Livestock
Flint Hills Beef Symposium Event in Herington, KS on January 30th (Flyer)
Invasive Species Handouts from 06/21/2022 Program:
Old World Bluestem
Sericea Lespedeza
Upcoming Trainings/Events (4-H and Public)
YQCA Training
YQCA stands for Youth for the Quality Care of Animals. Any individual that plans to show market animals, commercial breeding females, and/or purebred breeding females at the 2025 Kansas State Fair or Kansas Junior Livestock Show must be YQCA certified to participate.
A Flint Hills Extension Agent will be hosting two training sessions for those needing to become YQCA certified! Anyone is welcome to attend a training session to become certified! One session will be held in Morris County, the date is Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. The other session will be held in Chase County, the date is Saturday, April 21, 2025 at 5 p.m. You do not have to attend both training sessions. Only attend the session that works best with your schedule.
Use the link https://yqca.learngrow.io/Account/Login to register online for which training you would like to attend. The cost of the training is $3 which you will pay online when you register. Please use your 4-H Online login information to sign up for the training.
For questions, please contact Ron at the Council Grove office at 620-767-5136 or rds8787@ksu.edu