Projects and Publications

Life skills can give youth a positive self-concept and teach them effective interpersonal relations, sound decision making, and good physical development. Developed through the 4-H component of Extens ...

West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne disease that can infect horses, resulting in illness, long term problems, and even death. This publication presents a number of preventive measures that horse owner ...

Sheet to record articles made, costs, and safety practices. ...

Ideas to consider when writing the 4-H fashion revue commentary and examples of fashion revue commentaries. ...

This contains everything you need to know about raising and showing dairy goats. Many photos show breeds and explain how to trim hooves and judge conformation. Describes diseases, parasites, feeding, ...

Given the diverse number of audiences and publishing outlets, identifying the appropriate journal to publish a body of work can be a daunting task. This publication offers a collection of resources in ...

Youth Beef Quality Assurance programs assist young people in 4-H and FFA to understand their role as producers in the food supply chain and their responsibility to produce a safe food product while ...

A youth llama project requires a commitment from you. Your llama will be learning and so will you. You will learn responsibility in feeding and caring for your llama, and discipline and patience in yo ...

By providing instruction outlines for adults, this 263-page curriculum delivers animal science education to youth, particularly 4-H members working with beef, sheep, swine, and goats. The thirty-eight downloadable and research-based lesson plans, which follow an experiential learning model, thoroughly cover the subject matter, whose sections include facilities management; livestock breed selection, reproduction, nutrition, and health and diseases; the showring; advocacy and marketing; recordkeeping; and quality assurance.