Northwest Michigan 4-H Livestock Council
  • Home
  • Council Info
  • Meeting and Finance Information
  • Species-Specific
    • Dairy Feeder
    • Dog
    • Goat
    • Horse
    • Junior Beef
    • Lamb
    • Large Beef
    • Llama & Alpaca
    • Poultry
    • Rabbit & Cavy
    • Swine
    • Differently Abled Program
  • Policy Books
  • Education
  • Auction
  • Scholarships & Awards
  • Project Sponsorship
  • Tanner Building and More

Education

Education Credit Receipt
File Size: 156 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Education Reimbursement Policy & Form
File Size: 112 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

All participating youth are required to earn 2 education credits BEFORE June 30th in order to be eligible to participate in the 4-H shows and auction at the Northwestern Michigan Fair.
Youth may earn their 2 credits by attending in-person educational events
or completing virtual options that are approved by the 4-Hers Species Chair or are sanctioned virtual training through MSU Extension Office.

Youth will be expected to earn 1 credit specific to the species they are marketing.  If show only, youth are asked to earn that credit in the species that they are showing.  The second credit is earned by completing a general credit event or another species of education. 
Contact your species chair for approval if you have another opportunity
​you would like considered.


For Approval of Virtual Trainings:
Email YOUR ​species chair at:

Dairy Feeders: Hannah Gaither: ghannah6115@gmail.com
Dogs: Gretchen Sauvage: ges5250@gmail.com
Goats: Robin Gildner : ​info@luckyfarmsmi.com
Horses: Mandy DePuy: mandydepuy@gmail.com AND
​            Alisa Forton: excaliburstables@gmail.com
Jr Beef: Amanda Wilkins: jrbeef4H@yahoo.com

​Large Beef: Crystal Breithaupt: ​cbreithaupt@hotmail.com
Lambs Shayna Conger: sheepbarn4hnwmf@gmail.com
Llamas & Alpacas: Kathy Easter: ndalpacas@aol.com 
                                   Renee Hobbins: hobbins@centurytel.net
Poultry: Lynn Henning: 4hchickenqueen@gmail.com
Rabbits & Cavies: Lisa Ralph: r4rabbitry@yahoo.com
​Swine: Jennifer Davis: swinebarn4h@gmail.com
              Jody Ortega: swinebarn4h@gmail.com

Educational Opportunities

Picture
2024 Northwestern Michigan 4-H Livestock Council Education Expo
March 3, 2024

General Education

MSU Extension: 4-H Youth Money Management
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
To Earn 1 Credit:
  1. Click HERE to select a Money Management course.
  2. Select one of the 10 courses and follow the instructions to register.
  3. Participate in the interactive virtual course.
  4. Email your species chair with the following information:
    1. ​Which course did you participate in
    2. When did you complete the course
    3. A couple of sentences regarding what you learned.
  5. Your species chair and MSU staff must verify your participation before a credit will be awarded. Make sure to complete the entire course in order to receive credit.

Multiple Species


VIRTUAL: Youth for the Quality Care of Animals
Picture
http://yqcaprogram.org/
YQCA is designed as an annual education and certification program focused on food safety, animal well-being and character awareness for youth ages 8 to 21 producing and/or showing pigs, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, goats, market rabbits, and poultry.
 Log on to the YQCA website using your MSU 4-H Online login information.
​Upon completing the course, send a digital copy of the certificate to your species chair
​Be sure to include your name and 4-H club.

NOTE: There is a $12 fee for this course. -
$3 Discount Coupons are available through the YQCA website

 4-H Animal Science Calendar 2023

2023 4-H Animal Science Calendar
File Size: 427 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Cattle

Beef Carcass Evaluation and Value
mediahub.unl.edu/media/15020


Watch Video and write a one page paper on what you learned and turn in/email to Specie Chair ​


Dogs

Goats

Horses

Lambs

Llamas & Alpacas

Profitable Farming with Alpacas and Llamas
Presented by Rebecca Gill of Cotton Creek Farms
Profitable Farming with Alpacas and Llamas
File Size: 1250 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Poultry

Rabbits & Cavies

Swine
Educational Opportunities 2023

In-Person Learning Events: 
Attend a session & complete the Educational Receipt for Credit
Gratiot County Youth Swine Day

Virtual Learning
  1. Watch the Video
  2. Write a paragraph (minimum of 5 sentences) about what you learned.
  3. Email your paragraph to swinebarn4H@gmail.com for Educational Credit
LIVESTOCK LEARNING: SHEEP AND SWINE DAILY CARE
LIVESTOCK LEARNING: SHOWMANSHIP FUNDAMENTALS
LIVESTOCK LEARNING: SELECTION AND WHAT THE JUDGE IS LOOKING FOR

Home

Fair

Copyright © 2019
  • Home
  • Council Info
  • Meeting and Finance Information
  • Species-Specific
    • Dairy Feeder
    • Dog
    • Goat
    • Horse
    • Junior Beef
    • Lamb
    • Large Beef
    • Llama & Alpaca
    • Poultry
    • Rabbit & Cavy
    • Swine
    • Differently Abled Program
  • Policy Books
  • Education
  • Auction
  • Scholarships & Awards
  • Project Sponsorship
  • Tanner Building and More