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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.
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:
Email YOUR species chair at:
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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
2024 Northwestern Michigan 4-H Livestock Council Education Expo
March 3, 2024
March 3, 2024
General Education
MSU Extension: 4-H Youth Money Management
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To Earn 1 Credit:
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Multiple Species
VIRTUAL: Youth for the Quality Care of Animals
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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.
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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
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
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Cattle
Beef Carcass Evaluation and Value
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Dogs
Goats
Horses
Lambs
Llamas & Alpacas
Profitable Farming with Alpacas and Llamas
Presented by Rebecca Gill of Cotton Creek Farms
Presented by Rebecca Gill of Cotton Creek Farms
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Poultry
Rabbits & Cavies
Swine
Educational Opportunities 2023
In-Person Learning Events:
Attend a session & complete the Educational Receipt for Credit
Attend a session & complete the Educational Receipt for Credit
Virtual Learning
- Watch the Video
- Write a paragraph (minimum of 5 sentences) about what you learned.
- Email your paragraph to swinebarn4H@gmail.com for Educational Credit