McCreary County Extension

09/01/2026

🐷 4-H COUNTRY HAM SHOW & SALE 🐷

Come support our McCreary County 4-H’ers at the Country Ham Show & Sale during the Whitley/McCreary Farm Field Day event!

September 4 | 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
📍 Whitley County Fairgrounds | 860 Savoy-Clear Creek Rd., Williamsburg, KY

Can’t attend but still want to support the McCreary 4-H Country Ham Project? You can make a donation directly to the local program through McCreary County Extension. Donations will help establish a scholarship fund to provide additional youth the opportunity to participate.

📞 For more information: 606-376-2524

Come out, support our youth, and enjoy a day of agriculture, education, and family fun! 🐷🌾

09/01/2026

Kentucky 4-H enrollment is going digital! 💻🍀

Starting September 1, families will use 4-H Online to enroll youth members and register for county and state 4-H opportunities.

Getting started is easy:
1️⃣ Manage the whole family from one account
3️⃣ Explore local and statewide opportunities
4️⃣ Register for clubs, camps, events, and more

Ready to get started?
🔗 Enroll on 4-H Online: https://4-h.mgcafe.uky.edu/4honline
New families will select sign up and follow the prompts to make an account.

Returning families will select sign-in using the email you provided your county office in the past and select reset password to access your account. If you are unsure of this email contact your local extension office.

08/31/2026

Water wisely!

For more information, contact Tracie Goodman, McCreary ANR Extension Agent, [email protected].

08/26/2026

McCreary County strong, McCreary County proud, McCreary County 4-H 🍀
Where's your heart 💚

08/25/2026

If you own 10+ acres in production, learn how to create or update your plan today!

For more information, contact Tracie Goodman, McCreary ANR Extension Agent, [email protected].

08/25/2026

Happening this Thursday just over the county line!

🗓️ Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026
🕘 Time: 9:00am -12:00pm EST
📍 Location: GoodThymes Organic Farm, Williamsburg, KY

Register here: https://bit.ly/high-tunnel-rotation-irrigation

08/25/2026

Calling all artists, K-8th Grade!

Attention all young visual artists in Kentucky! 🎨

It's time for KACo's annual I Love My County Art Contest.

Students in grades K-8 are invited to draw, paint or create original artwork showing what they love most about their county. It might be a favorite quiet spot or hangout, a local event or anything that they feel makes their county unique and a special place to call home.

We are accepting entries until Oct. 16.

Help us spread the word by sharing with local schools, teachers and all Kentucky students in kindergarten through 8th grade.

➡ Learn more and enter here: https://kaco.org/member-services/i-love-my-county-art-contest/2026-art-contest-content-page/

08/24/2026

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Kentucky 4-H youth develop essential life skills, gain hands-on learning, and become active members of their community!

For more information, reach out to your local county 4-H agent!

08/21/2026

McCreary County's youth talent shown bright today in 🍀 Cloverville at the Kentucky State Fair🎡. They'll be lots of ribbons (& a 1st Place Banner 🍖- Karson Patrick!) coming back from Louisville, what an amazing group of 4-H'ers representing MC this year!

**We tried to capture all the MC Fair entries, but with thousands in Cloverville some we were unable to locate, we apologize.

08/20/2026

Coming home with a 1st Place Statewide Winner Mr.Karson Patrick & a 2nd Place Statewide Winner Ms.Nora Jones, both in the 2013 age division, 1-point difference!