31 - Deadline to sign up for Lottery Pigs - 11:59 PM cut-off time
31 - Deadline to sign up for Beef Rate of Gain contest NEW (weigh-in date TBD)
February
TBD - Deadline to apply for 2025 Summer Camp Scholarship - 4:30 PM cut-off time
16 - Office Closed for Holiday
March
4 - Special Garden Project orders due to the office
6 - 4-H Council Senior Scholarship Application Due by 4:30 PM
14 - 2026 Nebraska State 4-H BB Gun Championships; 8:00AM-6:00PM (The state 4-H match is open to any 4-H youth (8 to 15 years old, 4-H age) enrolled in the BB Gun project.)
13 - Special Agronomy Project orders due to the office
22 - Lottery Pig Delivery Day at 1PM - Livestock Barns, Tuxedo Park Crete
23 - County Communication Contest Registration Due
April
1 - 2026 Diamond Clover Goal Sheets Due to Ext. Office by 4:30 PM
2- Office Closed for Professional Development
6- County Communication Contest at 6pm- Extension Office Meeting Room, 306 W 3rd Wilber
7 - County Fair Broiler Chick Orders Due by 4:30 pm
24 - Office Closed for Holiday
May
1- 4-H Enrollment Priority Deadline (General Enrollment open until June 15th)
1 - Camp Counselor Applications Due for Camp Renegade
1- Camp Renegade Scholarship Applications Due
21- Dog Showmanship Clinic, Ag Hall at Tuxedo Park, Crete
25 - Office Closed for Holiday
27-29 - Premier Animal Science Event, UNL East Campus
31- Camp Renegade Camper Registration Due
31- Camp Renegade Camp Counselor Mandatory Online Training Due— No in-person training this year
June
9-10 - 4-H Camp Renegade, Fairbury
12 - Beef, Goat, Horse, Rabbit, Sheep, and Swine ID forms due for county fair
12 - County fair static and animal entries due online (midnight deadline)
12 - Horse Advancement Level Testing complete for county fair participation - 4:30 PM deadline
12 - Premise ID Forms Due
15 - DNA envelopes due for all breeding and market animals & feeder calves for state fair. (PLEASE NOTE DNA CHANGES FOR 2026)
