Welcome!!!! We are so excited to kick off the 2021-2022 Beef Club year!!!!!
We are so excited to welcome you all to the 2021-2022 Beef Club Year. We know this year is going to look a little different but we are ready to take whatever challenges arise and make the best of it.
This month instead of our monthly meeting we are planning a farm tour of some of our club members. This is a fun way to see how others raise and house their animals. We are hoping all of you can make it to this event even if it is just for a few stops. The tour will take place APRIL 30, 2022, beginning at 9:00am. Below you will find the route we will be taking in terms of which places we will be at approximate times. You may start with us at the beginning and follow the whole way through or pick up with us at an approximate time at the corresponding farm. We are very excited for this event as this used to be a yearly thing many years ago and we thought it would be great to get this event going again. You may ask questions and view how the animals are housed and worked different by each 4-H member. If you have questions, please reach out.
AGAIN, THIS WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF OUR MONTHLY MEETING.
THERE WILL BE NO IN PERSON MEETING ON MONDAY APRIL 18.
Beef Tour Saturday, April 30
Begins at
9:00 AM
Please check your emails for more information on the tour.
We are planning on a noon meal at the last stop; Pizza, pop, etc. will be provided.
Please bring a lawn chair.
This is the last and final call for T-Shirts. Shirts for our club are not required for show day; we just do ours as a fun club event. The shirts this year will be a heathered blue. T-shirts are $10 each for sizes youth small-xl through adult small-4xl; hoodies are $26 for sizes youth small-xl, adult small-xl, and $28 for adult 2xl-4xl.
If you would like to place an order, I will need those asap. Please send Renee an email or get with Renee directly. I will be placing the order May 1. If you order after that deadline your shirts will not be ordered. If you have ordered with us and have not yet paid please do so. I have many that ordered via email or at the last meeting that still owe. Your shirts will not be ordered if I do not receive payment by May 1. You may mail a check to Renee’ made out to: Elkhart County 4-H Beef Club.
Renee’ Klein
62618 Ash Rd.
Wakarusa, IN 46573
Please continue to enter your animals into 4-H Online. This must be done by May 15 for all animals.
https://v2.4honline.com/#/user/sign-in
PLEASE get your purebred heifer papers turned into us as soon as possible. All purebred heifer papers need to be turned into us by May 15 to show as a purebred heifer at the fair. If you turn your papers in after the deadline you will be moved to the commercial class; there will be no exceptions. Please email, text a photo or turn in a copy of your paper to Renee’. You also must write the heifer’s RFID number at the top of the paper. If you have questions, please let us know. Side note: some of you have turned in papers without RFID numbers. Please make sure you get this also turned in. Also, junior heifer calves (Jan. - March 2022) cannot be shown commercial! They must be registered by May 15.
This time of year, animals can lose tags. If this happens, please let Steve or Renee know asap. If you have already entered your animals into 4-H online, you will not be able to edit your animal to change the tag number we will need to do this for you.
Please get your YQCA class done. This is a requirement every year by the extension office. If you do not get this class done, you will not be allowed to show per the extension office. If you have questions let us know. The new website to take the class online is up and running.
https://yqcaprogram.org/
Flower pick up will be April 27th from 3-6pm at the fairgrounds. Please make arrangements to have your flowers picked up as there will be no way for us as a club to save them for you as we have such a big flower order.
There will be a Hacienda night on May 25 at the Hacienda Goshen location 20% of what you spend that day will come back to the Elkhart County 4-H program as long as you show our token (on paper or your phone) to your server.
We have hoof trimming scheduled on June 11 starting at 9:00am with Monte Flowers at the fairgrounds at the beef barn. The charge per head is $30. Please email Renee (in a new email) if you would like to schedule a time slot; time slots are scheduled in 15-minute intervals and are first come first serve. We will send more information out as it gets closer as there is an RV rally that day also so there may be specific instructions on which gate you should come in through. We will also have the arena and scales open for you all to practice with your calves and weigh them if you would like.
Our goal for you all is to keep you very informed and to make you feel comfortable with all the deadlines we have. We will try our best to have an informational email sent to you the Wednesday before the meeting so you can review it before. There will always be more information provided at the meetings as well. Please note that our usual club meetings are the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00PM at the fairgrounds.
April 30, 2022--Farm Tour
May 16, 2022—Dairy/Beef Arena
June 11, 2022–Hoof Trimming at the Beef Barn
June 20, 2022—Dairy/Beef Arena
July 14, 2022—Carry In Dinner 6:30pm Ag Hall
We also want to invite any MINI 4-H members to the meetings. These meetings are for all of you to learn about the Beef Club as well.
If anyone knows of any families interested in joining our Mini 4-H program, please let us know! They will need to be enrolled into 4-H Online by January 15 as well.
We are so excited to start the new 4-H year with you!! If you know anyone who is interested in the club please let a leader know we would love to talk with them!! If you have any questions about the new year let us know!! This is going to be a great year!!!
If you will be new to our club this year WELCOME!!! Please let us know if you have any questions; we are happy to help and we want to get your experience in the Beef Club started out right!!!
** Here is a great video if you want to review a few clipping tips! Enjoy!**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7e_hK9BQY
***Check out our Facebook page! Click the Facebook icon in the upper right corner!! While you are there "Like" the page and add your friends!!***
***Send us your Beef Club related photos! We would love to put them up on the website or the Facebook page!!***
***It's not too early to send in T-Shirt designs for this year! Get them to us now so we can have a few to vote on!!***
**Please Learn the 4-H Pledge**
We will recite this before EVERY meeting along with the Pledge of Allegiance.. IT'S IMPORTANT!!
4-H Pledge
I pledge my HEAD to clearer thinking,
my HEART to greater loyalty,
my HANDS to larger service,
And my HEALTH to greater living for my
club, my community, my country, and my world!!
