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Haley Browning with her champion rabbits.Photo courtesy of Saline County Fair Board

4-H community uses fair premiums to help ill 10-year-old

MARSHALL, Mo. – Fairgoers at the annual Saline County 4-H and FFA Youth Fair got more than they bid for this year. 4-H and FFA members and the crowd raised almost $10,000 for Haley Browning, a terminally ill 10-year-old from Marshall. Doctors found cancer after she had a seizure last year. She was airlifted to Kansas City, where doctors found a mass on a kidney.

Taylor Thiessen, 15, of the Hallsville Go Getters 4-H Club of Boone County, was among 21 University of Missouri Extension 4-H youth selected to sell original handmade items to Missouri State Fair attendees. Taylor exhibited leather wrap bracelets, memory

MU Extension 4-H youth 'show' businesses at state fair

SEDALIA, Mo. – Twenty-one 4-H youth got a taste of running a small business by selling original handmade items to Missouri State Fair visitors, Aug. 10-20. Through the Show Me 4-H Wares program, youth are encouraged to start and run their own businesses with skills learned through 4-H projects, says Steve Henness, University of Missouri Extension state 4-H youth specialist.

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Missouri youth to celebrate National 4-H Week Oct. 1-7

COLUMBIA, Mo. –  For the 75th consecutive year, millions of youth, parents, volunteers and alumni across the country will celebrate National 4-H Week during the first week of October.

Greg Buckman, president-elect of Missouri Cattlemen's Association, credits much of his success to lessons learned through University of Missouri Extension's 4-H program. Photo by Linda Geist

Mo. Cattlemen’s Association president-elect credits 4-H for his success

HALLSVILLE, Mo. – Life lessons learned in 4-H continue to help the president-elect of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, Greg Buckman.Buckman credits mentors such as 4-H agents Herb Roth, Phil Weeden and Frank Graham for giving him skills he uses every day. Through their example, Buckman learned the importance of leadership, public speaking and giving back to your community.

4-H Senior Livestock Judging Team.

Boone County Commission recognizes youth livestock judging teams

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Boone County Commission recently recognized Boone County 4-H Senior Livestock Judging Team and Columbia FFA Livestock Judging Team. Commissioners issued a proclamation recognizing the teams for placing first in state competitions in 2017.

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Missouri 4-H Foundation awards 67 scholarships

COLUMBIA, Mo. – On Sept. 29 the Missouri 4-H Foundation awarded 67 scholarships totaling $73,550 to 4-H youth throughout the state.

From left, dairy judging team members Daryin Sharp, Ellie Wantland, Grant Groves and Lora Wright, and coaches Ted Probert and Karla Deaver. Missouri 4-H

Missouri 4-H dairy judging team third at national contest

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. – Missouri 4-H had its best finish since 1998 in the 2017 National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest on Oct. 2 at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis.The team finished third in a field of 22 teams, and placed in the top five in four of five breeds and oral reasons, qualifying for international competition, said Karla Deaver, University of Missouri Extension 4-H youth development specialist.