Upcoming Events

Mary Loftis

4-H/FFA Market Beef Weigh Day

            As plans start taking shape for the 2014 year we hope any families planning to show a market beef animal will take time in the very near future to select your animal(s) so you are ready for the Beef Weigh Day opportunities.

Burt County will hold its weigh day on Saturday, January 25 at the Johnnie Johnson Farm at 1340 County Road E, Craig, NE. Weighing will be done from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and ear tags will cost $1.00 each. If you plan to show at State Fair or Ak-Sar-Ben you’ll need to collect DNA samples. Each animal you identify with a DNA sample costs $6.00. Identification sheets will be filled out that day and it’s helpful if the 4-H members are available to sign their own forms as well as a parent or guardian.

If the Burt County date doesn’t fit into your plans several other options are available:

Saturday, January 4 – 12:00-2:00 p.m. Wahoo Sale Barn, Wahoo, NE

Sunday, January 26 – 1:00-4:00 p.m. Masonic Home for Children, Fremont

Saturday, February 1 – 9:00-10:00 a.m. Cooper Farm, 8502 Mormon Bridge Rd., Omaha, NE

Saturday, February 1 – 10:00-Noon, Washington County Fairgrounds, Arlington

Saturday, March 22 – 12:00-2:00 p.m. Wahoo Sale Barn, Wahoo, NE

If attending another county’s weigh day you will need to bring ear tags (4-H or FFA) from your own county and DNA envelopes if you are identifying animals for State Fair or Ak-Sar-Ben.

Burt County Fair Kickoff Event

            Make sure you put Saturday, February 8 on your calendar in big RED letters for the Burt County Fair Foundation Kickoff Event. It will be held in Tekamah this year at the Tekamah Auditorium and the county fair theme is “Hats Off to the Burt County Fair.” Tickets are limited to 350 and are available in Lyons at the First National Bank NE; in Oakland at the First National Bank NE Motor Bank on Hwy 77 and Red Barn Vet Clinic; in Tekamah at Burt County Insurance in the Washington County Bank, UNL Extension Office in The Burt County Courthouse and at Lee Valley.

Make your first New Year’s resolution one you can keep…”I resolve to attend the Burt County Fair Foundation Kickoff Event and have a GREAT time supporting the Burt County Fair!”

Mary Loftis,

Extension Assistant
UNL Extension – Burt County
111 North 13th Street, Suite 6
Tekamah, NE 68061
Phone: (402) 374-2929

Fax: (402) 374-2930

Internet: mloftis2@unl.edu