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In case you missed the last post, it is focused on “Getting Active in the New Year” – https://u.osu.edu/cloverbudconnections/2022/01/07/getting-active-in-the-new-year/
Please read and be aware of this. We are beginning to receive updates and postings from USDA. As more updates are received, they will be posted. This will also be available at all Quality Assurance trainings this year. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.
Between January and March in 2022, Forages for Horses will be offered as a virtual course. One live webinar will be offered per month along with “work at your own pace” materials that accompany each webinar. Webinars will be offered live on Zoom. Once registered, attendees will be granted access to the full online course including the webinars and complementary resources. The webinar schedule and topics are as follows: Thursday, January 20, 7:00 PM- Hay Analysis and Feeding Different Classes of Horses, Thursday, February 17, 7:00 PM – Nutrition and Parasites, and Thursday, March 17, 7:00 PM- Pasture and Weed Management, Soil Fertility, and Species Selection. The cost of the course is $75. Registration includes access to all online content through December 31, 2022, live webinar access, webinar recordings, the course manual, virtual social hours, and a voucher for free attendance to one of nine planned pasture walks to be offered spring to fall of 2022 at various locations across the state. Current and new members of the Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council are eligible for a $15 discount on registration.
Register for the course by visiting https://go.osu.edu/foragesforhorsesregistration.
If you are applying for a state 4-H achievement award, state trip, or scholarship, these applications are due Jan. 31. Please visit here to see applications. https://greene.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/teen-opportunities-scholarships
Please add volunteer training dates to the calendar that was sent out.
As a reminder, all 4-H volunteers must participate in training annually. The following are in-person training as of today that will take place at the OSU Extension Office. All of these trainings will count for the requirement. We will cover 4-H updates, OSU policy 1.50, and Laura Halladay will present Trauma 101.
We will have a virtual option. It should be up by the end of January. Thanks for your patience.
All volunteers will need to participate in either one of the in-person trainings or the virtual training, and update their enrollment in 4-H Online by April 1, 2022 to remain an active volunteer.
All volunteers will receive a thank you gift at the training. If you complete the online training, we will have it for pick up here.
Are you planning on bringing a livestock animal to fair this year and need Quality Assurance? Check this off your list soon!
Exhibitors of Beef: (market steers, breeding, feeder calf), dairy (heifers, feeders and cows if lactating or have lactated and feeders if selling- heifers before lactation don’t need it), goats (all), poultry (all), rabbits (all), sheep (all), llamas and alpacas, and swine must participate in Quality Assurance (QA) annually.
Get this requirement done early this year! All of the following QA sessions will count for Greene County requirement for BQA and PQA.
Please add volunteer training dates to the calendar that was sent out.
As a reminder, all 4-H volunteers must participate in training annually. The following are in-person training that will take place at the OSU Extension Office. All of these trainings will count for the requirement. We will cover 4-H updates, OSU policy 1.50, and Laura Halladay will present Trauma 101.
We will have a virtual option. It should be up by the end of January. Thanks for your patience.
All volunteers will need to participate in either one of the in-person trainings or the virtual training, and update their enrollment in 4-H Online by April 1, 2022 to remain an active volunteer.
All volunteers will receive a thank you gift at the training. If you complete the online training, we will have it for pick up here.
Attention all 4-H Volunteers and 4-H Youth: Add “complete your 4-H enrollment” to your to-do list by December 31.
We have 2 prizes to give away. Winners will be announced on January 3.
How to be eligible for both youth and 4-H volunteers: