4-H

Floor plan Price per pound. Beef $1.10/lbs. Jimmy Brown, Swine $.70/lbs. Jensen's Blue Ribbon and Griffin Livestock. Sheep $2.30/lbs. Eric Ellenberger. Goat $2.75/lbs. Eric Ellenberger. 

Things are really starting to pick up with 4-H. It seems as though May is the month where projects really start to fire up.

Our final enrollment numbers for 2021 are 11 volunteer/leaders, 49 members, and 17 Cloverbuds. 

The Kiowa County Riding Club and horse project members have lots of events planned all summer long. the horse project leader Yonda Leonard has teamed up with Prowers County and are alternating practices and clinics for the summer. 

Reporter Report from 4-H Council April 2021 Meeting:

Each year Colorado 4-H members participate in a variety of events, learning opportunities, and contests across the state and within their counties. Does 4-H make a difference after these members become adults?

Please join us, Sunday, April 18, 2021, at the Kiowa County Community Building. We will be hosting a Livestock Show Animal Selection Workshop lead by Yuma County Extension Agent Travis Taylor. Taylor was the Junior Livestock Show Judge for the 2020 Kiowa County Fair. 

Taylor will be discussing the ins and outs of selecting livestock for show season. 

The workshop should last about an hour with a question and answer session. Estimated start time is 3:30 pm following the Prairie Queen 4-H Meeting. 

Prairie Queen Cloverbuds

The Prairie Queen Cloverbuds meet Sunday March 21, 2021 at the Eads Community Building to learn about plants. 

The Cloverbuds were shown many different samples of soil and asked it the plants would grow. There was potting soil, clay, sticks, rocks, cotton and plastic gloves. It was determined that the rocks would not work well because the seeds just stayed on the top. 

Kiowa County 4-H Council Report from February 2021 Meeting:

Hello, Kiowa County!

I hope that you all are doing well. I know that we have all been wishing we could just get back to normal. Unfortunately, we do not know when this will happen.

I know that this past year was challenging for you as it has been for everybody. We cannot let the past dim our future. It is my hope that we can move forward to a more successful and involved year.  

Kiowa County 4-H Council held their meeting October 8, 2020.  

Officer elections were held. The new Council officers for 2020-2021 are 

As everyone knows many events and activities have looked different in these strange times of dealing with Coivd-19. Kiowa county was fortune enough to have interview judging for exhibit day. I was extremely glad that we could at least do this, as I think it is one of the most important parts of project completion. 

This process helps members to be more confident with judging and answering questions that concern a project that they have made themselves.