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2025 “Planning for the Future of Your Farm” Zoom Webinar

For more information:   2025 Planning for the Future of Your Farm. Succession 

 

Join OSU Extension to learn how to transition your farm to the next generation through our
“Planning for the Future of Your Farm” Zoom webinar series. This workshop is designed to jump-start
your family’s discussion on farm succession and estate planning. Registration is $99 per family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poultry Quality Assurance at Dayton Fancy Feathers Spring Poultry Show

 

SAVE THE DATE  – Ohio 4-H Poultry Quality Assurance will be presented during the Dayton Fancy Feathers’ Spring Poultry Show in Greenville, OH on April 26, 2025.

For those exhibiting in the JUNIOR Show and/or Showmanship contest, this Quality Assurance training will be a great chance to get this important training checked-off your to-do list.

 

Bees LOVE 4-Her’s Clover! and Beekeepers Love 4-H

4-Her’s interested in Beekeeping? Apply for their scholarship!

• Seeking motivated, mature youth in 4-H
to apply for GCBA scholarship
• Scholarship is a 4 body hive kit,
mentoring, and more!
• Full information and requirements
found at: https://
gcba.ohiostatebeekeepers.org/
welcome/gcba-4-h-beekeepingproject/
• Applications due March 10, 2023

Ohio 4-H & FFA Hockey Night

Hosted by The Ohio State University College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) on Thursday, February 27 from 4:30-6:30pm in Columbus, this unique event connects 4-H and FFA Members with CFAES!

Pre-game Activities and tours include:

  • CFAES Campus Tour from student ambassadors.
  • Academic Program Fair, Majors & Careers Game: Connect with campus-based students and staff.

Grab some supper before the Buckeyes face Michigan at 8pm!

Space is limited, so register early! Use the following link to sign up: Register Now!

 

Backyard Poultry Online Course

 

Whether your flocks provides for your family or as a 4-H Project, this “cheep” online course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and resources necessary to take flight!

The Backyard Poultry Certification Course is self-paced and expected to take 2-3 hours. Modules include:

  • Getting Started
  • Brooding, Basic Husbandry, and Nutrition
  • Housing
  • Egg Production
  • Maximizing Health
  • Biosecurity

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

  • Identify rules and regulations relevant to raising backyard poultry
  • Source healthy birds to raise in their backyard
  • Apply concepts of basic husbandry, nutrition and housing of poultry
  • Explain how eggs are produced
  • Practice safe handling of birds and eggs
  • Recognize common health-related abnormalities
  • Describe the roles of veterinary care and biosecurity in poultry

To learn more check out – go.osu.edu/chicken or email Tim McDermott at mcdermott.15@osu.edu