Livestock

Hog/Swine Camp / June 7–8, 2024

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Updated May 14, 2024:

Swine camp is approaching on June 7th & 8th.

Lucas Stalcup will be our clinician. Lucas grew up on a diversified farm in Montana where his family started raising show pigs in the late 1990s to meet a specific need in their community. This early experience sparked a lasting enthusiasm for the industry. This motivated Lucas to pursue a career in livestock judging and academia at Casper College and the University of Wyoming.

The Stalcup family operates approximately 30 sows primarily showcasing crossbred swine. Their main market is the Rocky Mountain region where they have enjoyed considerable success both locally and nationally over the years. They make it a priority to share their knowledge and support the young exhibitors they have the privilege to work with. 

If you have not registered for this event, I would highly encourage you to do so. 

The Hog Camp on June 7–8, 2024 is an opportunity for all levels of youth to get more hands-on experience and build on management styles/techniques.

Registration is REQUIRED. The cost is $100 per camper.

Use this form to register.

Livestock Field Day and Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) / February 24, 2024

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This day is filled with livestock opportunities for all species. Not only can you complete the Meat Quality Assurance training, but you can choose from a series of presenters who will be talking about current events or appropriate management practices to set yourself up for a successful year. See the schedule below.

The MQA session will be self-sufficient and open from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

This training is required for all livestock projects except: Cat, Dog, and Horse. This includes all Rabbits (including Companion Rabbits), Breeding/Show and Market, and All Poultry, including Breeding Chickens, Market Chickens, Breeding Ducks, Market Ducks, Breeding Geese, Market Geese, Breeding Turkeys, Market Turkeys, and Pigeons.

If this is your first year in a livestock project, you must attend. Members must attend once as a Junior member (4-H ages 8–13) and once again as a Senior member (4-H ages 14–18). All 8-year-olds and all 14-year-olds in livestock projects must attend this year.

This is an in-person event. You will have the opportunity to complete a series of exercises and learn about management practices and how they benefit your project. This process will take between 1–1-½ hours to complete.

Schedule

9:00–10:00 a.m. Best Practices for Poultry, presenter Avian Team from CSU

10:00–11:00 a.m. Poultry Project Orientation

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Predator Mediation, presenter from USDA

12:00–1:00 p.m. Basic Ruminant Nutrition, presenter Ashley Schilling

1:00–2:00 p.m. Livestock Selection, presenter Bailey Schilling

2:00–3:00 p.m. Evaluating your Calf’s Progress (For members of the Larimer County Stock Growers Catch-A-Calf Program)

Beef Weigh Day / February 20, 2024

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Beef Weigh Day is next Tuesday, February 20 from 4:00–7:00 p.m. at the new 4-H, Youth, and Community Livestock Arena.

All members showing Beef market animals at the 2024 Larimer County Fair are required to weigh in on February 20. If the exhibitor is unable to attend, they must arrange for someone to bring their market animals to be weighed and tagged.

Livestock Weigh Days, Tagging, and MQA for 2024

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Market Livestock Members: Mark these dates on your calendar now! Weigh days and tagging are REQUIRED to be eligible to show at the Larimer County Fair. If you can’t be there, you must arrange for someone to bring your animal.

Weigh Days will be held at the Youth and Community Building at The Ranch. Tagging supplies for swine will be available at the extension office starting on April 1.

Members enrolled in any market and/or breeding livestock project for the first time MUST attend a Colorado 4-H Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) program, regardless of age. 4-H members must attend a Colorado 4-H MQA program a minimum of twice during their 4-H career, once as a junior and again after becoming a senior 4-H member.

Watch for more information coming in January from the extension office for your project. And if you have any questions, please ask!

Register for Beef Camp / April 5–7, 2024

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Registration for Beef Camp, to be held from April 5–7, 2024, is now open. There is a cap of 20 participants for this camp. The cost is $250 per person.

If you need financial assistance to take advantage of this learning opportunity, the Junior Leadership Club and the Larimer County 4-H Foundation both have project scholarship opportunities for 4-H members. Find more information and the applications on their websites:

Junior Leadership Club Event Scholarship Request

Larimer County 4-H Foundation Funding Requests

Club Achievements 2023

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November was a time to celebrate the accomplishments of our club members and leaders over the past 4-H year at the Larimer County 4-H Achievement Night and our November club meeting. So much work and time went into making 2023 a success and we’re so proud of your efforts!

At the county fair, our club had 47 Champions and 25 Reserve Champions for a total of 72! That’s AMAZING! Of those, 18 went on to win Overall Grand Champion or Overall Reserve Grand Champion. And 13 members received the Best Record Book award.

At the Colorado State Fair, our club had 42 entries and 24 received either a Reserve Champion or a Champion and of those, 10 went on to win Overall Grand Champion or Overall Reserve Grand Champion. INCREDIBLE!

At the state level, Beau Reuhlen won Reserve Champion and Caden Powell won Champion at Rocket Fly Day. Avery Kemper took first place in the state digital photo contest.

At the state Shooting Sports competition, we had club members in the top 10 as follows: Bohdan Leppert and Paisley Dennis in Air Pistol; Tori Freeland in Air Rifle: Offhand and Paisley Dennis in Air Rifle: Utility; Willow Cameron, Genesis Rivera, Gideon Rivera, and Walker Cameron in Archery; Walker Cameron in Muzzleloading; and Walker Cameron in all 4 classes of .22 Rifle.

Our club received a Gold certificate for having 75%+ of our members complete the year, which was 80% to be exact.

We passed out completion certificates to all of the members who completed their 4-H year, and our leaders as well.

To find a listing of awards from the Larimer County Achievement Night, click here.

Jingle Bell Jackpot / December 3, 2023

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The Jingle Bell Jackpot will be hosted by Larimer County Extension, Weld County Extension, and the Colorado Junior Swine Association on December 3, 2023 at Island Grove Regional Park in Greeley. We are excited to add a Wether Dam Show for both does and ewes to this event! 

2023 Carcass Contest Results

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Thank you to all of you who attended the carcass seminar and awards night. It truly is a privilege to be in the backyard of the University, because it allows us to utilize facilities like the newly renovated CSU Meat facility. It is rare that counties are able to view carcasses from sheep, swine, and beef during the same night as carcass formula discussion. –Bailey Schilling

Here are links to the results for each species:

Beef Project Orientation / October 13, 2023

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The Beef project will kick off the new 4-H year with an orientation workshop on Friday, October 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Loveland/Fort Collins Rooms in the McKee Building at The Ranch. This is a great opportunity to learn about different aspects of the beef project and how to be successful with your project animal.

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