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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.

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.

State Shoot Preparation: Archery
View quick tips for 4-H members competing in archery at the state shoot.

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

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."

4HOnline & FairEntry
Instructions for using 4HOnline and FairEntry.

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.

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

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.