.

If you would like to come into our office or meet over Zoom to get help, I have set up after hours time on Wednesdays. You can sign-up for those below.

If you have a market sheep or meat goat, please be sure to bring your animal to weigh-in on April 30th. If you need to weigh-in at a different county, please make sure you contact Marshall County Extension Office prior to going, so that we can coordinate with the other county. 641-752-1551 or egeemley@iastate.edu

Both market and breeding sheep must be weighed in, have retinal images, and an official 4-H tag in order to be shown at the Iowa State Fair. Sexually intact sheep must have a scrapies tag.

All meat goats, both market and breeding, must have retinal images in order to be shown at the Iowa State Fair, and be tagged with an official 4-H tag or tattooed. Sexually intact goats must have a scrapies tag.

The 2023 Communications and Clothing Event will take place on June 23rd, 2023 from 10 am-3 pm at the Marshalltown Public Library. This is where the following exhibits will be judged and evaluated.

Communications:

• Educational Presentation
• Working Exhibit
• Extemporaneous Speaking
• Poster Presentation (topic to be announced)

Clothing:

• Fashion Revue
• Clothing Selection
• $15 Challenge

WHAT IS TRI-COUNTY 4-H CAMP?

A three-day camp for 4th-6th grade 4-H members and non-4-H youth from

Boone, Hardin, Marshall, and Story Counties at the Des Moines YMCA Camp

northwest of Boone. Youth will do theme-based activities, enjoy the great

outdoors, and make new friends. The 2023 camp is Wednesday, August 9

(10:00 am) to Friday, August 11, (8:30 pm), 2023. Camp information is

available at: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/boone/youth-outreach

The Marshall County 4-H/FFA Scholarship Application is now up and ready for you to apply. Applications are available on our website and are due back to the Central Iowa Fair by April 8th, 2023.

April 14-16th with be the annual Equine Extravaganza at Ellsworth Community College.

Those interested can learn more by visiting this website:

Entry is now open for Market Broilers for the Iowa State Fair. Entries are due in FairEntry by May 1. Payment must be postmarked on or before May 1. Exhibitors must purchase 50 birds at a cost of $93.50. For families sharing the 50 birds, each 4-H member must make a class entry for the Market Broiler division, but only one 4-H member should indicate the bird order. Birds will be shipped from the hatchery contracted by the Iowa State Fair directly to the 4-H’ers on June 26. Participation is limited to the first 100 youth.

Have a question? Let us know! We are here to help you!

Elizabeth Emley

County Youth Coordinator

egeemley@iastate.edu

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