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!
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
Smart Money Week
Ag $martMoney Week, Nov. 3-7, 2025, focuses on providing education, information, tools, and training for agricultural producers in Nebraska to better manage and improve their operations through free webinars at least once per day during the week.
Areas covered include topics related to finances, cost of production, risk management, land leasing and rental rates, and more.
The goal of this week is to provide education, information, and tools for agricultural producers to help with their operations.
For more information and to register, go to https://cap.unl.edu/smartmoney
4-H Enrollment Now Open!
Each year, 4-H members and leaders must re-enroll in the 4-H program. Access the enrollment form at https://v2.4honline.com. If you are a returning member, enter your email address and password. If you have forgotten your password, click “Reset Password” to receive an email with a link to set a new password. Do not create a new profile if you have registered before!
For NEW members! We can’t wait for you to join us! Please visit https://v2.4honline.com. If you have never enrolled in 4-H using 4-H Online, select “Don’t have an account?” Select your state, “Nebraska 4-H Youth Development”, and your county. Each household will have a profile, and individual members will be added under one profile. Choose a club or clubs. If taking a shooting sports project, be sure to select the 4-H Shooting Sports Club as one of your clubs, and then select your project areas.
Projects should be selected if families would like to receive additional information regarding project-specific reminders, such as upcoming deadlines. If you forget to choose a project, no worries, you can still take exhibits from any project area to the fair.
If enrolling in Horse and Shooting Sports, you are required to select these projects due to the consent forms that are required. The goal is to enroll as a 4-H member now. Then when you turn in your fair entries in June, you can add all the exhibits you want.
If your 4-Her plans to attend 4-H camp or participate in any state or national events, you must complete the health section. All other 4-Hers may skip over the health information. Then complete the consent section.
Additional instructions for enrollment can be found at https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/boone-nance/4-h-enrollment-information/. Feel free to contact or come to the office if you need assistance! I
Ag Outlook Meetings
For more information and to register for these free meetings, go to https://cap.unl.edu/outlook/
Calling All Volunteers!
- All 4-H Volunteers must enroll annually in 4-H Online at https://v2.4honline.com prior to service. This will provide UNL liability insurance.
- 4-H Council members should choose Program Volunteer, then County Volunteer.
- Club leaders and Project leaders should choose Club Volunteer, then either Organizational Leader or Project Leader.
- Club leaders and Project leaders should also choose Project Volunteer, then Project Leader. You will be prompted to select projects. Choose the ones beginning with “Volunteer”.
2. All 4-H Volunteers must complete the Volunteer Orientation found at https://go.unl.edu/6que every 5 years, beginning last year.
3. Direct Volunteers must also complete the Volunteer Screening at the end of the 4-H Online enrollment every 5 years, based on the initial screening, beginning last year. The fee of $16 for the screening will be reimbursed by the Boone County 4-H Council if requested.
(If you completed the Orientation and Screening last year, you will NOT need to do this again this year.)
Screening must be completed by March 15 for returning volunteers, or prior to service. New volunteers can enroll at any time.
4. Indirect Volunteers need only complete steps 1 and 2 above and do not need to do the Volunteer Orientation or Screening.
Indirect volunteers are persons who provide support services for Youth Activities such as teaching assistants, superintendents, judges, food service, set-up crews, maintenance, and any other adults and teens providing indirect service as part of a youth activity.
If you are a parent and not enrolling in 4-H Online, but still wish to volunteer, please come to the Extension Office to sign paper copies of the Code of Conduct and Activity Workers Application and Guideline Review.
If you have questions about this process, please call the Extension Office.
