4-H

The Missaukee Agricultural Youth Show has been teaching local youth about the many pieces that make up an agricultural community. An outbreak of bird flu in poultry and dairy cattle has caused one event cancellation and is expected to cause more changes to this year’s fair.

4-H organizations across the state are unable to show poultry and dairy cattle at fair this year, due to a bird flu outbreak originating in Texas. Osceola County in northern Michigan has made adjustments so that youth can still show what they learned from their livestock projects this year.

As fair season kicks off in Michigan, some fairs are still seeing the effects of the pandemic.

Officials in Clare County are celebrating a centennial this year. 100 years of the Cooperative Extension.That’s the program that offers information on…