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4-H Youth Development

Pick Your Project - Animal Science

Beef Projects

Bucket Calf

    What you can do in this project:

  • Learn how to care for young beef or dairy animals
  • Learn what kind of records should be kept for animal projects

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Market Beef

    What you can do in this project:

  • Learn about beef cattle parts
  • Calculate the cost to raise a market beef animal
  • Learn how to select project animals

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Breeding Beef

    What you can do in this project:

  • Learn about beef cattle breeds
  • Learn how to care for beef animals
  • Learn to make buying decisions based on performance and visual evaluation

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Feeder Calf

    What you can do in this project:

  • Learn about beef cattle parts
  • Find out how to feed beef animals to achieve a reasonable amount of gain

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Livestock References and Forms

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