Irvine 4-H Beef Club report

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Ryan Dahlman

On October 3rd, the Irvine 4-H Beef Club held its reorganizational meeting at the Irvine Complex.  We held our nominations for the new executive and leaders.  We are all very excited to start our projects again.  We will be having our Beef Weigh In on November 14th.  Our lamb projects will start in April 2023.

This year we have 30 members.  26 of those members will have steers, 15 heifer projects, 10 – two year old cow/calf pairs, 7 – 3 year old cow/calf pairs, 2 carcass projects and 9 lambs.  

Our Executive this year is:

Executive:

President- Jane Stafford

Vice President- Paisley Robertson

Secretary- Devyn Lightbown

Treasurer- Reid Vossler

Parlimentarian- Katelyn Sheppard

Club Reporter- Walker Lightbown

Librarian- Heather Vossler

Sponsor Relations- Willow Munsch & Parker Krauss

Social Media- Dryden Robertson

Club Grants- Riley Tweten

Lunch Organizer – Brody Jarvis

Junior Council Reps- Georgia Howe, Tayla Bates, Hannah Tweten, Brenna Cavan, Ella Munro

Our General Leader is Mandy Hyland, steer project leader is Scott Munsch, heifer project leader is Ashton Robertson and lamb leaders are Aaron Sheppard and Lacie Bates.

This year we plan on doing a few clinics, learning more about grooming and showing.  We would also like to do some judging clinics.  We will be taking part in Highway Clean up in May, as well as doing a community service activity.  Our public speaking competition will be coming up in early 2023.  This year Irvine 4-H beef is hosting District public speaking which is taking place on March 4, 2023.