Farm safety Saskatchewan 4-Hers can pre-register for free sessions on farm safety at the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show near Saskatoon July 21. During the program, participants from ages nine to 14 will work through interactive farm safety stations on electrical safety (SaskPower, CASA & SAASE), PlaySafe everyday danger (War Amps), power take-off shaft/auger […] Read more
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Lifelong members win 4-H On Parade
For many rural children, the 4-H experience teaches valuable life skills and provides an outlet for high achievers. At this year’s 4-H On Parade, Canada’s largest 4-H event, major highlights include the market lamb and steer sale. The big winners from the steer and sheep events started as preschoolers in the Cleavers program, a pre-4-H […] Read more
4-H combines work and fun for cattle producers
MONTMARTRE, Sask. — What started as a fun new activity to try has turned into a serious business for the Sebastian family. The family of five now dedicates nearly every day to selecting, feeding and training their 4-H cattle. And as for the fun, they say that has only increased as they become more involved. […] Read more
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Branding 4-H updates logo It’s not polite to turn your back on people, but last week at 4-H Canada’s annual meeting in Fredericton, N.B., that’s exactly what a group of youth did. They paraded through a full conference room displaying the organization’s new clover logo, the first update in more than 50 years. Now sporting […] Read more
4-H members show achievements
Members hit the show ring with their livestock and take home awards
TABER, Alta. — Members of about a dozen different 4-H clubs showed their livestock amid the heat of the Taber Agri-Plex June 5-6. Gideon Tams of the Grassy Lake 4-H Beef Club won the grand champion title for the district and Brayden Torrie, also from the Grassy Lake club, won the reserve title. At the […] Read more
VIDEO: 4-Her rolls into ring with willing calf
KILLAM, Alta. — A wheelchair hasn’t stopped Hanna Chilson from training, brushing, leading or showing her 4-H calf, Bubbles. Chilson, 12, a junior member of the Battle River, Alta., 4-H Beef Club spent the winter working and training Bubbles and led him around the show ring on achievement day, June 1. “He got used to […] Read more
Photos: 4-H market hog show in Pincher Creek
Sale prices topped $5 per pound at the 4-H market hog show and sale in Pincher Creek, Alta., on June 1. Show organizer Jeff Hammond said the sale average was about $4, but exact figures weren’t yet available. “It was a most excellent show,” said Hammond. Two clubs participated, with 10 in the Chinook 4-H […] Read more
4-H member shows determination
account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”HJ11Iy7v”] Hanna Chilson, of Hardisty, Alta., gives her calf’s tail an extra brushing before entering the show ring at the Flagstaff District 4-H Beef show. It’s Chilson’s first year in the beef club. | Mary MacArthur photo[/caption] Chilson led Bubbles around the show ring before the rest of the members of the beef club […] Read more
4-Hers to share ag skills with members in Ghana
Canadian members aged 18 to 25 must apply by November
4-H Canada has teamed up with 4-H Ghana to launch a community service learning and leadership program. Ten 4-H members from Canada will travel to Ghana in summer 2016 for the Going Global Service Learning pilot program. There, they will work on school and community projects with local staff and youth and share knowledge and […] Read more
Beef club leader heads to Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame
EDMONTON — Like father, like son. Charlie Gould has followed his father, Stan, into the Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame. Charlie Gould was inducted into the Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame Oct. 5 after 42 years as a member and leader of the Rosalind Beef Club. His father, Stan, was inducted into the Hall of […] Read more
