4-H Newsletter for Sussex County, Delaware
Delaware 4-H Equine Art Contest 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 […]
Delaware State Fair Online Entries Open April 1 It’s that time already! Delaware State Fair online entries for all classes, including livestock open on April 1. Entries close on June 1. Delaware State Fair Livestock Handbook Department Highlights for 2017 Starting in 2017, $10.00 livestock entry fee per class (excluding showmanship/fitting and group/pairs classes). 2017 […]
2017 DSF Market Project Livestock Tagging Dates: May 6- 9:00 am-11:00 am- Sussex County- REC (no cattle) May 6- 9:00 am- 11:00 am- NCC- Cook Farm May 13- 9:00 am-11:00 am- Kent County- DSF May 19- 6:00 pm-9:00 pm- Kent County- DSF- Livestock Show May 23- 5:00 pm- 8:00 pm- Kent County- DSF- FINAL TAGGING […]
Delaware State Fair Online Entries Open April 1 It’s that time already! Delaware State Fair online entries for all classes, including livestock open on April 1. Entries close on June 1. Delaware State Fair Livestock Handbook Department Highlights for 2016 Entry fees for beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine and goats will be $5.00 per […]
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 33 budding artists were submitted for the contest in the following categories: Drawing- Pastels/Charcoal/Graphite/Colored Pencil (Abstract or Realistic) Drawing- Pen/Ink/Markers/Crayon (Abstract […]
Delaware State Fair Livestock Handbook Department Changes for 2015 All livestock exhibitors must be at least five(5) years of age as of January 1 of the current fair year to show livestock. This does not include rabbits and poultry. Swine Exhibitors– the upper weight limit for market hogs has been raised to 290 lbs. Market […]
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 30 budding artists were submitted. The artwork has been on display at the Chick’s Saddlery retail store in Harrington, Delaware during the month […]
Upcoming Avian Bowl Trainings Dr. Brigid McCrea of Delaware State University will be holding monthly Avian Bowl training sessions in both New Castle and Kent counties. The March Kent County training sessions will be held on March 10th at 6:30 pm in Rm 125 at DSU’s Washington building and the New Castle County sessions will […]