2012 Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Stock Show
September 27- 30, 2012- CenturyLink Center Omaha

2012 Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Horse Show
September 15- 16, 2012- Lancaster Event Center, Lincoln

See Update Section Below For NEW Entry Opportunities!

The 85th Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Stock Show has been scheduled for September 27-30 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, NE. The Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Horse Show has been scheduled for September 15-16 at the Lancaster Event Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Please check back often for Nomination, entry, schedule and rule updates.  For more information on individual specie shows, please "click" the corresponding button on the left.

More than 2,000 4-H families from a ten-state area participate in the Show. Categories of this 4-H only competition are Dairy, Feeder Calf & Breeding Beef, Horse, Market Beef, Market Broilers, Meat Goats, Market Lamb and Market Swine, Rabbit, and Dairy Steer.

To be eligible to exhibit at the Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Stock Show, the 4-H member must be at least 10 years of age by January 1, and must meet the requirement for exhibition as set by 4-H office for state and interstate shows in state of 4-H membership. 4-H members having completed their membership eligibility in a state are ineligible to enter the Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Stock Show as a member of another state. Horse exhibitors must be 12 years of age by January 1 of the current year.

States eligible to enter are Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Updates

Market Beef DNA information is now available in County Extension offices. If you are a county office and would like to request DNA Materials, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Foundation is excited to announce Perry "Bud" Beedle as the new Stock Show Director. Click for more.

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