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Southern Plains Livestock Judging Contest

Please join us for the Southern Plains Livestock Judging Contest on Friday, May 24th starting at 9am on the Nuckolls County Fairgrounds in Nelson, Nebraska.

Cost will be $10 per individual. Please sign up using the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/HTre9NMEkE

2024 Southern Plains 4-H Newsletters January 2024 July 2024 February 2024 August 2024 March 2024

Nuckolls and Thayer County are once again hosting Project Bonanza Days. We will be in Nelson on Tuesday, June 4th and Deshler on Thursday, June 6th. We will start at 9 am and finish at 3 pm. We ask that you please bring a lunch with you. The cost will be $50. 4-H age youth will be completing six projects and Clover Kids will complete ten. NEW this year is to register please click on the QR code or the link on the flyer. As you are completing the form please read carefully as some questions are just for girls, some for boys, some for 4-H age. Sign up by May 15th! https://forms.office.com/r/dHtF7RqLcA

2024 Southern Plains Public Speaking, PSA & Presentation Contest

This year the Southern Plains Public Speaking Contest will be held at the Thayer County Fairgrounds in Deshler, Nebraska on April 21st starting at 2pm. 

To sign up please use this link to sign up: https://forms.office.com/r/fSTAEhcGjW make sure that you have the title of your speech, PSA, or presentation before you sign up.

NOTICE: A regular meeting of the

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