This project is NOW FULL and is no longer taking new enrollments.

We will meet at the MSU Food Lab, Herrick Hall Room #120, located on S. 7th Avenue on the 1st Monday of each month at 6 PM. Please be watching for an email reminder each month. 

**Please bring a 1/2” to 1” 3 ring binder to store your baking project recipes in (that will be provided)

Put these dates on your calendar for future meetings:

2/5/24

3/4/24

4/1/24

5/6/24

❤️❤️ The baking project is going to do a “Valentines Day  Double Chocolate Toffee Cookie” kit fundraiser. Orders will be taken in January and delivered in February. Ask a baking project member if interested in a kit. ❤️❤️ (see more information above in County Announcement section). 

If you have any questions, please contact Erin at (ehagmeier@gmail.com email) or text 406-461-7205 

Project Leaders:

Erin Neil

Katie Taylor 

Krista Pancich

This project is NOW FULL and is no longer taking new enrollments.

Our next meeting will be Thursday, February 1st at 4:45pm in the Gallatin 4-H office on the fairgrounds.

Questions? Contact new leader Lacey Norstrand at laceynhans@gmail.com 

• The Camp Directors have been BUSY working on setting the meeting, recreation and fundraising schedule for the year so you can plan your winter/spring – see the 2023-2024 Camp Counselor Meeting Schedule below and ADD THE DATES TO YOUR CALENDARS!!

**If you will not be able to attend a Counselor meeting, you must let the Office or one of the Directors know. See you in February! ❤️❤️

Sincerely your Camp Directors,

Molly Yurdana (4-H Agent)

Tiffany Togstad (Camp Co-Director)

Amy Juliano (Camp Co-Director)

Hello everyone!  

It seems more and more like spring out there, though I hear it is supposed to snow this weekend.  

January's meeting we joined forces in an exam room at the vet hospital and went through a physical examination on a cat, including listening to their heart beat with a stethoscope.  If anyone who hasn't been able to attend would like to go through any of this stuff, I'm happy to stay behind and chat!

Our next meetings will be Wednesday, February 7th and Wednesday, March 6th, both at 5:30pm, still at Alpenglow Animal Hospital 2401 Riata Rd.  If anyone has any good, easy but yummy dinner ideas for us when we meet, that would be great!  

Also- if anyone has extra fabric, dried catnip or stuffing, or a portable sewing machines or two, I hope to get materials ready for us to make catnip toys- we can take home some for our own kitties, but we will make enough to take some to Heart of the Valley shelter to donate for our program as well.  Hoping to do this at the February Meeting, for all who will be attending.  Bring your project books and record books and we can spend some time going through and recording things there as well!

Let me know who to expect so we have the right amount of food to offer as well!

Thank you so much, 

Dr. Julie O

714-206-4636

Howdy!

We had a super fun January meeting whipping up a variety of soups that can be made in an hour or less, which is what will be made in the Stir-Ups cooking competition.  I encourage all of you to sign up to compete in your age group. It's loads of fun, and you are rewarded for showing up and showing off your cheffing skills!  The recipes to the soups that were cooked at our meeting are linked below.  Each member who attended has claimed the recipe that they cooked as their recipe of choice for Stir-Ups, so everyone else will have to find some more delicious recipes to cook in the competition!

Thank you to all who attended and stayed late to help finish the kitchen clean-up.  Each member is responsible for cleaning up after themselves and helping other members cleanup when they are done with their own duties.  Please keep in mind, this is not our kitchen, MSU graciously allows us to use it for FREE.  We do not use any of their ingredients and/or supplies (except for paper towels, trash bags, and washable items), and we have to leave the kitchen as we found it.  I am just a volunteer mom who loves to cook with kids, so any help is much appreciated!  

For everyone who is not aware, the main way to raise funds for our project is by volunteering our time.  Over the past few years we have been granted the opportunity to volunteer with MSU concessions at Bobcats sports games, and these games have been a great source of fund-raising for our project.  The 4-H office sends out signup requests for concessions help to all 4-H members and volunteers, so please look for those and sign up to work at least one concessions shift throughout the year in order to contribute your part to our project.  Working concessions is lots of fun, and it earns really good money for your time!

We have quite a few new members this year that have never been in the kitchen, or who have only been there once or twice, so we need to schedule a safety & training meeting  for everyone to attend.  We need to make sure everyone is familiar with the kitchen, the kitchen rules, and proper food handling & safety rules in order to keep everyone safe & healthy.  I will send out a Doodle Poll with some dates & times for each of you to choose, and then we'll narrow it down to the most popular by availability.  I would like to make it a Saturday meeting so that it's more convenient because it's very important for everyone to attend.

Our next scheduled meeting is February 13th, 6 - 8:30 pm (depending upon how long it takes to clean up the kitchen), at the MSU food lab, room #120 in Herrick Hall, located on S. 7th Avenue off of W. Cleveland.  If you aren't familiar with the MSU campus and need details on how to get there, then call or text me and I can explain in detail.  You will receive a Signup Genius email before the meeting, so please RSVP so that we can plan accordingly.  Hope to see you all there!

Call, text, or email Stephanie Lively Grace with any questions.

406.600.7935

livelysteph76@gmail.com

The 4-H Dairy Cow project kicked off the new year learning about the calving process for our January workshop.  Our next workshop will be held on February 12, 2024 at the small conference room in the 4-H Office 6:30-8:00pm.  Please bring your record books and remember to keep track of how much your project is eating this month!  

Please also reserve the following dates for future dairy cow workshops this year: March 11, April 8 and May 13!

Looking forward to seeing everyone in February!

Questions? Contact leaders Shawna Oostema (406) 580-7819 or Cassie Smieja (406) 539-3833.

HORSELESS HORSE  **new leader this year!

With a quick change of plans, Double R Stables was gracious enough to host our Liberty demonstration in January with trainer Cory Furlong. We were able to observe their herd of outside horses to learn about body language, herd behavior, and equine sounds. We then ventured inside for a demonstration on teaching a horse to move away from us by using minimal body language. Each 4-H member had the opportunity to try their newly learned skills in using subtle cues to get "Bobby" to move his hindquarters away. Thanks to Cory, Kate, and Double R Equine for taking the time with us!

FEBRUARY - PASTA & PROJECT BOOKS - For our February meeting, we will meet to catch up on all that we have learned! Please bring your project books for dedicated time to work on them. We will meet Tuesday, February 13th  from 5:30-8:30 at the 4-H Office. We can work on lessons we have already covered, or get help with new lessons. Drop in any time that evening, or stay for the entire time. Pasta dinner will be provided. THIS EVENING IS OPEN TO ALL HORSE PROJECT MEMBERS TOO. Please RSVP to Sarah at scapp9999@gmail.com if you are attending.

MARCH - Our March meeting will be held Tuesday, March 26^th from 6-8 pm in Building #4 at the Fairgrounds. Our guest presenter will be Amber LaCross, Miss Rodeo Montana 2024. Besides sharing about her new duties as Miss Rodeo MT, she will be teaching us to read a pattern (Lesson #12) and ride a pattern on our trusty stick horse mounts. 

We're "galloping" our way right through the new year, and I'm proud of all our members for "jumping" in to so much learning! (And, don't forget to thank your parents!)

Questions? Contact new leader Sarah Capp at (406) 539-4386 or scapp9999@hotmail.com

HORSE PROJECTS

HORSE - GALLATIN TWISTERS

Jessie Sheperd- Twister Coach 352-304-1648  jlsheperd@gmail.com

Hello knitters and crocheters!!

February

    3 - Belgrade Library Community Room  10:00-12:00

    17 - The Springs Bozeman (9:30-11:15)

March

    2 - TBD

    16 - The Springs Bozeman (9:30-11:15)

April

    6 - TBD

    20 - The Springs Bozeman (9:30-11:15)

May

     4 - TBD

    18 - The Springs Bozeman (9:30-11:15)

June

    1 - if needed

BELGRADE LIBRARY 106 N. Broadway Community room is upstairs in the children’s section

THE SPRINGS  2632 Catron St., Bozeman  

Jeanette Hughes  406-570-7368

Phyllis Lewis  307-4312079

*This project is NOW FULL and is no longer taking new enrollments.

Our next meeting/workshop will be Saturday, February 17th at 1pm at the 4-H Office! Hope to see you there - be watching your email for more updates! 

I would encourage everyone to do a little research on potential leathercraft projects in the meantime. Leathercraft covers an enormous array of potential projects including tooled, carved and uncarved projects. I really want everyone to think about what they would like to learn, look through the project book and then let me know what their desires are.

First year leathercraft students and even second year students should stay with leather project kits, unless they want to go into garments. During class we will mostly be learning the basics, if you student wants to do something beyond this for fair please let me know.  With 26 registered for the project I need some guidance. We will cover stamping, some basic carving, maybe some advanced carving, lacing, stitching, finishing.  Parents of younger kiddos it would be great if you could occasionally stay to see if I will need help during the workshops/meetings since it is such a big class.  I will be also leaning on level two students to help as well.  I also have other helpers, but their availability may be sporadic.

If anyone is wanting to do some learning on their own, you can go through the project book and do some activities.  There are also tons of really good YouTube videos out there that are designed to help anyone; the ones I recommend are by Tandy Leather, Weaver Leather, or Jim Linnell specifically.  Remember, if you watch any videos on leather, take some notes on what you learned and this will count as one of your 7 activities that you have to do for fair. You need to include title, what you learned, date and then have your parent sign off on it.

If you have any questions, or concerns please reach out to Merrita via email or call at 406-579-0431 and I will help you in any way I can.

Great work this year Photography members!!!!

Please note the date changes for our February and March project meetings at Penta Machine Co.

Tuesday, February 13, 5:30 – 7:30pm

Tuesday, March 12, 5:30 – 7:30pm

We have a photo walk tentatively scheduled at Big Sky Skijoring on Saturday, February 3. If you have not already talked to Tamara about it, contact her immediately if you want to go.

BIG NEWS!!! Mark your calendars. We have a photo exhibition scheduled for the entire month of June at Cafe M in Belgrade. Stay tuned for more details.

Recent photos from project assignment:

River Landscape – Bridger Noonan

Sunset – Heidi Hutchison

Light – Lydia Black

Snowflake Light –Lydia Black

Horse - MacKenzie Woodring

B&W Dog – Ruby Hertel

Due to the cold weather, our January workshop was cancelled, and the required market project meeting will now be held in conjunction with our February workshop. Therefore, all poultry project members should plan to attend our next workshop scheduled for February 8, 2024 from 6:30 to 8:00pm at the Fairgrounds. We will be going over chick care/selection, nutrition, marketing of your market poultry project and processing of the market birds.  

Remember poultry project contracts are due on March 15, 2024 so please sign and return to the email address stated on the contract. If you are in the market poultry project there is an additional market livestock contract that must be fully signed and returned directly to the 4-H office also by March 15, 2024.

If you are planning to sell a market animal at the county fair this summer, please review and sign the MANDATORY 2023-2024 Gallatin County Livestock Contract. This contract explains the workshop requirements, animal possession deadlines, expectations and other important information.This contract is due by the order deadline, March 15th, for the Poultry Project.

Sign Contract Here:

https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=2cfa1f27-55db-4559-8cda-2f8de2dc491f&env=na3&acct=960f6090-f7cb-40a6-adf5-0490f456d6eb&v=2

Upcoming workshop dates: March 14, 2024 and April 11, 2024. 

NEW THIS YEAR: The poultry project will also be using a different email address (poultrygallatin@gmail.com) to send out our monthly reminders and information from the project.  Please mark this email address safe in your email box to avoid information delays. 

Shawna Oostema: 406-580-7819, fcclashawna@hotmail.com       

Judy Brownell: onebar4@aol.com 

Judy Neiminen: 406-599-0639; lneiminen@gmail.com 

The Rabbit Project met January 18th at the fairgrounds where we learned about different rabbit breeds, body types, and hair types.We also discussed the proper way to carry a rabbit, remove and put a rabbit in its cage safely, and got to know our newest club members. I would like to thank all the senior members who let me put them on the spot to help run the meeting. I couldn't do it without our amazing seniors!

Our next meeting will be February 15th at 6:00 pm in Exhibit Building #1 at the fairgrounds. Dr. Arndt, DVM will be coming to present at this meeting to

help us learn about rabbit health and the most common health issues our veterinarians see in their clinics.

**Please come with your questions and bunnies as we will also be learning how to handle and flip our rabbits. Cody will be running this meeting as I will be out of town. Hope everyone can make it!

If you are planning to exhibit a rabbit at the county fair this summer, please review and sign the MANDATORY 2023-2024 Gallatin County Livestock Contract. This contract explains the workshop requirements, animal possession deadlines, expectations and other important information.This contract is due by the possession date, 2 weeks before show, for the Rabbit Project.

Sign Contract Here:

https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=2cfa1f27-55db-4559-8cda-2f8de2dc491f&env=na3&acct=960f6090-f7cb-40a6-adf5-0490f456d6eb&v=2

Our rabbit committee is small this year. If you would like to join in keeping this program the best it can be, please let me know.

Questions?

Monica Samson 406-399-1866 samsonwm98@gmail.com 

Cody Brownell 406-209-4183 

For the sake of flexibility for you and to improve the instructor - member ratio, I'm adding a second section Wednesday nights. Both sections will have all the same material, so just pick whichever works best with your schedule. Both meetings are in Norm Asbjornson Hall, but the rooms are different.

Every other Wednesday: Norm Asbjornson Hall, Room 325, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Every other Thursday: Norm Asbjornson Hall, Room 321, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Questions? Contact new leader Joey Knappenberger

(406) 600-2542
joey@gallatin4hrobotics.org  

Where do sheep get their overgrown wool cut?

At the Baa Baa shop

Record/project book workshop 

February 21st 6:00pm at Gallatin 4-H office (903 N. Black Ave) 

**Please bring your record book and project journal. 

Remember you need to attend 4 of the 7 workshops! 

Got questions?? Just reach out:

Ruth Carr - 406-539-4337 kennellr@gmail.com 

Kim Flikkema - 406-599-1486 kimflikkema@gmail.com 

Jodilynn Kelley - 512-663-5569 jkelley@bridgerorthopedic.com 

Jodi Smith - 406-580-2984 kjsmithhouse@yahoo.com 

If you are planning to exhibit/sell an animal at the county fair this summer, please review and sign the MANDATORY 2023-2024 Gallatin County Livestock Contract. This contract explains the workshop requirements, animal possession deadlines, expectations and other important information.This contract is due by the possession date, May 5th, for the Sheep Project.

Sign Contract Here:

https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=2cfa1f27-55db-4559-8cda-2f8de2dc491f&env=na3&acct=960f6090-f7cb-40a6-adf5-0490f456d6eb&v=2

ENROLLMENT FOR SHOOTING SPORTS PROJECTS IS NOW CLOSED

The following items must be completed and submitted to the discipline leaders before the participant may shoot. 

1. Shooting Sports Fee - $40/discipline
   1. Payment is due upon registering in ZSuite.
2. The following forms must be completed and signed by the shooter and the parent or guardian of the shooter. Complete these forms via DocuSign here: DocuSign
   1. Medical Form
   2. Informed Consent Form

There will be mandatory parent meetings for each shooting sports discipline. Please see the schedule for location and time for each discipline. 

Volunteers needed:

Gallatin County 4-H Shooting Sports is in desperate need of adults to become certified leaders in the different disciplines that are offered in 4-H Shooting.  We need assistance in all shooting disciplines.  For us to provide a safe and educational experience, we need your help.  Please consider becoming a leader.  More information on leader trainings will be made available as it is received. Please plan to attend.  For more information, please contact Scott Francis – 406-581-6845.

Questions: Contact the following leaders

Archery – Randy Radke – 406-539-4903

Air Rifle/Pistol – Lee Nelson – 406-579-0612, Bill Ott – 406-209-2599

Smallbore – Tom Everett – 406-570-8878, Scott Francis – 406-581-6845

Shotgun, Hunting & Wildlife – Scott Francis – 406-581-6845

Muzzle-loading – Bill Ott – 406-209-2599, Scott Francis – 406-581-6845

Western Heritage – Todd Kesner – 406-451-1207   

Hello 4-H Archery Families and Archers:

No Shooting Superbowl Weekend: February 11th

Fair Shoot: February 18th and 25th

This is where we’ll run our normal shooting times as a tournament and keep a record of 4-H archers scores.  You’ll get a chance to compete against other Gallatin county archers. Top places will be award ribbons

4-H Archery state shoot: March 1st -3rd.

The first weekend of March, Gallatin County will be hosting the 4-H Archery state shoot.  4-H shooters from across the state will be attending.  More info to follow.  Your club leaders need lots of help during this time, especially adult volunteers.  Please contact Randy gv4harchery@gmail.com  if you can help out.

Shooting Tournaments are in full swing:.  These are totally optional and do require travel around the state. These tournaments will be sent via email. I encourage Archers to try to attend at least one tournament prior to the State shoot, but again this is optional.  You can borrow club  bows and arrows for the tournaments if needed.

Archery Practicum and Qualifier dates:

Location: Livingston Montana

Archery Practicum – April 7, 2024

Archery Qualifier – May  5, 2024

Remaining Archery Schedule:

Please show up about 15 minutes before your selected time and then you'll be ready to take the line at the top of the hour. 

Parent Volunteers:

Currently Mike Prester and Randy Radke are your 4-H Archery leaders.

We are looking for parents to help volunteer with:

• Shooting and running the line
• 4-H record books and general help
• Organizing/Planning and running the state archery shoot the first weekend of March.

Randy Radke and Mike Prester are the current co-archery leaders - questions contact: gv4harchery@gmail.com

The venue for air rifle and air pistol is located at 123 Doe Road in Belgrade. For more information contact Bill Ott – 209-2599 or Lee Nelson – 579-0612.

Greenway range is located at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds, 901 North Black in Bozeman.  Shooters must be 10 years of age by October 1, 2023, to participate.  The number of smallbore shooters will be capped at 25.  The returning shooters will be given priority.  It is a pre-requisite that the shooters have 1 year of Shooting Sports Experience.  We will then establish a waiting list.  For more information contact Scott Francis – 581-6845 or Tom Everett – 570-8878.

SHOTGUN

For more information contact Scott Francis – 581-6845.

MUZZLELOADING

It is recommended but not required that the participants be 12 years of age and have been in Hunter’s Education.  Contact Scott Francis – 581-6845 for more information.

WESTERN HERITAGE **new leader this year!

Hello Western Heritage families,

I hope you are all enjoying the winter/spring weather!  Please see schedule below for meeting days and times.  There will be more dates and times added as determined.

I am Sarah Brechbuhler and I will be your project leader.  My family has been involved with 4-H for 10 years and this is our 5^th year in Western Heritage.  As you know, Todd Kesner, creator and longtime leader of the Western Heritage Project, has taken a position in Arizona.  I know I have some big shoes to fill, but I am excited to be able to see this project continue.  As I am learning all the ins and outs, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. 

Indoor meetings are held at the Gallatin 4-H Extension office located on the Fairgrounds.  Outdoor meetings will begin in April and are held at the shooting range near Logan.

Upcoming Indoor meetings:

March 6th, 6:30-8:00 pm

March 27th, 6:30-8:00 pm

Feel free to contact Sarah Brechbuhler with any questions:

s_brechbuhler@msn.com

406-581-7121

Upcoming February Workshops are as follows {with suggested levels indicated}:

• Swine Quiz Bowl Workshop {all levels} Saturday, Feb 3rd at 10:00am to 11:30am. This will be at The Bridge Church in Manhattan (https://goo.gl/maps/MPaX9Zxu21FrDnTm8) Members will compete on teams to test (or learn) their basic Swine knowledge. It's an opportunity to practice good teamwork and get to know other Swine members. 

• MSU Animal Science Workshop {level 2 & 3} Saturday, Feb 10th at 10:00am to 12:00pm. This will be at MSU Linfield Hall 123 (https://goo.gl/maps/5CtT3yXDCXo5NBZQ8) Topics are TBD as MSU is re-convening this coming week. This is a VERY good workshop, put on by a team of MSU Professors with most advanced topics; first year members are welcomed to attend, but bring your attention span 🧑‍🏫 It is a 2-hour workshop so we offer one workshop credit for attendance and credit for one workbook activity if you attend. 

• Swine Selection Workshop {all levels} Tuesday Feb 20th at 6:30pm. This will be at Headwaters Livestock Auction (25 Wheatland Rd, Three Forks, MT) https://maps.app.goo.gl/eHAMmXpB7S479awcA. ***new this year*** There will be live pigs there to help you learn! Our guest speaker will be Hugh Braaten, a well-known and local expert on Swine. He is passionate about pigs and helping kids learn the basics of picking out a pig that will give you the results you need.

Other Future workshops/events include: 

• March TBD Feeds & Nutrition Workshop - basic pig needs including feed and making a proper feed ration
• March 19th @ Bridge Church (Manhattan) Meet with a Vet - Animal Health / Proper Shelters / Q&A
• March TBD ***new*** Feeds and End-Product Comparison, Cooking Pork 
• April TBD Carcass Workshop (Jr. Level) and understanding pork byproducts
• April TBD Carcass Evaluation (Sr. Level)
• April 13th PIG POOL - need a pig? still confirming this year's price but 2023 price was $160/ea - more information to come 
• May TBD Introduction to Showmanship
• May TBD Competitive Showmanship / Judge Terms / Mock Show
• May TBD Records Books / Workbooks / Posters / Marketing Basics
• June TBD Farrowing
• June TBD Clipping & Fitting
• June TBD Marketing your 4-H Project
• June TBD  ***new***  Pork Industry - awareness of the Global Pork Market

 
Welcome Letter:   Reattached to the last Swine email but please take the time to read this. It is a project overview, expectations, committee list, and a goal setting guide. Get your kiddos started on the project now by setting goals and working on workbooks! Communication is addressed in the welcome letter but please note that as a committee, we realize that every family communicates differently and oftentimes emails get buried in email inboxes. We have set up a Parent & Member Remind group for project-related correspondence https://www.remind.com/join/d2k7d7h OR Text @d2k7d7h to 81010 and reply once with your name. You must opt-in, we will not add you automatically and can choose to opt-out at a later date if needed.
 
Contracts:  (yes, plural) There is the Swine Contract and the County Wide Livestock Contract.  Both MUST be returned before the tagging deadline, April 16th 2024. 

The Swine-Specific ~ https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=99db3128-d247-46b1-b716-5fbc9908650e&env=na3&acct=960f6090-f7cb-40a6-adf5-0490f456d6eb&v=2

The County-Wide Livestock Contract ~ https://na3.docusign.net/Member/PowerFormSigning.aspx?PowerFormId=2cfa1f27-55db-4559-8cda-2f8de2dc491f&env=na3&acct=960f6090-f7cb-40a6-adf5-0490f456d6eb&v=2 

THESE CONTRACTS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROJECT FAMILIES! Review them and get them turned in now....PLEASE DON'T MAKE US HOUND YOU AT THE LAST MINUTE TO GET THESE TURNED IN.

COOL Source Form: Reattached to the last Swine email because it is good information to have your breeder fill out so you gain information about your animal(s) and add to your records. This is also required to participate in the Gallatin County Bred and Fed (per Swine Contract, Section 8).

We had only a few submissions for the project T-Shirt Design Contest (deadline was Jan 1st)! WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR KIDDOS FUN DESIGNS SO WE WANT TO GIVE MORE TIME! See the attached sheet on our recent email (or create your own) and submit your design ideas to the Swine Committee via this email or bring it to the next couple Workshops (1/17, 2/3)
 
Let us know if you have any questions or need more information at this time. We look forward to seeing you soon!
 
The 2024 Swine Committee

Questions? Contact the Swine Committee at gallatinswineproject@gmail.com 

Watch your email and BAND for meeting updates!

Great to see everyone in attendance this month.  After a meet and greet we learned about the Importance of Animal Identification by playing a fun interactive game ‘That’s MY Apple!’  The game was designed to help members learn why it’s important to be able to tell one animal from another and to properly articulate identifiers with sufficient detail. (Reason: To make sure we have the right animals on our farms; to keep track of which animals have been bred and when, and when the females are due to deliver; to keep track of sick animals.)  Animal identification is an important management tool in raising and caring for livestock. Keeping thorough records allows producers to track their animals’ growth, veterinary treatment records and movements, as well as respond to disease outbreaks. Because some diseases can jump from animals to humans, it’s essential to properly identify animals to help prevent and stop the spread of diseases.  We learned there are two methods of animal identification – permanent and temporary: Permanent Ear notches (swine only), Tattoos (cattle, sheep and swine) and Hot iron or freeze brands (cattle only).  Temporary (for cattle, sheep and swine) Ear tags, Paint brands, Marking crayon, and paint marks, and a Back tag.

Our next meeting will cover Large Animal Skeletal Systems on Wednesday, February 21 (6-7pm) at the Gallatin County Extension office located at 903 North Black Avenue.  A field trip is tentatively scheduled for March 2 at the MSU Meat and Meat Processing Lab.  Stay Tuned in the Vet Science Band App for further details

Questions? Contact Monika Johnson (mijmontana@gmail.com) 406-579-3211