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a father and son inspecting a show goat in a competition.

Bringing Home Your 4-H Goat Project

Sales and transport is a stressful time for any animal. Reducing stress factors due to transitions start before the actual purchase of your new project. Managing proper nutrition and disease management are just a couple factors to help your project get off to a great start.

male 4-H youth showing a black beef cow

Why Tattoo Your 4-H Livestock?

Proper identification of animals helps create an honest record keeping system. With current DNA blood typing procedures animals can be identified through parentage, but when it comes to everyday practices on the farm or ranch a good tattoo can be a huge time saver in the event of a lost ear tag.

three male 4-H youth retrieving arrows from archery targets

State Shoot Preparation: Archery

View quick tips for 4-H members competing in archery at the state shoot.

4-H youth with shooting instructor preparing to fire a rifle

State Shoot Preparation: CMP

Coaches with youth shooting in the CMP competition are encouraged to read these quick tips before state shoot.

two young males with their show goats at a competition

4-H Youth Experience in Animal Projects – Purposes

4-H Youth Development must place an importance on developing “youth experience” versus “contest participation and competition."

red barn with a white shed in front of it and trees in the background

4HOnline & FairEntry

Instructions for using 4HOnline and FairEntry.

State 4-H Ambassador sitting at a table filling out an application

Become a State 4-H Ambassador

Curious about what it takes to become a South Dakota State 4-H Ambassador? View the position descriptions, term timeline, and application process.

Youth judging swing during the State 4-H Livestock Judging contest

State 4-H Livestock Judging

SDSU Extension 4-H will host the State 4-H Livestock Judging competition in September at the South Dakota State University (SDSU) Animal Science Arena in Brookings, South Dakota.

4-H youth exhibiting a cat to two judges.

4-H Judging Resources

Hot sheets for 4-H judging basics, the different 4-H exhibits and how to provide feedback

A group of children stands in front of a display with plants and simulated rainfall

2024 Rangeland and Soils Days hosts more than 100 youth

June 28, 2024

More than 100 youth participated in the 40th annual Rangeland and 19th annual Soils Days on June 12-13, 2024, in Watertown.