Again this year, $25,000 in scholarships will be awarded through the Ohio FFA HBPA Scholarship program. Twenty-five (25) $1,000 scholarships will be awarded. The Ohio HBPA Agriculture Scholarship for Ohio FFA members is administered by the Ohio FFA Foundation. Applicants must be a current Ohio FFA members and be planning to major in an agriculturally related area of study. Applications are due March 1, 2017. Winners will be notified no later than May 1, 2017. Click here for the application. Contact Jessica Parrish at jparrish@ohioffa.org with questions.
Month: January 2017
Buckeye “Equine Extravaganza” and Tack Swap
Fairfield County 4-H’ers are invited to attend the Buckeye Reining Series Training Camp February 17-19 at the Champion Center Expo in Springfield Ohio. The Equine Extravaganza will include seminars and clinics on colt starting, reining, ranch riding, NRHA judging secrets, and equine health management. There will also be a Freestyle Reining Performance of Champions, including Dan James. They are offering group discount on tickets at $15 each.
The Tack Swap with be from 9 am to 5 pm on February 18-19 only. Please contact Kelsee if you would like to have a table at the tack swap at 937-408-7037. Entrance to the tack swap is free.
For additional information, please contact Kristen Batton at 937-726-4705 or visit buckeyereiningseries.com.
4-H Day – Saturday March 4, 2017
Attention Advisors! We are counting down the days to our annual 4-H Day, March 4th. (Set-up begins 11:00 a.m.) To ensure enough table space for your club and projects your members would like to showcase, please contact Sherry Kilbarger at purplek1991@gmail.com as soon as possible. Space is limited, so don’t delay in responding.
Feel free to invite prospective 4-H families to our open house on March 4th. The event will take place in the AAA Building at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Encourage your club members to volunteer at 4-H Day with their high quality summer project displays, to stay with the displays and talk with the interested families and potential members about their projects.
If your club would like to have a table for display and memberships, let Sherry know, as space is limited!
Thank you for helping to make this a successful 4-H event!
Young Leaders Conference – February 24, 2017
The men of Alpha Gamma Rho and the women of Sigma Alpha would like to cordially invite you to the 2017 Young Leaders Conference. This event is an amazing opportunity for students to improve leadership skills, experience professional development, advance communication abilities, and have a blast while doing it. The Young Leaders Conference consists of sessions with leaders in the agricultural industry to help build professionalism and leadership, along with an industry fair experience. Students will leave Young Leaders Conference with a better sense of how to find their fit and become leaders in our agricultural world.
- The event will be held at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center (2201 Fred Taylor Drive Columbus, OH 43210)
- Registration starts at 8:00 am, with the program running through approximately 1:30 pm (including lunch)
- The cost is $25/student preregistered or $30 at the door. The registration fee covers breakfast, lunch and a t-shirt for the student.
- Dress is business casual
- Questions? Email: ylc.osu@gmail.com
- Registration due Friday February 3rd. with the link to register here.
Attention Graduating Seniors:
We will have four $500 scholarships to award to seniors who are pursuing college. To apply: Write an essay no longer than 500 words on: The importance of the agriculture industry and why we need more dependable leaders. Please also include your Name, GPA and Involvement. Email your essay by Feb. 3rd to ylc.osu@gmail.com
Junior Leaders – Seeking New Members!
Greetings,
I hope you are all having a wonderful start to the new year! The first meeting of the Fairfield County Junior Leadership Club will be Wednesday, January 18, 6:00 pm at the Ag Center. Please encourage any 13 year old or older 4-H members in your club to attend! (Youth should have received a post card this week inviting them to attend.)
The Junior Leadership Club is a county wide club made up of older 4-H youth. They participate in community service projects, help promote 4-H in the schools in Fairfield County, work events at the county fair, assist with summer judging and Summerfest, and host the advisor’s end of the year banquet. Being a Junior Leader is a great way for teens to network with youth from around the county.
If you have youth in your club that are interested in being a Junior Leader, please encourage them to attend our first meeting of the New Year on January 18th.
If you or any club member (that is unable to attend the meeting in January) would like to be added to the JL email list to receive updates on meetings and club events please contact me at (goodman.230@osu.edu)!
Becca Goodman, Fairfield County 4-H Junior Leadership Club Advisor
Agronomic Crop Research Experience (ACRE) Summer Internships
The Ohio State University Agronomic Crops Team is now accepting applications for 2017 Summer ACRE interns. The Agronomic Crop Research Experience (ACRE) program seeks to provide a rich training experience to undergraduate students in a wide diversity of disciplines related to agronomic crop research. Interns will support on-farm research by being placed in strategic hubs throughout the state. Students will gain real-world experience in scouting, sampling and evaluating agronomic crops in Ohio. Undergraduates, graduating seniors and incoming OSU graduate students are welcome to apply.
The internships are paid, full-time summer positions lasting 12-14 weeks. Applications are due January 13th, 2017.
For more information: go.osu.edu/acre
To apply: go.osu.edu/apply-acre
Ohio Agricultural Council Scholarships – Due 2/28/2017
The Ohio Agricultural Council is once again offering up to six $1,500 scholarships to assist students pursuing undergraduate and graduate level agricultural-related studies. Please share this opportunity with students that you know! Applications can be found by clicking here. Scholarship application deadline – February 28th, 2017.
Get your QA taken care of early! At the 2017 Ohio Beef Expo!
Fairfield County Junior Fair Livestock Exhibitors who need to attend Quality Assurance this year can attend the 2017 Ohio Beef Expo’s Quality Assurance session on March 17 and THIS WILL meet the county QA requirement.
What do you need to do?
Notify the Extension Office (Missy or Leslie) that you will be attending this QA Session at the Ohio Beef Expo. Request a verification form to take with you to be signed by the QA instructor.
Please note: In the past, QA was held on Saturday of the Ohio Beef Expo. In 2017, QA will be held on Friday, March 17th at 3:30 p.m. in Cooper Arena.
If questions, contact Leslie Cooksey at cooksey.25@osu.edu or call 740-652-7260.
Ohio Beef Expo Updates
As the Ohio Beef Expo continues to grow, they are looking at options to make it an enjoyable experience for both exhibitors and attendees. Below is the tentative schedule, but the major changes include a full 3-day trade show for all exhibitors, ensuring that Expo attendees that only wish to come on Sunday still have a full trade show to experience. Also, the Youth Activities schedule that was held predominantly on Saturday in years past has now been moved to Friday. The reason for the schedule change is to accommodate more schools for a field trip to the judging contest and Beef Quality Assurance on Friday and to help Saturday’s schedule wrap-up showmanship a little earlier by starting showmanship at Noon.
The Ohio Beef Expo will be held March 17-19 at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus.
Here is the schedule:
Click here to download complete Jr. Show Rules.
During the Ohio Beef Expo Jr. Show, all BEST rules are in effect for all exhibitors. Click here for complete BEST rules.
New for 2017 the Jr. Show Committee has implemented the following rules:
1) New this year!
There will be a set number of viaduct bays sold on Breeders’ World Online Sales during on the Junior Show Online fundraiser on March 7, 2017. ALL proceeds from the sale of the viaduct bays will go to the Jr. Exhibitors at the Ohio Beef Expo.Complete details will be available at www.ohiobeefexpo.com.
The remaining viaduct bays and Gilligan Building stalling will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15. The line for ALL (remaining viaduct and barn) stalling will start outside of the Jr. Show Office, located on the South side of the Gilligan Building.
All cattle must remain in the barn or at designated tie-outs at all times and may not leave the grounds before or after check-in. Any violations of this rule will result in dismissal from the show.
2) ALL registered cattle will have their tattoos checked at check-in. The Jr. Show committee prefers hard copies of the registration papers, but electronic copies will be accepted. Please note that this rule includes all BEST cattle and all registered non-BEST cattle that have been shown in other BEST sanctioned shows that have already been tattoo verified.
3) Keep in mind that ALL registered cattle must be registered solely in the Jr. exhibitor’s name.
4) No Fan Carts or Butt fans will be allowed in Gilligan
Equine Educational Opportunity
The Buckeye Reining Horse Show Series is hosting a 3-day educational equine event February 17-19, 2017 at the Champion Center in Springfield, Ohio. The “Buckeye Training Camp” will have something to offer every level of horse enthusiast and rider including:
- A reining clinic and seminar with NRHA’s 5 Million Dollar Rider Shawn Flarida
- Colt starting with Dan James from Double Dan Horsemanship
- Ranch Riding with 3x Congress Champion, AQHA & NSBA Judge Steve Meadows
- Reining Freestyle of Champions Performance
- NRHA Judges Secrets of Reining with Bub Poplin
- Tack and Consignment Swap
- Vendors and shopping galore!
Group rates available for single days or multiple days. For more information and tickets visit http://buckeyereiningseries.com/brs-training-camp/ or contact Cathy Brant at 614-578-2782.