Please download the project packet you are interested in.

• Dog Packet
• Horse Packet
• Shooting Sports Packet

4-H and FFA members enrolling in any market and/or breeding livestock or small animal projects for the first time regardless of age, must attend a Colorado Meat Quality Assurance (MQA)  program.  4-H and FFA members will be required to attend a Colorado MQA program a minimum of twice during the course of their 4-H career – once as a junior (8-13 years old, 4-H age) and once again within one year  after becoming a senior (14-18 years old, 4-H age) 4-H member.

We have completed all of our face-to-face classes.  The only option is the virtual MQA class.  This class is valid for only 1 year.  The virtual MQA class will be offered between Saturday, May 20th through Monday, June 5th and score an 80% or better on the test to be eligible to show at the Weld County Fair, Southeast Weld County Fair and Colorado State Fair.  After you review the MQA program you need to take the MQA test to complete the course. A score of  80% will be needed to pass the course, if you score below the needed 80% you can re-take the exams as many times as necessary to obtain an 80% score.

You can view an updated MQA list (updated 6/16/2023) with the members who were enrolled last year. This list will let you know if you need to take the MQA training.

If you have any questions, please contact Larry at (970) 400-2093 or lhooker@co.weld.co.us or Michelle at (970) 400-2076 or mlangston@co.weld.co.us.

Weld County Fair and Southeast Weld County Fair Market Animal ID Lists

• Market Beef List for Weld County Fair and Southeast Weld County Fair
• Market Goat List for Weld County Fair and Southeast Weld County Fair
• Market Sheep List for Weld County Fair and Southeast Weld County Fair
• Market Swine List for Weld County Fair and Southeast Weld County Fair

Colorado State Fair Market Animal ID Lists

• Market Beef List for Colorado State Fair
• Market Goat List for Colorado State Fair
• Market Sheep List for Colorado State Fair
• Market Swine List for Colorado State Fair

The Weld County 4-H Youth Executive Council is sponsoring a window display promotion that celebrates National 4-H Week, October 1-7, 2023. Your club can  put together a  window display that lets people see the confidence, passion and practical skills that prepare 4-H’ers to step up to the  challenges of our complex, changing world.  This year’s theme is “I ♥ 4-H”. 

Every club that constructs an educational and promotional window display that is exhibited in your community will be eligible for the Window Display  contest.  Youth Executive Council will award a 1st  and 2nd place winner with a cash award.

Window Display Form

Weld County 4-H and FFA members enrolling in any market and/or breeding livestock or small animal projects for the first time regardless of age, must attend a Colorado Meat Quality Assurance (MQA) program. 4-H and FFA members will be  required to attend a Face to Face Colorado MQA program a minimum of twice during the course of their career – once as a junior (8-13 years old, age as of December 31st) and once again within one year after becoming a senior (14-18 years old, age as of December 31st) member.  If you are a Cloverbud aging up and will be showing livestock or small animals in the 2023-2024 4-H year, you can come to this Fall MQA Training.

Weld County 4-H is offering a traditional MQA Training on  Sunday, October 1, 2023, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm in the Exhibition Building, 525 N. 15th Avenue, Greeley.  Pre-registration is not necessary, just show up, sign in and take the training.  We will be ending the training right at 4:00 pm so make certain you are there by 3:00 pm so you can finish the training. We will have an additional 2 MQA Trainings this spring.

Meat Quality Assurance List - Updated for the 2023-2024 4-H Year

Senior 4-H members interested in applying to serve as a Colorado State 4-H Shooting Sports Ambassador can find information at Colorado 4-H Shooting Sports website. Applications are due by October 15, 2023. You can download the Colorado 4-H Shooting Sports Ambassador Application.

Colorado Farm Show Scholarships

The Colorado Farm Show is offering over $25,000 in scholarships to Colorado High School Seniors graduating in the winter of 2023 or the spring of 2024.  Applicants must be pursuing a degree in an Agricultural field of study at the college or university of their choice. To date, the Farm Show has awarded a total of $250,000 in scholarships!

Scholarship applications and guidelines can be found at www.coloradofarmshow.com. Applications must be submitted no later than November 1, 2023.  Applications that are incomplete or late will not be considered.

Your Weld County CSU Extension team is proud to be organizing the 2023 Colorado Women in Ag Conference, which will be held in November of this year in Greeley. This conference will be a great opportunity to highlight the important roles women play in the agricultural industry while providing a venue for networking and learning. As we continue to firm up details for the conference, we wanted to include our local ag community in a video we will be producing to share during the conference.

This is where you come in. Give us a glimpse of your life on the farm or ranch. While the focus of the conference is women in agriculture, we know many times running your day-to-day operation is a family affair. So pull out your camera or your phone and share with us a glimpse of your world.

We are looking for:

Horizontal (landscape) photos (.jpg) or video clips (.mp4)

“Day in the life” on the farm or ranch is the theme

Once you have an image or video you would like to share for this project, send an email with your contact information and a signed release to Jennifer Finch at jfinch@weld.gov. After she receives that initial information, she will send you a link where you can upload your file.

The Weld County Extension Office is excited to share with you a new publication that feature's a few of our elevated moments throughout the year here in Weld County.

Extension Elevated, Issue 02, December 2022