APPANOOSE COUNTY 4-H APRIL NEWSLETTER. FSQA Testing (Grades 7th-12th) April 2nd and 4th: 3:30pm-5:30pm 6th: 3-5 pm

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1 APPANOOSE COUNTY 4-H APRIL NEWSLETTER Kate Lain GROWS APPANOOSE COUNTY EXTENSION County Youth Coordinator WHAT S INSIDE: Leaders Training FSQA Lamb & Meat Goat Weigh-In Livestock Identification Pre-Entry County Fair Queen Contest Clothing Event Communications Event Youth Project Loans Calendar Leader s Training The next leader s training for Appanoose County will be held on April 23, 2018, at 6 pm at the. Brenda Spurgeon, Youth Program Specialist, will be facilitating this training. Remember, all 4-H leaders need to complete 1 training per year! After Brenda s portion is complete, we will go over fair work schedules. Please be here for this meeting as this is the time to represent your club as these decisions are being made. All final decisions about scheduling will be made on this night! Food Safety Quality Assurance-FSQA Iowa State University Extension and Outreach requires that any 4-H member showing in any of the following project areas at the COUNTY OR STATE FAIR must be FSQA certified: Beef (Market, Breeding, Bucket Bottle, Cow/Calf), Dairy Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Goat, Rabbit and Poultry. You will be unable to show in these areas if you are not FSQA certified! FSQA Testing (Grades 7th-12th) April 2nd and 4th: 3:30pm-5:30pm 6th: 3-5 pm FSQA Training (Required for Grades 4th-6th) April 9th: 6:00pm-7:45pm April 11th: 4:30pm-6:15pm If these dates and times do not work, please call the to schedule a time. 1

2 Lamb & Meat Goat Weigh-Ins Lamb & State Fair Meat Goat weigh-ins will be on May 5th, 2018, from 9:00am-11:00am at the Appanoose County Fairgrounds. Be prepared at weigh-in with Scrapie tag numbers, sex and date of birth of each lamb. If you still need to request Scrapie tags, please call County Fair Sheep: 9:00am-10:00am State Fair Sheep and Meat Goats: 10:00am-11:00am ALL meat goats going to State Fair need to be weighed-in. State Fair sheep and goats will be retinal eye scanned at the time of weigh-in. The certification fee is $5.00 per animal. There will be an additional fee of $5.00 per head for the same animals wishing to be verified for AK-SAR-BEN. There is a limit of 15 head of sheep that may be weighed in for State Fair. You may weigh-in 8 sheep for County Fair, but these 8 will count towards your 15 for State. County Fair Meat Goats: All county fair meat goats will be weighed in on the first day of the County Fair. All tags must be in goats by May 15! State Fair Meat Goats: There is a limit of 20 head of meat goats that may be weighed in for State Fair. If you weigh-in for State Fair, they may also be shown at the County Fair as part of your 10 total head of goats. Livestock Identification Forms All animals coming to the Appanoose County Fair MUST be recorded on an identification sheet by 5:00pm on May 15th, 2018! This includes Market Beef (taken care of at weigh-ins), Breeding Beef, Cow/Calf, Bucket/Bottle Calves, Bucket/ Bottle Lambs, Horses, Market Sheep (taken care of at weigh-ins), Breeding Sheep, Swine, Dairy Cows, Dairy Goats, Meat Goats, Poultry, Rabbits, Dogs, Cats, Pets. We will be mailing the Identification Forms to you! Your leader will receive a request sheet in the mail to fill out what id forms you need, so if you aren t going to be at your next meeting, please contact your leader to provide that information! STATE FAIR LIVESTOCK MUST BE ENTERED INTO 4-H ONLINE BY MAY 15TH! Appanoose County Fair Pre-Entry Pre-Entry Dates have been set for Friday June 29th, Monday, July 2nd and Tuesday, July 3rd! Pre-Fair Entry can be done anytime after June 15 this year. The days listed above are designated solely to prefair entry. There will be extra staff on hand to assist you during these days! 2

3 2018 Appanoose County Fair Queen Pageant Contestants must be 16 to 21 years old as of August 9, Contestants must be an active member of at least one worthwhile organization and be a resident of Appanoose County. Participants must be present for the photo session, able to preside over the 2018 Appanoose County Fair, and represent Appanoose County at the State Fair, August 9-19 in order to be eligible. Deadline for entering is June 1st. For more information, contact Jara Cassady at , Judi Lawson at or Jerilyn Inman at Applications may be picked up at the or Iowa Trust and Savings Bank in Centerville. Communication Event The 2018 Communication Event will be held on Tuesday, July 10th, 2018 at 9:00am. This event will be held at the First United Methodist Church. As always, please call the at if you have any questions about this or any other events! Clothing Event The Appanoose County Clothing Event has been scheduled for Thursday, July 12th, The event will be held at the Appanoose County Fairgrounds. Seniors: 8:00am Intermediates: 9:30am Juniors: 1:00pm Youth Project Loans from FSA The United States Department of Agriculture s Farm Service Agency, FSA, makes operating loans to individual rural youth, aged 10-20, to establish and operate income producing projects. These projects must be of modest size and be initiated, developed and carried out by rural youth participating in 4-H or FFA. Each project must be part of an organized and supervised, program of work. It must be planned and operated with the assistance of the youth s parents and organization leaders or advisor, produce sufficient income to repay the loan and provide the youth with practical business and Education experience. These loans can finance nearly any kind of agricultural income producing project with an annual or term repayment plan, depending on the specific project. Maximum loan amount is $5000 per individual with a fixed interest rate. The interest rate changes periodically, but once the loan is closed, the rate will not change. If you would like further information, please contact the Monroe County FSA Office at In continued support of our area youth in agriculture, Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri is proud to make agricultural loans available to FFA and 4-H members in our market areas of Northern Missouri and Southern Iowa. In addition to providing financial assistance in their projects, the program can also be a financial education tool. By developing financial statements and cash flows with the students, they can also develop an understanding and evaluate their enterprise performance. FFA & 4-H Loans are subject to the following: FFA & 4-H Youth Ag Loan Program Interest rate is determined by subtracting the student's GPA from a base interest rate, currently 7.00% APR* as of 1/1/18. Base rate is subject to change. Up to a $10,000-line limit can be available for applicable projects. Amounts greater than $10,000 can be reviewed on a case by case basis. Repayment period is dependent on loan purchase. Student must have a qualified co-applicant, unless they are 18 and credit worthy. 3

4 COW/CALF Calves for the Cow/Calf Project must be born between January 1st and May 1st of 2018 and must be weighed within 3 days of birth by one of our official weighers. Those that have agreed to weigh are listed below: David McGill: or Richard Johnson: or Larry Royer: Becky Underwood: David Vinzant: or Paul Swarts: IDGA SHARE-A-KID PROGRAM The IDGA Share-A-Kid Program provides the opportunity for youth, ages and residents of Iowa, to own a registered dairy goat kid. Applicants submit essays and other supportive material to win a doeling. Doelings are donated by IDGA members and a selection committee determines the winners. Winners are expected to display their goat at a county fair or youth show, to keep in touch with the donor and to submit an article about their doeling to the IDGA newsletter. Entries for the 2018 IDGA Share-A-Kid Program are due March 15, If you are interested in applying, visit and follow the Youth link! REMINDERS There are still premium checks here at the! If you showed anything at the 2017 County Fair, you received a check. The banks will not cash these after a certain period of time, so please come in TODAY and pick yours up! The Appanoose County CloverKids Program has grown drastically in the past several years. If you know of a child in Kindergarten 3rd grade, suggest CloverKids! CloverKids is an introduction to the 4-H Program and a great way to get started! BUCKET BOTTLE CALVES Calves must be born between January 1st and May 15th of 2018 and must be purchased AND in the possession of the member within 2 weeks of birth. IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW Appanoose County Fair July 16-21, 2018 Iowa State Fair August 9-19, 2018 BUCKET BOTTLE LAMBS Bucket Bottle Lambs must be in your possession within 14 days after birth. If lambs are still intact, they need to have Scrapie tags. The Bucket Bottle Lamb class will have the same guidelines as the Bucket/Bottle Calf Class. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or status as a U.S. veteran. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies may be directed to Ross Wilburn, Diversity Officer, 2150 Beardshear Hall, 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Iowa 50011, , wilburn@iastate.edu. 4

5 Appanoose County 4-H Calendar APRIL 1st Easter 2nd FSQA Testing from 3:30pm- 5:30pm at the. 4th FSQA Testing from 3:30pm- 5:30pm at the. 4th Extension Council Meeting at 7pm at the 6th FSQA Testing from 3pm- 5pm at the. 7th Appanoose County 4-H will be set up at the Healthy Kids Fair! It will be held at the Faith United Methodist Church from 9:00am-12:00pm. 9th FSQA Training from 6 pm- 7:45pm at the. 11th FSQA Training from 4:30pm- 6:15pm at the. 23rd Leader s Training at 6 pm at the. MAY 2nd Extension Council Meeting at 7pm at the 5th Sheep & Goat Weigh In 13th Mothers Day 15th Any animal you are planning to take to the Iowa State Fair must be identified in 4-H Online! 15th Livestock Identification Forms due to the 21st Youth Council at 7pm at the 24th Adult Committee at 7 pm at the 28th Memorial Day 28th Office Closed JUNE 1st - Opening of State Fair Online Entry 6th Mystery 4-H Trip 6th Extension Council Meeting at 7:00pm at the 12th Junior Trip 15th Pre-Entry begins You may come in anytime between now and July 3rd to do your pre- entry! 17th Father s Day 29th Pre Entry from 8:00am- 12:00pm and 1:00pm-5:00pm at the 2018 Region 19 Junior Trip This trip will be a day trip to Hannibal, MO! Once you sign up for this AWESOME trip you will receive more information on what you will need to bring for the trip. Registration forms with payment are due to the by May 1st. Flyers about the trip and Registration forms can be found on our webpage, Facebook page and at the. 5