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February/March 2019 ADAIR COUNTY ISU EXTENSION 4-H NEWSLETTER

Adair County Extension Newsletter

February/March 2019

Welcome New 4-H Members!

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is the bridge that helps rural youth grow both personally and professionally in preparation for becoming tomorrow’s leaders in agriculture. Youth loans, up to $5,000 are available to purchase feeder livestock, breeding stock, equipment and crop expenses. Loan applicants must be a 4-H’er or FFA member between 10 and 20 years of age. For information contact: Farm Service Agency in Greenfield at 641-343-7033.

Visit the Adair County Extension Office Website at www.extension.iastate.edu/adair. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or status as a U.S. veteran. Direct inquiries to Ross Wilburn, 515-294-1482, wilburn@iastate.edu.

Shooting Sports

The Spring 2019 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Training will

be held March 23-24 at Clover Woods, Madrid, IA. Saturday,

8 am arrival and Sunday, 2 pm departure. Disciplines offered

are Coordinator, Archery, Muzzleloader, Rifle, Shotgun and

Wildlife. There is a minimum number of people required to

hold each training so register early to avoid cancelation of a

discipline. $150 registration fee includes an overnight lodge

stay, meals, hat, and training materials. Register online to

attend the training. REMINDER: Registration for Winter Postal

Ends January 31st.

Dean Blazek

Leah Brownlee

Caleb Christensen

Lacie Clarke

Grace Day

Colt Douglas

Montana Douglas

Blake Edwards

Chase Fecher

Coltyr Frey

Blaise Fry

Addison Herr

Luke Kading

Paul Kading

Melanie Kilborn

Adelaide Livingston

Thomas Mikkelsen

Rhowen Miller

Derek Raasch

Ty Rardin

Taylor Rohrig-Sloth

Craig Scott

DaMerica Smits

Davin Wallace

Cadyn Weeks

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In Emily’s World... Emily Ide — 4-H Program Coordinator

Members in Twenty-five exhibitors

weighed-in 70 head of market beef for the 2019 Adair County Fair. Madison Suhr, Jennifer Holliday, Annie Herr, Sophie Dorsey, and Dax and Paisley Kintigh verified animals for the Iowa State Fair.

Thank you to each of our 4-H clubs for the many activities they participated in during the Holidays. You helped to make someone’s Holiday brighter and enjoyed the satisfaction of knowing your efforts were meaningful and appreciated. Activities included preparing and delivering cheer plates of cookies and candy to local residents and businesses to show appreciation, caroling to local residents, adopting a family, making blankets for hospital patients, participating in the lighted Christmas parade, decorating trees, and visiting local residents and care centers.

Richland Royals members and parents helped with January Clover Kids session.

2019 Healthy Living Ambassadors Summit in

Zayden Rawlings and Hope Kading of Adair County have been selected to be Healthy Living Ambassadors for the State of Iowa. Part of their requirement is to attend the National Healthy Living Summit in Washington DC February 15-18th, 2019. Upon returning they will be responsible for facilitating Healthy Living programming in Adair County. Congratulations Zayden and Hope!

Conservation Districts

of Iowa’s

Poster Contest The NACD Stewardship and Education Committee is pleased to announce the 2019 Poster Contest and Stewardship Week theme: “Life in the Soil: Dig Deeper.” Soil is a dirty topic, but everyone needs to learn more about it! Soil is the foundation for many of the items we use in our daily life, such as food, clothing, clean water, homes and more. Healthy soil equals healthy food, which equals a healthy you. Don’t treat your soil like dirt! Contact your local conservation district to help you care for your soil. There will be 45 state winners. Of those, the five first-place state winners will receive a $50 cash award and the remaining 40 winners will receive a $35 cash award thanks to the generous donation of Grinnell Mutual. The five first-place state winners will be on display at the 2019 CDI Annual Conference on August 18th-20th and then will be sent to the national poster contest for consideration for a national award and on display at the 2020 NACD Annual Meeting. Visit http://cdiowa.org/get-involved/poster-contest/

ADAIR COUNTY CATTLEMEN’S BANQUET

Saturday, February 16th, Adair County Fairgrounds, Social hour at 5:00pm; dinner served at 6:00pm

and live music from 5:00-7:00pm.

4-H Youth Conference

Every June, almost 900 teenagers converge on the campus of Iowa State University for 3 days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, a banquet, and community service activities. If you've completed 8th grade, you're eligible to attend. You don't even have to be in 4-H to attend this conference! You will get to experience campus life and meet new people from across the state! You will be having fun while learning by doing, dancing the nights away, and serving the community. You will get to learn new things to take back to your community and school, and in the process you might even discover something new about yourself! There are opportunities for you to share your talents with the rest of the delegation through small group discussion, the Conference Chorus, and a Talent Show! If you have a specific interest in animal science, you might want to look into becoming part of the ROUND-UP track! There are also workshop tracks that span all 3 days for certain topics if you'd like to study something in more depth. Or, you can choose different workshops each day to get more variety while you're on campus. If you'd like to be part of the team to capture the Conference in photos, join our Iowa 4-H Youth Camera Corps, and bring your camera. We're doing things a little differently this year and you'll get to learn photo skills and put them to work through the workshop series. Please join us in June for the most incredible three days of your life at the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference! Check here for continued updates regarding the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference. Regular registration for a fee of $180 closes on June 1 with late registration for $200 available until June 11. You can also check out financial aid applications, due April 25 to the Iowa 4-H Foundation.

Block & Bridle Horse

Show

The 2019 Block & Bridle Horse Show will take place April

19-20. A clinic will take place on April 19th with the regular

show to follow on the 20th in Elkhart Iowa. Check out

the show bill for more information. The event organizers

are looking for sponsorships, check out the sponsorships

form for more information. Visit https://drive.google.com/

file/d/1BAF-KZZRigKI0aoOBaxjRz-uFzZsYEIQ/view for

complete information.

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February 10th—Adair County Cattlemen's Scholarship

Parent must be a member of the Adair County Cattlemen’s Association for the past two years at least. Applicant must be involved in the family beef business or have an interest in the beef business themselves. Applications are available at the Extension Office.

February 15 - Adair County Soil and Water Conservation District Scholarship Applications are available online www.cdiowa.org Click on Conservation Districts of Iowa – Programs – Education & Acknowledgment - Scholarships Three scholarships are available: 6 - $500 scholarship 3 - $1,000-$3,000 scholarships For more details call (641) 343-7033

March 1 - Adair County Corn Association Fritz Langguth Memorial Scholarship Parent must be member of the Adair County Corn Association. Applications are available at the Extension office or on our website http://www.extension.iastate.edu/adair/page/scholarship-listing

March 1 - Adair County Corn Association Everett Shepherd Memorial Scholarship Parent must be member of the Adair County Corn Association. Applications are available at the Extension office or on our website http://www.extension.iastate.edu/adair/page/scholarship-listing

March 1 - Adair County Farm Bureau and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Scholarship Parent must be member of Adair County Farm Bureau. For more information, call (641) 343-7070. Application form available online https://www.iowafarmbureau.com/Member-Benefits#scholarshipGrants

March 1—Elevate Scholarship Program Applicant must be pursuing a career in advanced manufacturing at one of Iowa’s 15 community colleges. Application can be found online https://www.elevateiowa.com/assets/Elevate%202019%20Scholarship%20Application2.pdf

May 1—Flint Hills Resource Discovery Scholarship Applicant must hold a GPA of at least a 3.0 and pursue a career in Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Agriculture. Application available online https://docs.google.com/a/nodawayvalley.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bm9kYXdheXZhbGxleS5vcmd8bm9kYXdheS12YWxsZXktZ3VpZGFuY2V8Z3g6N2YzMmNhN2RjMTNkZGZj

HORSE PROJECT MEETING Sunday, February 3, 3:00-4:30 pm, Extension Office Green Room. Horse project members and parents are encouraged to attend the meeting. Bring your ideas for changes in the fair rules and

activities.

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Kathy’s Remarks… Kathy Rohrig - Ag Coordinator & SOFA Director

2019 I-CASH Youth Grant Applications Due March 1

Do your part to educate your community about farm safety and health. We’ll even give you the money to do it. Every year I-CASH has funds available for small grants to community youth groups for farm safety-related projects. Applications for the 2019 I-CASH Youth Grants are being taken. Grants are only available for youth groups/organizations in Iowa. Here is the link: https://icash.public-health.uiowa.edu/programs/agricultural-youth-grants/

Hatting is new Extension Farm Management Specialist

Patrick Hatting has joined Iowa State University Extension and Outreach as a farm management specialist, working with farmers in southwest Iowa. An experienced financial adviser, manager and insurance agent, Hatting will be housed at the Iowa State University Armstrong Research Farm near Lewis and will work with producers in Pottawattamie, Cass, Adair, Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Union, Clarke, Fremont, Page, Taylor, Ringgold and Decatur counties.

Ag Decision Maker – Estimated Cost of Production Publication

Accurately estimating cost of crop production will be vital for farmers in 2019. With a market outlook in 2019 similar to 2018, farmers will face another year of marketing challenges. The first step toward knowing a profitable sales price is understanding input costs. The highest portion of the cost of production for corn following corn, corn following soybeans and herbicide tolerant soybeans is land, followed by ma-chinery, seed and fertilizer. A full breakdown of estimated costs of production is available through Ag Decision Maker or by accessing ISU Extension and Outreach publication FM 1712 “Estimated Costs of Crop Production in Iowa.”

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SOFA XXV

Two thousand and nineteen marks the twenty-fifth year of the Speak Out For Agriculture program! The planning committee has chosen to celebrate with two events, a day long skills workshop and a two or three day career exploration trip! Our planning team members are Madison Carstens, Madison Suhr and Shelbee Woosley from Adair County and Haley Becker, JoAnn Brahms, Emily Plagman and Myah Rubio from Cass County. Adult advisors are Beth Baudler, Kathy Rohrig and Shelby Van Horn.

The current list of SOFA donors: Adair County Mutual Insurance Association, Anita Veterinary Clinic, Dan & Pat Westphal, Helena Chemical, KJAN, Montgomery Co. Farm Bureau, Rolling Hills Bank & Trust, Shelley Red Angus, Union State Bank, Adair County Pork Producers, Carey & Teresa Noland and Valley Mutual Insurance. We appreciate the generosity of our supporters!

The next meeting is planned for Sunday, February 3 at 2:00 pm at the Adair County Extension office in Greenfield. Items on the agenda include trip dates and destination, skills workshop and donations.

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Danielle’s Musings … Danielle Morgan - Youth Development Coordinator

Clover Kids has been going great this year! We’ve

learned about building structures, shapes, friction,

pushing, and pulling, and we’ve even visited the Care

Center in Greenfield! We’ve been having lots of fun!

Our next workshop will be on February 2 from 10am-

11:30am. I have some great activities planned, and I

hope all the Clover Kids will enjoy them!

Workshops will be the first Saturday of every month

starting in October and ending in April. We will be

focusing on STEM this year, so members will have the

opportunity to explore and work on their creative

problem solving in a fun, inclusive environment.

The Adair County 4-H Youth Council has had an

awesome year so far! The youth that make up this

council have put a lot of time and effort in this year,

and I’m extremely proud of all the work they have

done! Thank you to all our wonderful Youth Council

members who have been working hard to be a

positive influence on Adair County!

Here are some of the great things the Youth

Council has already done or are planning to do:

clean bathrooms during the SWAP Meet, help at

the Clover Kids workshops, host the 4-H Awards

Day, host a free family photo shoot,

Adopt-a-Family for Christmas, visit the preschool

classrooms, soup luncheon fundraiser, and visit

the local care centers.

If you have any questions about Youth Council

please reach out to me at 641-743-8412 or by

email at sdmorgan@iastate.edu.

Building Lego rockets

with the residents

Coloring Christmas trees

Waiting patiently to use their

marshmallow shooters

Row 1: Alanna, Bailey, Adelynne,

Karsi, Emilio, & Carlita

Row 2: Bentley, Treena, Indie,

Kenzie, Hayden, Dominic, & Rylee

Reagan reading to the NV preschool

Zayden & Storm shopping for Adopt-a-Family

Cole, Paisley, Jennifer, and Madison serving soup

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February 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

EO = Adair County Extension Office

ACF = Adair County Fairgrounds

WCC = Warren Cultural Center

1 State 4-H Awards applications due

2 Clover Kids Mtg. 10-11:30am City Hall Mtg Room Legislative Coffee 10:00am, WCC Green Room

3 Horse Project Mtg. 3-4:30pm WCC Green Room SOFA Planning Committee, 2:00pm EO Super Bowl Sunday

4 Club House Wolverines 3-6:30pm United Methodist Church Confinement Manure Training 1:30-3:30pm Adair City Hall

5 6 7 Farmers Coffee 10:30am WCC Green Room Club House Wolverines 3-6:30pm United Methodist Church

8 WCC Performance CRP Murder Mystery 7:00pm

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WCC Performance

CRP Murder Mystery

Dinner Theater

6:00pm

10

Youth Council Mtg.

2:00pm, WCC

WCC Performance

CRP Murder Mystery

2:00pm

Adair Co Cattlemens

Scholarship

Applications Due

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Club House

Wolverines

3-6:30pm United

Methodist Church

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CPAT Commercial

Ag, Weed, Plant

9:00am EO

Foreign Animal

Disease, Ames

8:30am-3:30pm

YQCA Training

6-8:00pm ACF

4-H/FFA Building

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Club House

Wolverines

3-6:30pm United

Methodist Church

VALENTINES DAY

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Adair Co Soil & Water

Conservation District

Scholarship

Applications Due

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Adair County

Cattlemen’s Banquet

5:00pm ACF

17 18 President’s Day

Dry Manure

Applicator Training

1-4:00pm

WCC Green Room

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Crop Marketing, Crop Insurance & New Farm Bill Meeting West Central Valley High School, Stuart 6:30-8:30pm

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Club House

Wolverines

3-6:30pm United

Methodist Church

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Adair County Corn

Growers Banquet

6:00pm ACF

24 25

Club House

Wolverines

3-6:30pm United

Methodist Church

Ext. Council Public

Hearing & Regular

Mtg, 7:00pm, EO

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YQCA Training

6-8:00pm, ACF

4-H/FFA Building

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CPAT Seed

Treatment, 9:00am

EO

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Club House

Wolverines

3-6:30pm United

Methodist Church

Healthy Living Summit

Healthy Living Summit, Washington DC

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat EO = Adair County Extension Office

ACF = Adair County Fairgrounds

WCC = Warren Cultural Center

1 Adair Co Association Fritz Langguth Memorial and Adair Co Corn Assoc and Adair Co Farm Bureau and Elevate Program and Flint Hills Resource Discovery Scholarship Applications Due

2 Clover Kids Mtg. 10-11:30am City Hall Mtg. Room

3 Youth Council Mtg. Time and Location TBD

4 Club House Wolverines 3-6:30pm United Methodist Church

5 6 CPAT Ornamental & Turfgrass 9:00am EO

7 Club House Wolverines 3-6:30pm United Methodist Church

8 9

WCC Performance

Shy of a Dozen

7:00pm

10

Daylight Savings

11

Club House

Wolverines

3-6:30pm United

Methodist Church

12

Foreign Animal

Disease, Carroll

8:30am-3:30pm

13

CPAT Certified

Handlers 9:00am

EO

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15 16

17

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

18

Ag Day & Spring

Expo, ACF

19 20 21

Club House

Wolverines

3-6:30pm United

Methodist Church

22 23

Shooting Sports

Instructor Training

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Shooting Sports

Training

25 Club House Wolverines 3-6:30pm United Methodist Church Adair Co Extension Council Meeting 7pm, EO

26 27 28

Club House

Wolverines

3-6:30pm United

Methodist Church

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