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GBBA - Market Beef Project
GBBB - Breeding Beef Project

Objectives & Materials: 4h beef at nwwf

  • keep records
  • select, feed, and house a market steer
  • slect cattle based on breed characteristics
  • fit, show and market a steer
  • feed, breed, winter, fit, and show cattle
  • evaluate a carcass
  • manage a herd

MNBU6351 Bite Into Beef, Beef 1, Beef Youth Activity Guide
This guide is the first in the series of three for youth. It may be used by youth in any grade based on their project skills and expertise. Activities are divided into several parts. Each activity is designed so the youth has an opportunity to learn by doing before being told or shown how. Illustrated.

MNBU6352 Here's the Beef, Beef 2, Beef Youth Activity Guide
This guide is the second in the series of three for youth. It may be used by youth in any grade based on their project skills and expertise. It also includes an achievement program to encourage youth to learn more about beef while developing important life skills. Contents include: selection and judging, feeding, management and health practices, fitting and showing, and beef products. Illustrated.

MNBU6353 Leading the Charge, Beef 3, Beef Youth Activity Guide
This guide is the third in the series of three for youth. It may be used by youth in any grade based on their project skills and expertise. All activities in this guide have several parts. This guide includes: selection and judging, feeds, feeding and careers, health and reproduction, and meats and marketing. Illustrated.

For leader and other publications see EM2778 Projects & Publications or to order publications go to http://pubs.wsu.edu.

Click here for additional beef project information from the state 4-H website.

Record Books:

Whatcom County Record Book Guidelines

Market Livestock Record #C0728
Breeding Livestock Record #C0729
Whatcom County 4-H Dairy/Livestock Agreement/Record (This form is required for all dairy cattle entry forms. If you are completing a record book you need only fill out the top part. Due to the superintendent on the first day of the fair)

When using any of the above mentioned add sheets you will also be required to complete pages 8 & 9 of the Project Journal in your 4-H Record Book (unless otherwise noted). In this section you will be recording date, what you did and time spent with the project ... feeding, training, caring, etc.**

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Cyberspace Farm

Northwest Washington Fair

State 4-H Fair

 
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