4-H and FFA Livestock Project Credit Meetings Scheduled
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Market Animal Project Calendar
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Each junior fair livestock (beef, sheep, swine) exhibitor MUST earn at least three (3) livestock meeting credits each year to be eligible to sell an animal in the County Fair Market Animal Sale. You can earn these meeting credits by attending any of the livestock project training meetings listed below OR, you can also earn meeting credits by participating in the WLBA Livestock Show Camps, exhibiting livestock at sanctioned livestock shows, be on the county 4-H Livestock Judging Team, by conducting a livestock project meeting for younger members, helping with the county fair initial sheep or swine weigh-in or by “shadowing” an gricultural professional (farm veterinarian, feed consultant, agronomist, ag loan officer, etc.) for a day or half-day. For more information, go to the Shawano County UWEX website (just google on “Shawano County UWEX”), click on “4-H Youth Development” and follow the appropriate links. Or, consult your gold and blue livestock project inforation handouts that you receive when you pick up your livestock project contracts. You can also contact Joe Stellato at the UWEX office (715-526-6136 or joseh.stellato@ces.uwex.edu).
March 12 and 15 – What Makes a Quality Meat Animal Part I and II, 7:30 pm at Kropf’s Meats, Bowler. Live animals will be used to show what livestock buyers look for in a properly finished animal on March 12. Then on March 15, you will see carcasses of the same animals that you observed live on March 12, along with yield and quality measurements. We recommend that members attend BOTH meetings to get the full educational experience. One Credit per night.
March 31– Meat Processing demonstration at Pingel’s Old Time Sausage Shop, 528 South Main Street, Shawano, 10 am.
April 3 – By-Products of the Livestock Industry, 7:30 pm at the Shawano County Courthouse.
More Livestock project credit meetings will be announced in the March Cloverline and on the UWEX website. Contact Joe Stellato for more information at 715-526-6136. You can also contact any Livestock Key Committee member for more info.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!!
All meat animal exhibitors must submit a Country of Origin Labeling (C.O.O.L.) form to the UW-Extension office by August 1 with your fair entries. The C.O.O.L. form can be obtained from the UWEX office or at a livestock meeting or listed below:
Country of Origin Labeling – C.O.O.L. Form
Verification of participation is required if you use these alternative ways to earn your total of three livestock meeting credits. Contact Joe Stellato for more information on how to get verification at 715-526-6136.
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Shawano Co. Livestock “Shadow Program”
This program is open to Livestock Exhibitors that are 15 years of age or older as of January 1, this year. You must have completed two years in the Livestock Project. This program gives the exhibitor a chance to shadow an Ag Professional on the job for either a half day or a whole day. A half day is worth one credit and a whole day is worth two credits. You will have to fill out a form (get it from the UWEX office) and return it to the courthouse with the Shadow Person’s name, signature, contact number, date/length of shadow, and exhibitor’s signature by August 1st. We will be contacting your shadow professional to confirm the information you write on the form. Once the committee receives the form and confirms the information you will receive credit. This is a wonderful opportunity and the Livestock Committee hopes many exhibitors will take advantage of the opportunity. — from the Shawano Co. Livestock Key Committee
If you have any questions regarding 4-H Youth Development in Shawano County, please contact:
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Joe Stellato, Department Head and 4-H Youth Development Shawano County Courthouse 311 North Main Street, Room 101, Shawano, WI 54166 Phone: 715-526-6136 * 715-526-4875 Email: joseph.stellato@ces.uwex.edu |
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Terri Brunner, 4H Program Assistant Shawano County Courthouse 311 N Main Street, Room 101 Shawano, WI 54166-2198 Phone: 715-526-6136 Fax: 715-526-4875 Email: theresa.brunner@co.shawano.wi.us |
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Charlotte Schwartz, Office Assistant Shawano County Courthouse 311 N Main Street, Room 101 Shawano, WI 54166-2198 Phone: 715-526-6136 Fax: 715-526-4875 Email: charlotte.schwartz@co.shawano.wi.us |
