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Nebraska 4-H

Josh Layman, showman, leads his lamb as a member of the Unified Showing 4-H Club, accompanied by buddy Tatum Terwilliger.

Walbrecht opens 4-H livestock opportunities to youths with disabilities

November 15, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

A wildflower grows amid the grass at the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center southwest of Lincoln.

Husker team partnering with communities to enhance biodiversity education

November 1, 2023

Science & Technology

Youths lead cattle at the 4-H Logan County Fair in Stapleton, Nebraska.

Woiwode explains benefits of standardized cattle-handling training

March 27, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University, stands in front of a classroom of 4-H educators.

Grandin: Instructional flexibility can boost U.S. education and 4-H

March 24, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Visitors walk along the line of vendors during East Campus Discovery Days on June 12.

Final East Campus Discovery Days event of 2022 is Aug. 13

August 9, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Hosted by Nebraska 4-H, the Launching Nebraska-nauts into the 4-C’able Future program will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 13 at Raising Nebraska in Grand Island. A video-feed Q&A session with three astronauts will take place from 11:40 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Satellite sites are available across the state for those who cannot attend in person.

Nebraska youth participate in Q&A with astronauts

October 7, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

New activities at Raising Nebraska include a giant scale that translates a visitor’s weight into bushels of grain, number of newborn pigs, gallons of milk or about a dozen other Nebraska agricultural products.

Raising Nebraska sheds light on technology, research behind Nebraska agriculture

August 20, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Pandemic lessons help county fairs go on in 2021

July 23, 2021

Participants make stenciled fabric designs.

High school students discover sustainable fashion

July 7, 2021

Alyvea Groteluschen of Columbus eyes the judge during the junior showmanship sheep competition July 10 at the Platte County Fair in Columbus. For livestock shows, fair officials adopted a show-and-go format, in which youth checked their animals in, showed them and took them back home all in the same day. Participants were required to wear a mask in the show ring.

Fair organizers get creative to keep opportunities alive for 4-H, FFA youth

July 16, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Campus

Volunteers needed for Lancaster County Super Fair

June 19, 2020

Evan Washburn of Lincoln participates in the Virtual Vibes 4-H camp on June 2. It was the first in a series of virtual 4-H camps taking place this summer.

Nebraska 4-H offers wide variety of virtual summer camps

June 10, 2020

Agriculture & Environment