Articles with the Tag: 4-H
CHARLO — Well finally, the fencing around Charlo Memorial Park has been finished. With the help of the Charlo Jr. Stockgrowers 4-H, under the guidance of Ginger and Jeremy Zempel (Zempel Fencing of Charlo), the last segment is now in place. The 4-H young and old members spent the bett...
RONAN — Ace was in the fitting chute, and Laurel Rigby was doing some last minute beautification on the black steer before the market beef show on Wednesday, July 29. Ace is short for Ace of Spades, and Rigby said she has shown him in several jackpots, impromptu steer shows, around the area &m...
RONAN — After each class of market lambs, judge Rod Everson, Florence, asked the crowd for a round of applause for the hardworking 4-H kids showing their sheep. Everson has been involved in 4-H his whole life. First, when he raised and showed market beef, then when his children were in 4-H and...
News from Montana State University, Lake County Extension Office LAKE COUNTY — The market beef project officially began on Jan. 10. 4-H members from across Lake County participated in the steer weigh-in to register their project animal in preparation for the Lake County Fair. As part of the...
Gretel, Slim and Peanut all went to Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply on Saturday, Oct. 4. While it’s not so unusual to go to Murdoch’s, it is if you’re a pumpkin. Saturday was the giant vegetable contest hosted by the Big Sky Pumpkin Growers, sponsored by Murdoch’s and R...
It is not proper etiquette to bring your goat to the dinner table, but when you are sitting at the fair chowing down on delicious barbecue there might be an exemption for that rule. Snowflake, a small goat showed by young Bryanne Zempel, was so famished after strutting his stuff at the small fry sto...
RONAN — Checking back fat on a market steer or quizzing a 4-H kid about the beef industry might not sound fun, but Virginia Knerr enjoys the activities. Knerr, the petite, redheaded Montana State University Extension Agent in Townsend, drove to Ronan and judged showmanship and market beef, hogs, lam...
RONAN — Big Red stood in the wash rack, enjoying the cool water of a late afternoon bath. Tyler Delaney washed the good-natured steer, who didn’t know or probably care that he was 4-H grand champion market beef. “He’s a really good steer,” Delaney said, soaping the s...
RONAN — “He was kind of rowdy in the steer show,” Megan Evelo said. Megan, 10, was talking about Harley, her 4-H market beef project. A mini Hereford steer, Harley and Megan have been buds since November of 2013. Megan is 10, and she’s barely taller than Harley, her ...
