Nebraska Extension in Thurston County

4-H Online Enrollment and Re-Enrollment

Don't forget to enroll by June 15th! Youth and Volunteers are all online. If you are re-enrolling do not make a new account. More information at: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/thurston/4-h-online-enrollment/

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2022 Dakota-Thurston County Fair - August 3-7

The annual Dakota-Thurston County Fair is August 3-7. Join us for fun and all things 4-H! https://www.dakotathurstonfaironline.com/

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Thurston County 4-H Council Senior Scholarship

Applicant Criteria:

Applicant must be a current High School Senior. Applicant must currently be an enrolled member of the Thurston County 4-H Program. And have been enrolled in 4-H for at least the past two years. Applicant must have completed and turned in their 4-H Career Portfolio for at least the past two years. Application must be completed and returned to get proper signatures to the Club Leader by April 1st of the current calendar year. Club Leaders will then turn all collected applications to Nebraska Extension in Thurston County. After submission, applications will not be returned.

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Just the Facts, 2016-2017

he annual publication of key information about our university. It has information pertaining to enrollment and classification, student achievement, degrees conferred, student credit hours, international engagement, campus community, facilities, personnel, budget, research and economic development, and many other interesting facts.

2017 State Fair Livestock Fees

On December 9, the Nebraska State Fairboard voted to add a bedding fee onto the entry fee for all livestock exhibitors; the fee will be $15 for beef and dairy and $5 for sheep, goats, and swine. The Fairbaord also voted to add a $3 per head fee for 4-H & FFA market animals to help defray the costs of drug testing. These costs are in addition to the existing entry fees that will stay the same for 2017.

Premise ID

All State Fair exhibitors will be required to obtain a Premise ID for 2017. This will not be required for county-only exhibitor unless the county chooses to do so. Further education, in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture will be coming out by January 10th for counties to use in print form via email blasts and newsletters. These resources will explain the reasoning behind both EID and Premise ID while also giving families a step-by-step process for obtaining the Premise ID.

Youth Livestock Projects and the VFD Regulation

Effective January 1, 2017, all livestock producers that use antibiotic medicated feeds to prevent, treat or control animal health issues will be required to get a written order or directive from a Veterinarian to purchase and feed these feeds. The regulation will only affect antibiotics administered in feed or water for livestock.

Antibiotics are important to both human medicine and animal health, to reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance in both areas; producer must follow the FDA Approved Labels. These labels determine what animal health issues can be treated with that specific antibiotic, dosage and proper administration.

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