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| 4021 - Agriculture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4021.4) | 170 |
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) |
| 4021.3) | 170 |
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) |
| 4021.2) | 170 |
Number of youth who gained an understanding of the role of agriculture in the production of food, fiber, and wood products (KOSA) |
| 4021.1) | 170 |
Number of youth who demonstrated a skill that was learned or improved by participating in 4-H agriculture programming (PRACTICE) |
Author: Janet Turley
Major Program: Agriculture
Kentucky 4-H launched the 4-H Trail Riding Program in 2020 as a way to measure the number of hours a 4-H member and their horse spend riding on a trail. The importance and benefits of this program include the ability to enjoy a horse without the stress of competition, improved equitation and confidence, quality time with family members and/or socializing with other horse lovers. Trail riding can also benefit the horse by increased responsiveness, better balance, and practicing maneuvers such as
Author: Janet Turley
Major Program: Agriculture
For the past 34 years, this reporting agent has been actively involved in the 4-H Horse Program conducting horse camps, managing horse club leaders, leading horse management teams, conducting educational events such as horse judging and hippology contests and organizing and conducting district horse shows. All of these events take enormous amounts of time to plan and organize. Two years ago, the 4-H Horse Program changed its requirements to qualify for the state 4-H horse show. Instead of qualif
Author: Julie Brown
Major Program: Agriculture
Julie Brown, Warren Co. Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development, and Catherine Webster, Simpson Co. Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development, served as the co-contact agents for the 2022 South Central KY 4-H Horse Camp. There were four planning meetings with the committee which included twelve adult and teen volunteers from Mammoth Cave Extension counties, three of which served as tri-chairs for the camp. Sixty-two youth and 120 adults attended the three-day, two-night camp that i
