AgricultureMajor Program

45181

Total Hours

Contributed.

292663

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

855

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

19724

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #13 “Is 4-H a place where you have a chance to be a leader?” (SEEC)

20082

Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #6 “Is 4-H A place where you get to figure out things for yourself?” (SEEC)

21134

Number of youth who gained an understanding of the role of agriculture in the production of food, fiber, and wood products (KOSA)  

41857

Number of youth who demonstrated a skill that was learned or improved by participating in 4-H agriculture programming (PRACTICE)

35957

Stories

2023 Chick Incubation

2023 Chick Incubation was offered to 3rd grade classes and the FMD class at Leslie County High School. FMD stands for Functional Mental Disability classroom. It is important to Leslie County 4-H to keep our FMD youth involved. Leslie County has 4 grade schools and 1 high school which targeted 8 individual classrooms. An estimated 150 youth participated in this project. We visited classrooms each week to provide a new lesson.Chick Incubation is a 21-day process and requires fertilized chicken egg...

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2023 Chick Incubation

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • High School Culinary Class Takes Lesson to the Farm!

    Marshall County High Schools Fall Culinary Class partnered with Nikki Rhein, Agriculture Agent at the Marshall County Extension Office to take her classroom to the farm. Students were learning about s... Read More

  • Country Ham Auction 2022

    Madison County 4-H is pleased to announce the Country Ham Auction this year was a major success! While we brought in more than $31,000 for the youth of our county, we also strengthened the community p... Read More

  • 2022 Rabbit Day Camp

    2 Sessions of the Rabbit Day Camp were held. One in the spring and one in the fall, due to the level of interest recieved. With two sessions, the leader was able to reach the cap for the class at 22 y... Read More

  • Farm Field Day 2022

    With less than 1% of the population involved in agriculture, it seems there is an increase in the amount of misinformation spread about farming and farm practices. In Madison County, there are many fa... Read More

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