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January 2020 ADAIR COUNTY ISU EXTENSION NEWSLETTER

Sammi Long

(June 18,2002 – December 23, 2019)

BEAUTIFUL memories FOREVER kept

Of a girl we all CHERISHED ...and will NEVER forget

Adair County Extension 4-H News

January 2020

Visit the Adair County Extension Office Website at www.extension.iastate.edu/adair. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or status as a U.S. veteran. Direct inquiries to Ross Wilburn, 515-294-1482, wilburn@iastate.edu.

Samantha Renea Long, daughter of Robert D. Long and Regina K. (Williams)

Long was born June 18, 2002 in Creston, Iowa. Samantha was a senior at

Orient-Macksburg Schools. Samantha was very active in 4-H and

Orient-Macksburg School including F.F.A., Student Council, National Honor

Society and softball. Sammi was also a member of the Iowa Junior Beef Breeds,

the Heartland Youth Show Lamb Circuit, American Junior Simmental

Association, Iowa Junior Simmental Association and Hebron United Methodist

Church. Sammi and her family would attend livestock shows--the National

Western Stock Show, American Junior Simmental Association National and

Regional Classics, Aksarben, American Royal, Iowa State Fair and numerous

other events with friendships from coast to coast.

Sammi was an incredibly active member of the Orient Bulldogs 4-H Club for 9

years. Sammi embodied the ideals of the 4-H Pledge through her efforts in club

activities and the Adair County Fair. Sammi was a relentless leader and

someone her fellow club members looked up to.

All of Adair County feels the a tremendous void left by Sammi. We are grateful

for the time shared with her and will forever cherish the memories and imprint

she left on Adair County 4-H.

The Orient Bulldogs 4-H Club, lead by Heidi Rohrig are planning a memorial in

Sammi’s name. Please check the February edition of the newsletter for updates

and where donations can be made.

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January 2020 ADAIR COUNTY ISU EXTENSION NEWSLETTER

Emily Ide — 4-H Program Coordinator

CLUB CHECKLIST √ Encourage high school members to apply for state honors.

√ Discuss scholarship opportunities with senior members.

√ Decide on club service projects. Explain the concept of community service. Help members start service logs.

√ Encourage your photographer to email action photos as jpeg files so we can include them on the Adair County ISU Extension & Outreach Facebook page and in newsletters.

√ Review requirements for market animal projects and register for YQCA.

√ Attend 4-H Club monthly meetings and make sure to pick up county fair ribbon premium money.

Iowa Pork Congress Youth Swine Judging Contest

THURSDAY, JAN. 23 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Iowa State Fairgrounds, Pioneer Livestock Pavilion

The Iowa Pork Producers Association invites all Iowa 4-H and FFA members to participate in the 12th annual Youth Swine Judging Contest at the 2020 Iowa Pork Congress! Participants can learn more about judging hogs, earn valuable college scholarships and explore everything Iowa Pork Congress has to offer. Contact Iowa Pork Producers Association at (800) 372-7675 for more information, or register your team by January 10th. Registration form can be found at: https://www.iowapork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2020-Judging-Contest-Registration.pdf

In Emily’s World… Emily Ide — 4-H Program Coordinator

Adair County Face-to-Face

YQCA Training

Tuesday, March 24th, 6:30-8:00 PM Adair County Fairgrounds

Thursday, April 9th, 6:30-8:00 PM

Adair County Fairgrounds

To register, visit YQCA.org and sign-in using your 4hOnline username and password. For assistance, contact Emily at

the Adair County Extension Office 641-743-8412 or eaide@iastate.edu or visit the Adair County Extension

website for sign-up

Save the Date – Dream Iowa Youth

Leadership Summit

Iowa 4-H is excited to partner and promote Dream Iowa’s

annual Youth Leadership Summit held Sunday, March

29, at Iowa State University. This annual summit unites

immigrant youth across Iowa, and empowers them with

knowledge, skills, networks, and strategies for growth.

More information can be found at: https://dreamiowa.us/

Attention Market Beef Families

Adair County beef weigh-in is

scheduled for Saturday, January 4th from 8:00-10:30AM.

All State Fair animals needing retinal imaging are

required to weigh-in between 8-8:30AM.

All county fair only beef are to weigh-in between 8:30-10:30AM.

Retinal imaging will be held at the Adair County Vet

Clinic and costs $5 per head. USDA ear tags (required for all county and state fair

animals) cost $1.50 each. I.D. sheets for market beef should be filled out and left

with Emily at weigh-in on Saturday.

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We all know that having horses requires more than just jumping on and riding! One way to help youth get motivated to learn more about the science behind horses is to encourage them to get involved in Equine Extravaganza. Save the dates for the 2020 Equine Extravaganza – March 20-22! This is held at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls. It isn’t too soon to start gathering a team! The following activities are part of this event:

• Horse Quiz Bowl – Friday evening

• Hippology – Saturday

• Horseless Horse exhibit judging – Saturday

• Public Speaking contest – Saturday

• Team and individual Demonstration contest – Saturday

• Horse Judging Contest – Sunday

• 4-H Horse Judges certification – Sunday

• Model Horse - Sunday Information from previous years is available now on this website: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/equineextravaganza Please check back for information that will be updated for 2020 shortly after the first of the year.

SAVE THE DATE

ADAIR COUNTY CATTLEMEN’S

BANQUET

Saturday, January 18th, Adair County Fairgrounds 5:00 PM Social Hour

6:00 PM Dinner and Trophy Auction Speaker: Chad Hart

Associate Grain Market Specialist Professor

Iowa 4-H Camera Corps

Iowa 4-H Camera Corps is a talented group of youth

photographers working together to make beautiful,

powerful, and creative photographs of communities from

across of the state of Iowa. It is a unique opportunity to

practice your photography skills and receive public

recognition and juror feedback on your work.

Each month, a photography theme is provided with a

different focus. Professional evaluators will give individual

feedback to each photographer after they submit their

monthly photograph, and then each photograph will be

exhibited digitally on the Iowa 4-H Facebook page where

voting will be open to the public.

The top ten Juror's Choice and top ten People’s Choice

photographs will be printed, framed, and shown at

statewide gallery exhibitions every month.

New for this year we are adding a certificate program

where youth photographers will level up from newbie to

master photographers as they complete certain tasks and

challenges. All youth from all counties are welcome to join

Iowa 4-H Camera Corps. We want to help you become the

best photographers you can be!

General Exhibit Judges 4-H Judges In-Person Training Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Polk County 1625 Adventureland Drive, Suite A, Altoona, Iowa Cost: $15 full day, $10 half day, lunch included Register online or send in the registration form by Tuesday, Jan. 28. View the content descriptions for the afternoon breakout sessions before making your selection. All of the above information can be found at: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/judgestraining

Adair County Horse Program

Meeting is tentatively scheduled

for Sunday, February 9th, 2:00pm

at the WCC green room. More information

will be sent to horse project members

by mail.

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January 2020 ADAIR COUNTY ISU EXTENSION NEWSLETTER

Visit http://www.extension.iastate.edu/adair/

for all the latest updates regarding the Adair County 4-H Program.

√ Adair County Booster Fund Scholarship– due April 1st, 2020

√ Kelly Laughery Scholarship-due April 1st, 2020

Adair County has more than 20 scholarships available. Please visit https://www.extension.iastate.edu/adair/page/scholarship-

listing for complete information. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact Emily at the Adair County

Extension Office at 641-743-8412 or eaide@iastate,edu due dates for Adair County scholarships start as soon as

January 1st so please check complete information now.

Scholarship Information

Iowa 4-H Foundation Scholarship

The Iowa 4-H Foundation scholarship applications will be available Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 through Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. 4-H members are strongly encouraged to

read and follow the helpful hints and instructions found on the 4-H Foundation Scholarship webpage.

https://www.iowa4hfoundation.org/en/funding_for_4hers/scholarships/

Swine Science Fair Project

Scholarship

GRADES 6-12

The Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation and the Iowa Pork

Producers Association are announcing a new program to

encourage students to get involved in swine and pork science

research. Iowa students who complete and conduct a

science experiment related to pigs, pork, pig production,

swine care, or in a related subject area will be eligible to

receive a $200 scholarship. Find more information on

the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation website. http://

www.iowaagliteracy.org/news/Partnership-Hopes-to-Advance

-Student-Led-Research-in-Pork.aspx

Ten students (grades 6-12) will be selected to receive the

scholarship. The deadline to apply for the scholarship will be

February 1, 2020. Students selected to receive the

scholarship and their teacher or sponsor will be contacted by

February 15, 2020.

4-H Dog Judges Training

For interested volunteers who could not attend the Nov. 16th

training, a second 4-H Dog Judges Training will be held

Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Hansen Ag Student Learning

Center in Ames. Please RSVP by Monday, Jan. 20, to Emily

at the Adair County Extension Office at 641-743-8412 or

eaide@iastate,edu. Volunteers can plan on a 10 a.m. to 4

p.m. time frame. Topics of the various dog class

requirements, working with youth, and other items will be

discussed. More information will be sent to attendees.

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Danielle’s Musings … Danielle Morgan - Youth Development Coordinator

4-Hers in ACTION!

The Harrison Hummers 4-H Club held their holiday party on December 8th where they exchanged cookies, played games and took Christmas decorations up to the Stuart Park to help beautify the park for the Christmas holiday.

The Adair County Extension Office, partnered with the Warren Cultural Center to hold the first annual “Sprinkles holiday party” on Saturday, December 21st at the Warren Cultural Center. The 4-6 year old attendees listened to the “Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher” story and searched the Warren Cultural Center for the “snitcher.” After finding him in the basement, the children brought the sprinkles up-stairs where they decorated Christmas cookies. The morning was ended in the Warren Cultural Center Auditorium where children participated in holiday activities. Makinley Edwards and Taylor and Tucker Rohrig-Sloth volunteered to help make the event possible!

Midwest Heritage Heifer Program

2020 Winner– Makinley Edwards

Congratulations to Makinley Edwards who was named one of this

year’s Midwest Heritage Heifer Program winners. Makinley will

receive 3 bred heifers. Congratulations Makinley and great job on

all of your hard work and preparation to receive this honor!

At the December meeting, Clover Kids went to the Greenfield Rehabilitation Center where they participated in activities with the residents. They did a Lego Challenge, colored an elf, and read a book. The Clover Kids and residents all had a blast! In December, the Youth Council bought presents for a local family through the Adopt-a-Family program. The Youth Council has decided to make this a yearly service opportunity so they can help local families in need during the Holiday season. Members of the Youth Council also read to pre-school students in Adair County. Each preschool student was given the gift of a book they could take home and read with their family.

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Kathy’s Remarks…

Three-State Beef Conference:

January 14

Area beef producers should make plans to attend the sixth annual

Three-State Beef Conference that will be held on January 14, 15

and 16, 2020 with locations in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. The

theme for this year’s conference is “Improving the Bottom Line of

Breeding”. Topics and speakers for the conference are as follows:

“Pre-calving nutritional strategies: Am I staying ahead or

getting behind?” Dr. Travis Mulliniks, Range Cow Nutritionist,

University of Nebraska; “Vaccines and implants: effects on

production and reproduction” Dr. Craig Payne, DVM, Extension

Veterinarian, University of Missouri Extension; “Reproductive

performance: Are you leaving money on the table? Dr. Jordan

Thomas, State Beef Reproduction Specialist, University of Missouri

Extension.

The first session of the conference will be held in Greenfield, Iowa

at the Warren Cultural Center on Tuesday, January 14 with

registration at 5:30 pm and the program beginning at 6:00 pm.

The Three-State Beef Conference is designed to give beef cattle

producers and others in the beef industry in Iowa, Missouri and

Nebraska a regular update on current cow-calf and stocker topics.

The conference provides a forum of specialists from three of the

United States’ leading beef cattle land grant universities as well as

other industry experts.

Pre-register by Friday, January 10, 2020. Let us know if you have

any dietary restrictions. The registration fee is $25 per person and

it includes a meal and copy of the conference proceedings. For

more information and to register contact Kathy Rohrig at

641-743-8412 or krohirg@iastate.edu at Adair County Extension.

2020 Manure Applicator Trainings

Commercial Applicators:

(Wet) - January 8, 9:00 am - 11:30 am,

Adair County Extension Office, Greenfield

(Dry) - February 10, 1:00 - 4:00 pm,

Warren Cultural Center, Greenfield

Coming Soon!

Boots in the Barn Program

The Boots in the Barn program is for women in beef

production. It is a 4 week course in which attendees

will learn about topic areas like:

√ Nutrition

√ Marketing

√ Forage Management

More information to come, we are looking to begin

in late January. We are excited to get this program

off the ground in Adair County and encourage

women in the beef industry to tentatively mark it on

their calendars!

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

EO = Adair County Extension Office

ACF = Adair County Fairgrounds

WCC = Warren Cultural Center

1 NEW YEARS DAY Extension Office

Closed

2 Extension Council Organization Mtg. 6:00pm Adair County Extension Office

3 Community Coffee The Corner Café 10-11am

4 Adair Co. Beef Weigh-In– ACF 8:00-8:30 am. State Fair only 8:30-10:30 am. All other 4-H & FFA exhibitors Retinal imaging immediately following weigh-in at Adair Co. Vet Clinic Clover Kids 10—11:30am Greenfield City Hall Mtg. Room

5 Youth Council Mtg. Time and Location TBD

6 7 8 Commercial Manure Training, 9am Ext Office

9 10 11

12 13 PPAT 1:00-4:00pm WCC Auditorium

14 3 State Beef Conference 5:00-9:00pm WCC Auditorium

15 16

17 18 Adair County Cattlemen’s Banquet 5:30pm, ACF

19 20 4-H Club Financials Due to the Adair County Extension Office by 9:00am Farmers Excel Workshop, 6:00-9:00pm, WCC Green Room

21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29

30

31 Submit State Awards Applications!

Boots in the Barn to begin end of January

January 2020

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Clover Kids

Workshop

10-11:30am

WCC, Green Room

2

3 4 5 6 7 8

15 SOFA Planning Comm Mtg Adair Co Extension Time TBA Adair County Fair Board Soup Dinner ACF

16

17 18 19 20 21 WCC—Dance with Stardusters 2-5pm

22 Horse Project Mtg 3:00pm, EO

23 24 25 26 New 4-H Volunteer Leader Training 6-9pm Greenfield City Hall Meeting Room Women Managing Cattle Workshop 5:30pm Light Meal 6:00-9:00pm Class WCC, Green Room (continued on Feb 2nd

27 28 Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference Adair Community Center, Adair 6:30-8:30pm

29 SOFA Planning Mtg Chuckwagon Restaurant, Adair 5pm

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February 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

EO = Adair County Extension Office

ACF = Adair County Fairgrounds

WCC = Warren Cultural Center

1 Clover Kids Workshop 10:00-11:30am. Greenfield City Hall Mtg. Room 4-H Foundation Scholarship Application Deadline!

2 Youth Council Mtg. Time and Location TBD

3

4 5

6

7 Community Coffee 10:00am, Adair County Extension Office

8

9 Tentative Horse Project Mtg. 2:00pm, WCC Green Room

10 Dry Manure Training 1:00-4:00pm, WCC Auditorium

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12 13

14 Valentines Day

15

16 17 4-H Club Financials Due to the Adair County Extension Office by 9:00am

18 19 20

21 22

23 24 Extension Council Public Hearing 7:00pm, EO

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