2026 Frontier County 4-H Calendar of Events
January
19 – 4-H Council Meeting Curtis @ 7:30 Ag Hall Room 1
24 – Market Beef Weigh-In & Tagging – NCTA 8:30-10:30 am
27 – Market Beef Weigh-In & Tagging – NCTA 6-7 pm
February
1-28 – Nebraska 4-H Promotion Month
March
2 – Due – Applications for 4-H Council $100 Camp Scholarship
2 – Due – Applications for Catch-A-Lamb
2 – Due – Applications for Catch-A-Kid (Goat) 5 – Pig Lottery Applications Due to office
7 – Market Beef Weigh-In – NCTA 9-10 am
16 – 4-H Council Meeting Curtis– @ 7:30 Ag Hall Room 1
19 – Farm Safety Day – 5th & 6th Grades @ NCTA, Curtis
19 – YQCA Training – Eustis 4-H Building 6:20-7:45 pm
April
13 – County wide 4-H Sheep & Goat Weigh Day – Frontier County Fairgrounds in Stockville – 7-8 pm
15 – Registration for Horse Stampede due
16 – YQCA Training – NCTA 6:20-7:45 pm
24- Arbor Day, Extension Office Closed
25-26 – 4-H Horse Stampede – Lincoln
26 – Shooting Sports Enrollment (Online and Paper Forms) Manditory Meeting at 4pm Frontier County Fairgrounds in Stockville.
27- Extension Board Meeting 7pm Ncta, Ag Hall
May
1 – PASE Registration Due to Frontier County Office for those planning to attend
18 – 4-H Council Meeting – Curtis @ 7:00 Ag Hall Room 1
25 - Memorial Day, Extension Office Closed
27-29 PASE (Premier Animal Science Event) Lincoln UNL Campus
June
1 – Due – YQCA Training Completed & Certificate to Office, Final DEADLINE to compete at county or state fair
1 – 4 H COUNTY Market BEEF ID’s & photo (if not tagged & weighed at County January or March weigh day
1- DUE - 4-H Horse ID's for and/or County and State Entries
1 – Due – All Large Animal Livestock ID Forms & Photos Showing Ear Tag – Market (Sheep, Goat, Swine);
Breeding (Sheep, Goat, Swine); Cow/Calf
1 – Due – Stocker-Feeder Livestock ID form (ONLY large animal project NOT required to have ear tag photo
1 – Due – ALL State Fair Livestock Nominations & DNA
2 – 4-H Speech and Presentation Workshop
3 – Animal Science Discovery Day – NCTA, Curtis 7-12 – Big Red Camps – UNL Campus Lincoln
7-12- Big Red Camps @ UNL Campus Lincoln
9 – Frontier County 4-H Speech Contest 6:30 p.m. - NCTA
15 – DUE – FINAL County & STATE 4-H Online Enrollment DEADLINE
16-17 – State 4-H Speech/Presentation Contest – Lincoln
30- Annual Agronomy Youth Field Day – NCTA Curtis
JULY
7 – Due – Pre-Entries for Clothing/Fashion Show Contest
7 – Due – Pre-Entries for Photography Contest
7 – Due – Pre-Entries for Exhibits for STOCKVILLE FAIR
7 – Due – Pre-Entries for Exhibits for EUSTIS FAIR
11-15 – State 4-H Horse Show – Grand Island
13 – 4-H Council Meeting – Eustis @ 7:00 pm – Eustis Fair Building
17 – Fashion Show & Clothing Construction Judging 17 – Photography Judging
17 – Fashion Show Review – NCTA (Start Time TBA)
22 – DUE – All Pre-Entries for Horticulture and Floriculture Exhibits due.
23 – Shotgun Contest – Curtis Gun Club @ 6:30 pm
25 – ALL 4-H Shooting Sports Contest – Archery, Small Bore Rifle .22 Caliber, Pistol, BB Gun, Air Pistol & Air Rifle – Frontier Co. Fairgrounds - 8:00 am
30 - August 2 – Frontier County Fair – Stockville
August
5-8 – Eustis Fair & Corn Show – Eustis
8 – Public Fashion & Talent Show – Eustis – 1:00 pm
10 – Due – All State Fair Entries Including Livestock
12 – State Fair Static Exhibits due to the 4-H office (excluding food and horticulture)
25-26 – All food and horticulture projects due to the 4-H office by 8 a.m. on the 26th.
26 – State Fair Entry Day in Grand Island 8 a.m.
28 – Sept. 7 – Nebraska State Fair – Grand Island
September
21 – 4-H Council Meeting – Curtis @ 7:00 Ag Hall Room 1
30 – Due – 4-H Achievement Application (Record Books)
30 – Due – Outstanding Leader, Member, Alumni & Extra Mile Award Nominations
30 – Due – 4-H Leader Project Summary & Club Summary
October
4-10 – National 4-H Week
November
1 – 4-H Achievement Celebration in Eustis
16 – 4-H Council Meeting – Curtis @ 7:00 Ag Hall Room 1
20 – Last Day to pick up 4-H Premiums and 4-H Projects
December
State 4H Camps!! June 15th - 19th Overnight Camp at Chadron
June 30th – Day Camp @ Grand Island
July 22nd – Day Camp @ Lincoln
Register at 4h.unl.edu/camp
ASK ABOUT HORSE SHOWS & PROGRESS SHOWS – There is a binder in the office of show flyers sent to us!
**Some dates subject to change, but there will be an email sent if it affects you.
