Shawano County

 In an attempt to promote the breeding and exhibition of purebred poultry among Wisconsin’s youth, the Wisconsin International Poultry Club invites interested youth to apply for the Pullet Surprise. The lucky winners in each of two categories will receive a pair of show quality purebred fowl, complete with an incubator, caging, feed, a copy of [...]

Junior Horse Key is Hosting a Mock Show! To help youth in the horse project prepare for the fair, the junior horse key is hosting a mock show on July 27th at the fairgrounds. Many of the classes at the fair will be offered, including the State Expo qualification classes and possibly driving, if there [...]

3 days…5 locations-bringing cutting-edge resources to dairy consultants & service providers.  This past year’s weather has presented challenges in areas throughout Wisconsin.  Last year’s historic drought has led to a substantial decrease in hay production compounded by this year’s cold, wet spring with alfalfa winterkill and limited pasture growth.  The dairy industry is facing the [...]

      We need your ideas! The Shawano County Goat Project is looking for a creative saying, slogan, or design for inspiration for t-shirts.  These t-shirts will represent the Goat Project for the year.  The contest winner will receive a free t-shirt for their efforts.  Submissions are due JUNE 19, 2013. The winner will be announced [...]

Check out the update Show and Event Calander  on the Horse Project Handbook web page . Also the May 11th Horse Judging Clinic has been cancelled but we have added a July 28th Open ride. Also the Showing Clinic on June 22nd is no longer a Riding Clinic, it is strictly a Verbal Clinic.

If you’re a pig farmer, a new website developed by University of Wisconsin-Extension, Cooperative Extension’s Swine Team can be your resource to finding animals or items you need. “Pig Connect is an electronic neighborhood bulletin board where farmers can post information about equipment, show pigs, semen, breeding stock and housing related to swine,” said Zen [...]

The Shawano County Goat Project will be hosting a youth open goat show on July 13th, 2013, at the Shawano County Fairgrounds in Shawano. Our mission is to provide a fun learning experience for our youth! Send your entries to Shawano County UW Extension, 311 N Main Street, Shawano, WI 44166. For questions call her at [...]

4-H Poultry and Small Animal Swap will be held at the Shawano County Fairgrounds, 990 E. Green Bay Street, Shawano on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 from 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.  The public is welcome.  Raffle and refreshments available.  See attached flyer for more information:   4-H Poultry and Small Animal Swap Info.

Shawano County will host the annual NE Wisconsin 4-H Area Animal Science Day (AASD) on Thursday, June 13, 2013.  This event will be at the Shawano County Fairgrounds.  At Area Animal Science Day, 4-H & FFA Dairy Cattle, Livestock and Horse Judging Teams from 10 to 14 counties compete against each other for a chance [...]

It’s coming soon and it fills up fast!  The very popular Badger Dairy Camp will be held at UW-Madison on June 9-11.     For more information contact Jeff Styczynski at 715-758-8991 or get your application at http://www.uwex.edu/ces/dairyyouth

2013 Livestock Project Meetings General Rules Pertaining to County Fair Market Animal Show All livestock project members will be allowed to sell one market animal at the Shawano County Fair, providing that they have met all of the requirements of the Shawano County 4-H Livestock Key Committee and Shawano County Fair Board. Requirements: Each junior [...]

Dates for Grandparents University® 2012: Session I: July 11-12, 2013 Session II: July 18-19, 2013 Session III: July 25-26, 2013 Registration to start March 12 The Wisconsin Alumni Association offers Grandparents University each summer. This award-winning, two-day program is a chance for children (ages 7 to 14) and their grandparents to come together and learn [...]

Come to the 50th Annual (and last) College Days UW-Cooperative Extension, 432 N. Lake St., Rm 301B, Madison, WI 53706 on June 4-6, 2013 This summer, have an education adventure, experience college life, stay in university dorms and attend seminars taught by UW-Madison and UW-Extension faculty and community experts. College Days will feature sessions covering [...]

- July 16-18, 2013 at Capital Plaza Hotel Frankfort, Kentucky Check out all information, scheduling and registration form on-line: http://www.nvon.org/events.html.

The Department of Natural Resources is advising homeowners in parts of Shawano County to test their drinking water wells for arsenic. The areas most likely to be affected in Shawano County include the towns of Angelica, Maple Grove, Green Valley, Hartland and Lessor. The same advisory has been issued for the towns of Oconto Falls, [...]

WEIGH IN DATES:  THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THESE WEIGH-IN DATES!!! April 6, 2013      Beef Initial Weigh-In, 9 – 11 a.m., at Equity Livestock, Bonduel May 3, 2013      Sheep Initial Weigh-In, 6:00 to 7:00 pm – Beef Barn, Shawano Fairgrounds May 4, 2013      Hog Initial Weigh-In, 9am – 12 Noon, Beef Barn, Shawano Fairgrounds [...]

Visual Arts Members & Leaders The Visual Arts Key Committee has decided to hold a Visual Arts Workshop in June. It will be brought back for a year to see if there is still interest in this event. There will be a planning meeting held Friday, Feb. 8th at 1:30pm in the Courthouse. If you [...]

Looking for some new ideas for installation of officers? There are some great ideas located at http://www.mo4h.missouri.edu/resources/materials/docs/LG800.pdf We also have resources in the UW-Extension office. There is also a new member initiation ceremony at the same website, except change LG800 to LG801.

Complete reports will be available from the UWEX office one week after the new member deadline of February 1st. The Club Report will include complete contact information for members and leaders (including parents, date of birth and grade), along with projects enrolled in. These lists will be printed and placed in club mailboxes at the [...]

Aerospace Adult and Older Youth Project Leaders will conduct several county-wide project training meetings. Aerospace project members can participate in as many as they wish! Older youth and/or those with some experience, will meet on February 4th. Younger members or those less familiar with Aerospace, will meet on Feb. 11th. Both meetings will begin at [...]

Club Officer Training Club Officer training will take place this year at Super Saturday on February 2. Complete the Super Saturday form that was in the December 2012 Cloverline and mail it by January 2nd. Please indicate what officer position you are in. There is no charge for officer training if you are coming for [...]

Kids Grades 3-8 Perfect as a parent/child activity! No charge for a parent that enrolls & attends with a child. Offered in partnership with Shawano Community Ed and Shawano County 4-H. Kids, if you like putting things together here’s a chance to learn how to build a robot! No previous knowledge required, just a willingness [...]

(Reminder: Horseless Horse members are always invited to any Horse events – as well as families.) —————————————————————————– Calendar – TBA —————————————————————————– 4-H Horse Key Committee Meeting The next 4-H Horse Key Committee will be on Thursday evening, January 10 at 7 pm. We’ll meet in one of the basement meeting rooms at the Shawano County [...]

CAN YOU HELP? The Foods and Nutrition area is looking for a nice glass front display case for the food items that are exhibited at the County Fair. We currently have only one and it is very crowded. Something like a beverage display would be great. Please let Terri know if you know of anything [...]

You need one clinic meeting to show at the County Fair and a market meeting if you wish to sell an animal. Also, a set-up day is required. The Super Saturday session will fulfill a rabbit and/or poultry clinic requirement along with a market meeting requirement, all in one day! If you have specific questions you would like [...]

June 24-27, 2013 Over 500 4-H’ers attend this event in Madison each June. As a participant, you take part in educational seminars and assemblies with many people from all over the state. Just a few of the topics are: Medical Careers, Meet Elected Officials, Insectaganza, Creative Stamping, Genetics of Small Animals, Windsurfing, beginning PowerPoint, Start [...]

McCalls and Butterick pattern companies have a selection of patterns available at a price of $1.00 to 4-H youth. 4-H members interested in seeing and/or purchasing the patterns needs to visit www.sewcoolinschool.com. If you don’t have a computer, call and we’ll make arrangements for you to use the one in the office. Enter 200624 when [...]