Gentry Loveland joined 4-H after her grandmother, Darla Hill, and her uncle and aunt, Jared and Jeanna Hill, noticed how much she liked their lambs.

At age 9, Baylor Hogge has a career all picked out.

EMMETT — Each year October marks a renewal of the local 4-H program. Having completed the Gem/Boise County Fair, many youths take a short break from 4-H as they head back to school before re-enrolling in 4-H for another fun year.

Makae Hogge has many interests, from mountain biking, to 4-H where she won first at the Eastern Idaho State Fair last year in stationing and she qualified to go again this year. Stationing is where a rider moves cattle to different points in the arena. Makae, 12, added that win to many other…

PRESTON — In honor of the 38 years Dennis Clark never missed the Franklin County Fair, and the hundreds of sheep he sheared for 4-H and FFA youth, his family instituted a new award.

Kassidy Shaffer hopes to land a 4-H college scholarship someday.

TREMONTON, Utah —Throughout the summer, Gracie Valencia, 14, of Honeyville, worked hard to care diligently for her lamb in anticipation for the Box Elder County Fair’s annual junior livestock auction.

Dallee Hogge lives in Bonneville County, is active in 4-H in Madison and Jefferson counties and is an FFA officer at Rigby High School.

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Competition was fierce, and the bids flew as 4-H members said goodbye to animals they have been raising during the season.

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BLACKFOOT — They are icons of the American West — wild horses running free across the range.

RIGBY — The Jefferson County Junior Market Sale earlier this month was a huge success this year, in which more than $203,000 worth of animals was sold.

AFTON, Wyo. — Emotions were high Aug. 11 as 4-H members across Lincoln County, Wyo., were preparing for the culminating event of their 4-H year. They were all in hopes of selling their animals and getting the “BIG” pay-off they had worked so hard for all year.

The Eastern Idaho State Fair has been bringing families, friends and neighbors together since 1902 when some local cattle ranchers purchased some land, put on a livestock show and named it the Southeastern Idaho Fair.

BLACKFOOT — The Eastern Idaho State Fair will be at the Blackfoot Fairgrounds from Friday to Sept. 8.

Participating in 4-H projects and rodeo queen contests complement each other, says Olivia Lerwill.

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Seniors, children and their parents gathered at the Ellensburg Adult Activity Center on Aug. 3 to participate in a small slice of a county fair.

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — The smoke cleared briefly to allow 4-H horse club members, family members and spectators to enjoy the annual 4-H Horse Show at the Kittitas County Event Center.

DRIGGS —Whitney Waddell circled the buyer’s arena under Fair Building on Aug. 10 showing her last steer at the Teton Valley Fair. She was confident, and smiled while working the more than 1,200-pound animal with the greatest of ease.

LOGAN, Utah — The Cache County Fair is a long-held tradition of ending a productive summer by gathering with friends and neighbors for a show of agricultural excellence.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — One could call Annabelle Waack’s 4-H animal a lamb among swine.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — At more than $603,000, this year’s annual 4-H/FFA Rotary Livestock Auction has already topped previous years in sales.

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Getting ready for the Sweetwater County 4-H auction is an arduous process regardless of one’s experience.

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Not all 4-H swine showmanship winners wanted to share the secrets of their success, but several offered reflections on their victories.

REXBURG—The 2018 Madison County Fair is coming up fast, beginning on Monday.

Grace Lerwill is active in 4-H, junior high school rodeo and rodeo queen contests.

The future will be celebrated and the past remembered during the 2018 edition of the Bonneville County Fair.