BOONE & NANCE COUNTY HAPPENINGS
Thank You!
Thank you each and every one to all the 4-H’ers, parents, leaders, and volunteers who helped to make the 2025 Boone and Nance County Fairs a great success! We hope you had fun, made some new friends, and learned some new skills during the past year in 4-H. The Extension staff in the Boone and Nance County offices appreciate all your time, talent, and dedication to the 4-H program. We couldn’t do it without YOU!
76th Annual Norfolk Beef Expo
The 76th Annual Norfolk Beef Expo will be held at the Chuck Pohlman Ag Complex at the Northeast Community College campus on September 7. The Breeding Heifer competition will also be held again this year. NEW THIS YEAR: Market calves with be divided into classes by weight vs height. Entry forms, Animal care forms, and Scholarship Applications are available at https://norfolkareachamber.com/beef-expo/. Entries are due September 2.
Achievement Party Planned
Save the date for the Boone County 4-H Achievement Party! Plans are being made for October 19 at the Casey's Building at the Boone County Fairgrounds from 2 - 4 pm. You will receive your Fair Premiums from the Fair Board, Champion and Reserve Champion awards and Showmanship hoodies from the 4-H Council, Shooting Sports medals, and Photos from Cornhusker Public Power. Membership and Achievement awards will be given. You will need to complete your 4-H Story to earn your 4-H member year recognition award. Forms are available at https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/boone-nance/boonenance-county-4-h/4-h-clubs-materials/. Refreshments will be provided by the 4-H Council. Elections for 4-H Council members will also be held. Save the date, and plan to attend!
Cornhusker Economics
Check out the market value of ag land in Nebraska, and the cash rental rates. Download the "Nebraska Farmland Values and Cash Rental Rates in 2025" (updated March 2025) at Cornhusker Economics.
To view other articles, go to https://agecon.unl.edu/cornhusker-economics
Nebraska State Fair Results
Boone County
STATIC EXHIBITS
Aidan Choat Level 2 Crochet PURPLE
Level 2 Crochet PURPLE
Photography Level 2 PURPLE
Annie Krohn Conservation & Wildlife BLUE
Cooking 201 RED
Cooking 301 BLUE
General Foods & Nutrition PURPLE
Human Development PURPLE
Visual Art Mediums BLUE
Visual Art Mediums BLUE
Audrey Miller Design Decisions BLUE
Seeing i2i PURPLE
Baylor Neidhardt Design Decisions BLUE
Design Decisions (Snowman) PURPLE
Floriculture RED
Bode Meyers Beyond the Needle BLUE
Design Decisions BLUE
Brynlee Schriver Horticulture RED
Caleb Krohn Field Crops PURPLE
Field Crops PURPLE
Forestry RED
Heritage Level 1 PURPLE
Horticulture RED
Outdoor Adventures PURPLE
Clara Brengelman Cooking 201 BLUE
Design Decisions RED
Floriculture BLUE
Horticulture BLUE
Danica Jensen Cooking 301 PURPLE
SPECIAL AWARD
Eddan Sauser Best Buy for Your Buck RED
Geneva Smith Cooking 401 RED
Hadley Schriver Horticulture RED
Quilt Quest PURPLE
Kasey Krohn Cooking 301 BLUE
Cooking 401 PURPLE
Heritage Level 2 PURPLE
Kendall Fleer Conservation & Wildlife PURPLE
Cooking 201 PURPLE
Floriculture PURPLE
Harvesting Equipment BLUE
Heritage Level 1 PURPLE
My Financial Future RED
Rockets & Drones BLUE
Unit 2 Drying PURPLE
Unit 2 Drying PURPLE
Laramie King Best Buy for Your Buck BLUE
Mackenzie Fleer Beyond the Needle BLUE
Cooking 301 RED
Entomology BLUE
Floriculture PURPLE
Rockets & Drones BLUE
Seeing i2i BLUE
STEAM Clothing 2 BLUE
Unit 3 Boiling Water Canning PURPLE
Mallorie Fleer Beyond the Needle PURPLE
Citizenship PURPLE
Conservation & Wildlife BLUE
Cooking 201 BLUE
Cooking 401 PURPLE
Floriculture BLUE
Human Development Math PURPLE
Human Development RED
Rockets & Drones BLUE
Seeing i2i BLUE
Unit 3 Boiling Water Canning PURPLE
Morgan Cumming Floriculture BLUE
Horticulture PURPLE
Unit 3 Boiling Water Canning PURPLE
Rebekah Ketelsen Level 2 Crochet RED
Level 3 Crochet Tank Top BLUE
Sawyer Sauser STEAM Clothing 2 RED
Tinsley Neidhardt Quilt Quest BLUE
Vienna Neidhardt Photography Level 2 PURPLE
Visual Art Mediums RED
Visual Art Mediums RED
CONTESTS
Laramie King Fashion Show PURPLE
Geneva Smith Fashion Show PURPLE
Sarah Smith Fashion Show BLUE
Aidan Choat Horticulture Judging 5TH BLUE
Weed & Grass ID BLUE
Insect ID 6th RED
Kendall Fleer Horticulture Judging 1ST PURPLE
Tree ID PURPLE
Weed & Grass ID 3RD PURPLE
Mackenzie Fleer Horticulture Judging 2ND PURPLE
Tree ID PURPLE
Weed & Grass ID 10TH BLUE
Mallorie Fleer Horticulture Judging 5TH PURPLE
Tree ID PURPLE
Weed & Grass ID RED
ANIMAL RESULTS
Brielle Benes Composite Charolais Yearling PURPLE
3RD PLACE COMPOSITE CHAROLAIS HEIFER
Brinklee Benes Hereford Yearling Heifer PURPLE
3RD PLACE HEREFORD HEIFER
Brogan Benes Angus Yearling Heifer PURPLE
3RD PLACE ANGUS HEIFER
Kollin Rasmussen Crossbred Steer PURPLE
5TH PLACE CHAMPION MARKET BEEF
RESERVE CHAMPION STEER - CROSSBRED DIVISION 2
Nicholas Groeteke Crossbred Steers PURPLE
Geneva Smith Commercial Meat Breed Ewe BLUE
Crossbred Market Lamb BLUE
Int Sheep Showmanship BLUE
Kelby Rasmussen Commercial Doe Kid BLUE
Market Wether PURPLE
RESERVE CHAMPION DIV 3 MARKET GOAT
Int Meat Goat Showmanship PURPLE
Evelyn Rose Hvy Appleyard Young Duck BLUE
Orphington Blue Hen BLUE
Brahma Buff Hen RED Brahma Light Pullet RED
Lt Egyptian Brown Old Male Goose BLUE American Fuzzy Lop Jr Doe PURPLE
Holland Lop Sr Doe BLUE
Holland Lop Jr Doe PURPLE
Mini Lop Jr Buck BLUE
Netherland Dwarf Jr Doe BLUE
English Lop Int Doe BLUE
Jr Poultry Showmanship RED
Jr Rabbit Showmanship BLUE
Aidan Choat Phoenix Silver Hen BLUE
Egg Production Trio BLUE
One Dz Brown Eggs BLUE
Sr Poultry Showmanship PURPLE
Dog Agility - LEVEL 2 BLUE
Dog Obedience Beginning Novice Div C RED
Dog Rally 1 PURPLE Dog Showmanship Senior PURPLE
Dog Skillathon Senior PURPLE
3RD PLACE SENIOR DOG SKILLATHON
For more details, go to Nebraska State Fair 4-H
Photos may be seen at Nebraska State Fair | Nebraska 4-H | Nebraska as well as livestreams of the Fashion shows and Livestock shows.
Nebraska State Fair Results
Nance County
STATIC EXHIBITS
| Name | Department | Ribbon | *Special Recognition |
| Aurora Zoucha | 4H Visual Art Mediums | Purple | * |
| Austry Adams | 4H Photography Unit II | Blue | * Selected for Gallery |
| 4H STEAM Clothing 2 | Blue | ||
| Beyond The Needle | Purple | ||
| Beyond The Needle | Purple | ||
| Charlotte Hale | 4H Floriculture | White | |
| Clinton Adams | 4H Design Decision | Purple | |
| Daffney Olson | 4H Cooking 201 | Red | |
| Delylla Olson | 4H Cooking 301 | Blue | |
| Derek Warner | 4H Cooking 201 | Purple | |
| Elena Reimer | 4H Leadership and Citizenship | Purple | |
| 4H Cooking 401 | Blue | ||
| 4H Cooking 401 | Purple | ||
| 4H Floriculture | Purple | ||
| 4H Veterinary Science | Blue | ||
| Georgia Bridger | 4H Photography Unit II | Blue | |
| 4H Horticulture | Purple | ||
| Hayes Wetovick | 4H Heritage - Level I | Purple | |
| 4H Design Decision | Blue | ||
| 4H Rockets | Blue | * | |
| Isabel Hale | Beyond The Needle | Blue | |
| Jacob Reimer | 4H Conservation & Wildlife | Blue | |
| Josie Jarecke | 4H Visual Art Mediums | Purple | |
| Josie Williams | 4H Quilt Quest | Purple | |
| 4H STEAM Clothing 3 | Blue | ||
| 4H STEAM Clothing 3 | Blue | ||
| Kamryn Grzywa | 4H Cooking 201 | Purple | * |
| Keila Dubas | 4H Photography Unit II | Purple | |
| Kian Pickrel | 4H Human Development | Blue | |
| 4H Cooking 201 | Purple | ||
| Unit 1 - Freezing | Purple | ||
| Unit 2 - Drying | Purple | ||
| 4H Floriculture | Purple | * | |
| Lora Sonderup | 4H Design Decision | Purple | |
| 4H Quilt Quest | Purple | ||
| 4H Quilt Quest | Purple | * Selected for Gallery | |
| 4H STEAM Clothing 2 | Purple | ||
| 4H STEAM Clothing 2 | Purple | ||
| 4H STEAM Clothing 2 | Blue | ||
| 4H STEAM Clothing 2 | Purple | * | |
| Luke Sonderup | 4H Quilt Quest | Purple | |
| 4H Conservation & Wildlife | Red | ||
| Melinda Pickrel | 4H Human Development | Purple | * |
| Unit 1 - Freezing | Purple | ||
| Unit 2 - Drying | Purple | ||
| Unit 3 - Boiling Canning | Blue | ||
| 4H Leadership and Citizenship | Purple | ||
| Reid Bertram | 4H Horticulture | Purple | |
| 4H Horticulture | Blue | ||
| Sami Sullivan | 4H Photography Unit II | Blue | |
| 4H Floriculture | Red | ||
| 4H Floriculture | Blue | ||
| 4H Floriculture | Purple | ||
| 4H Floriculture | Blue | ||
| 4H Floriculture | Blue | ||
| 4H Visual Art Mediums | Blue | ||
| Shaylynn Santin | 4H Visual Art Mediums | Blue | |
| Taylor Cook | 4H Photography Unit II | Purple |
FASHION SHOW
| Melinda Pickrel | 4H Fashion Show | Purple | |
| Name | Department | Ribbon | *Special Recognition |
| Melinda Pickrel | 4H Fashion Show | Purple | |
| Lora Sonderup | 4H Fashion Show | Purple | * |
| Josie Williams | 4H Fashion Show | Purple | |
| Austry Adams | 4H Fashion Show | Blue |
LIVESTOCK
| Name | Department | Ribbon | *Special Recognition |
| Carly Malander | Chianina Breeding Beef | Purple | |
| Jack Malander | Foundation Simmental Breeding Beef | Blue | |
| Kinsley Bremer | Hereford & Polled Hereford Breeding Beef | Purple | |
| Austry Adams | Hereford & Polled Hereford Breeding Beef | Purple | |
| Carly Malander | Red Angus Breeding Beef | Purple | |
| Austry Adams | Intermediate Beef Showmanship | Blue | |
| Carly Malander | Intermediate Beef Showmanship | Blue | |
| Josie Beck | Crossbred Breeding Gilts | Purple |
For more details, go to Nebraska State Fair 4-H
Photos may be seen at Nebraska State Fair | Nebraska 4-H | Nebraska as well as livestreams of the Fashion shows and Livestock shows.
