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Southern Plain Livestock Judging Contest

Southern Plains Livestock Judging Contest

Please join us for the Southern Plains Livestock Judging Contest on Friday, May 24th starting at 9am on the Nuckolls County Fairgrounds in Nelson, Nebraska.

Cost will be $10 per individual. Please sign up using the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/HTre9NMEkE

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4-H Q&A Sessions

4-H Q&A Sessions

Below are breif videos over 4-H topics that are common questions that we recieve in our offices. 

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4-H Newsletters

2024 Southern Plains 4-H Newsletters January 2024 July 2024 February 2024 August 2024 March 2024
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Southern Plains Bonanza Days

Nuckolls and Thayer County are once again hosting Project Bonanza Days. We will be in Nelson on Tuesday, June 4th and Deshler on Thursday, June 6th. We will start at 9 am and finish at 3 pm. We ask that you please bring a lunch with you. The cost will be $50. 4-H age youth will be completing six projects and Clover Kids will complete ten. NEW this year is to register please click on the QR code or the link on the flyer. As you are completing the form please read carefully as some questions are just for girls, some for boys, some for 4-H age. Sign up by May 15th! https://forms.office.com/r/dHtF7RqLcA

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Southern Plains Extension Board Meeting Notice

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Rural Prosperity Nebraska Welcomes Newest Extension Educator

Rural Prosperity Nebraska Welcomes Newest Extension Educator

May 6, 2024
Ben Dutton joins Rural Prosperity Nebraska as the newest member of the community development arm of Nebraska Extension. While Dutton has lived throughout the Midwest and Intermountain West, he graduated high school in Wakefield and has lived in McCook for the last eight years. So Nebraska is home. Dutton will serve the west central portion of the state, including Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson and Perkins counties. Read below to learn more about him.

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Building Bridges in Conservation: Nebraska hosts inaugural natural resources workshop

Building Bridges in Conservation: Nebraska hosts inaugural natural resources workshop

April 15, 2024
Overlooking the iconic Platte River, over 100 natural resource professionals and students met to build and foster new collaborations at the first Natural Resources Conservation Connecting Points Workshop.

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Engaging Agriculture: Embryology a classroom springtime favorite

Engaging Agriculture: Embryology a classroom springtime favorite

April 1, 2024
Spring is here, and Nebraska elementary students are busy learning about embryology.

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Conference Focuses on Entrepreneurial Development in Nebraska Communities

Conference Focuses on Entrepreneurial Development in Nebraska Communities

March 29, 2024
Sidney is welcoming community development professionals from across the country for the 6th annual Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference May 1-2.

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