Animal Science Updates: April 2024

2024 Delaware State Fair Livestock Tagging Dates- Saturday May 4, 2024- 8:00 am- 11:00 am- Cook Family Farm, Newark- New Castle County Saturday May 11, 2024- 8:00 am- 11:00 am- Delaware State Fairgrounds- Kent and Sussex County Tuesday, May 28, 2024- 5:00pm-8:00 pm- Delaware State Fairgrounds- Kent and Sussex County 2024 Delaware 4-H Equine Art […]

Animal Science Updates: March 2024

2024 Delaware State Fair Livestock Tagging Dates Saturday May 4, 2024- 8:00 am- 11:00 am- Cook Family Farm, Newark- New Castle County Saturday May 11, 2024- 8:00 am- 11:00 am- Delaware State Fairgrounds- Kent and Sussex County Tuesday, May 28, 2024- 5:00pm-8:00 pm- Delaware State Fairgrounds- Kent and Sussex County 2024 Spring 4-H and FFA […]

2023 4-H Equine Art Results

Delaware 4-H members of all ages recently participated in a statewide Equine Art Contest sponsored by the Delaware 4-H Horse Advisory Committee, a group of volunteer 4-H Equine Project Leaders.   Entries from budding artists from across the state were submitted for the contest in the following categories: Drawing- Pastels/Charcoal/Graphite/Colored Pencil (Abstract or Realistic) Drawing- Pen/Ink/Markers/Crayon […]

Equine Art Entries Due May 9

2022 Equine Art Entry Form and Guidelines General Information: Entries must include the image of a horse or horses, ponies, donkeys or mules. Artwork and photographs must be the original work of the entrant. The work must have been completed during the current 4-H year (since Sept. 1, 2021) Contestants may submit more than on […]

Animal Science Updates: April 2022

2022 YQCA Certification Requirement for DSF Market Animal Exhibitors- All Delaware State Fair junior exhibitors showing a market animal (steer, market lamb, market goat or market hog) are required to have a current quality assurance certification in order to exhibit in a market class at the Delaware State Fair. The Youth PQA program no longer […]

Equine Art Entries Due May 9

2022 Equine Art Entry Form and Guidelines General Information: Entries must include the image of a horse or horses, ponies, donkeys or mules. Artwork and photographs must be the original work of the entrant. The work must have been completed during the current 4-H year (since Sept. 1, 2021) Contestants may submit more than on […]

2021 4-H Equine Art Winners

Delaware 4-H members of all ages recently participated in a statewide Equine Art Contest sponsored by the Delaware 4-H Horse Advisory Committee, a group of volunteer 4-H Equine Project Leaders. Entries from budding artists from across the state were submitted for the contest in the following categories: · Drawing- Pastels/Charcoal/Graphite/Colored Pencil (Abstract or Realistic) · […]

Virtual Equine Art Contest – Deadline June 15

The Delaware 4-H Equine Art Contest originally scheduled for April is now going virtual!  Categories and age groups remain as published in the original contest guidelines: https://www.udel.edu/content/dam/udelImages/canr/pdfs/extension/4H/animal-science/2020Delaware4-HEquineArtContest-SusanGarey.pdf.  The only change is in the submission process and due date.  Take a photo of your artwork and submit it through our Equine Art Contest event registration form […]

Animal Science Updates: April 2020

DPI Offers College Scholarships DPI is accepting applications for its 2020 College Scholarship Program.  Applications are being accepted for undergraduate and graduate scholarships that are available in the amount of $1,500 or more. Undergraduate applicants must be a Delmarva resident and a student in good standing at any accredited, degree-granting institution in the United States […]

Animal Science Updates: April 2019

NEW Quality Assurance Certification Requirement for All Delaware State Fair Market Animal Exhibitors! Beginning with the 2019 Delaware State Fair, all junior exhibitors showing a market animal (steer, market lamb, market goat or market hog) will be required to have a current quality assurance certification in order to exhibit in a market class at the […]