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4-H Week: Taking the Leadership Path

Published October 8, 2025

Breckin Anderson is a student at the University of Minnesota-St. Paul and a 14-year member of the Wilkin County, Minnesota 4-H program. Anderson started his 4-H experience by showing cattle. "I did that for quite a few years before I started…

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4-H Week: A Lesson in Leadership

Published October 5, 2025

Bryn Jacobson is a 4-H ambassador for Norman County 4-H and a member of the Super Sewers 4-H Club. "I like to find projects that challenge me." A crop production project focusing on corn fit that bill. In 2025, Jacobson…

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SD 4-H Director Heading to MO

Published September 4, 2025

South Dakota State University Extension State 4-H Program Director Tim Tanner has accepted a similar role in Missouri. Tanner has been at SDSU for the past six years and will start at the University of Missouri on September 15.

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CHS Foundation Invests in NDSU and ND 4-H

Published January 29, 2025

The NDSU Extension Center for 4-H Youth Development received a $250,000 grant from the CHS Foundation for the Next Chapter at NDSU initiative. This is a career readiness curriculum for young people as young as eighth grade. The 4-H program…

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Harden, Freeman Inducted into 4-H HOF

Published October 15, 2024

Fifteen individuals were inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame this week. The honorees include Krysta Harden and Dorothy Freeman. Harden was the USDA deputy secretary from 2013-to-2016 and now serves as the president and CEO of the U.S.…

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Growing 4-H for the Future

Published October 14, 2024

The National 4-H Council plans to increase the impact of 4-H from six million to ten million young people by 2030. “We see a unique opportunity with having educators and mentors in every county to reach down to that last…

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This is National 4-H Week

Published October 6, 2024

Nearly 6 million kids are involved with 4-H nationwide. North Dakota State University Extension 4-H Activities Coordinator Karla Meikle says there are many opportunities for leadership growth in 4-H. “They might go and experience what a commissioner's meeting or a…

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Lahman Joins NDSU Center for 4-H Youth Development

Published January 24, 2023

Samantha Lahman has joined North Dakota State University as a 4-H animal science specialist in the Center for 4-H Youth Development. Most recently, Lahman was a regional Extension educator for the University of Minnesota. Lahman also spent time as the…

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Minnesota 4-H’er Excels at World Dairy Expo

Published October 3, 2022

Megan Ratka of Cold Spring, Minnesota is the top individual judge for reasons in the National 4-H Cattle Judging Contest. The Minnesota team was also the top team for reasons and was ranked third in the overall competition. World Dairy…

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$50 Million Pledged to 4-H

Published February 23, 2022

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has pledged to donate $50 million to the National 4-H Council. That’s the single largest donation in the 4-H program’s history. Scott is the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. When they divorced in 2019, Scott received…

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