4-H & Youth

4-H Livestock

From livestock events to record keeping, and FSQA information to livestock ID, this is your one-stop-shop for everything related to 4-H livestock. Important deadlines are coming soon so check it out!

4-H Livestock

Join over 1000 teenagers on the campus of Iowa State University for 3 days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, a banquet, and community service activities. 

Iowa AmeriCorps 4-H Outreach

Be a Member: Develop project leadership and organization skills; earn a living allowance and education award.  Be a Host Site: Youth-serving organizations benefit by utilizing members' skills.

Healthy Living

In 4-H, youth develop healthy physical, social, and emotional behaviors and life skills. We develop community capacity to promote healthy environments and as a result increase the ability of youth to demonstrate positive contributions to their families, schools, and communities.

Science, Engineering, Technology and Math

STEM programs offer valuable science process skills and workforce skills in communication, leadership, and citizenship. These programs connect youth and volunteers with fun, safe, hands-on learning experiences developed by Iowa State University.

Citizenship and Leadership

In 4-H, we emphasize service learning processes and methods for including youth in community, state, and/or national decision making experiences. Emphasis is placed on programs that have long-term youth and community benefits.

Communication and Arts

4-H youth gain confidence when speaking in front of others, feel comfortable asking questions, demonstrate good listening skills, use technology to express ideas, create products to share ideas/information and express themselves through the creative process.

Volunteers=Caring Adults

In Iowa, almost 10,000 volunteers guide 4-H members in becoming productive citizens, outstanding communicators, effective leaders, and successful learners.  We need more volunteers who are willing to share their creative ideas, time, talent, and skills.

4-H IN THE NEWS

Lyon, O’Brien County 4-H Youth Attend National Agri-Science Summit
February 12, 2014

Eleven Iowa 4-H’ers are partnering with 4-H professionals and representatives from agricultural industry and land-grant universities to teach others about agricultural science and innovation...

Livestock Production Program for 4-H to be Developed
February 6, 2014

Amy Powell was recently hired to help develop an online curriculum to teach youth in 4-H about raising livestock. The new Extension and Outreach position of 4-H livestock specialist will work with...

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