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County fair registration is open. Deadline to register is July 8.
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MN 4-H Key Award Application
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Dakota County 4-H clothing for sale.
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For interested youth who are in 6th grade and above and have an interest in agriculture or would like to learn more are invited to become part of the Dakota/Rice Agriculture Education Leaders (formerly Agriculture Education Representatives) group this year.
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Ambassador program open to youth in grades 9-13.
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Volunteers needed to share skills and talents with youth.
![Ebrahim M., Minnesota 4-H State Ambassador](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Ebrahim-4-H-state-ambassador-2023-2024.jpg?h=329829f3&itok=pnQuA9LW)
Minnesota 4-H State Ambassador Ebrahim discusses the 4-H statewide service theme of conservation and reflects on what Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month mean to him.
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The newly selected Minnesota 4-H Agriculture Ambassadors are youth members from across the state with a passion for agriculture and 4-H.
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Minnesota 4-H alumna Nicole Cash was selected as one of four 4-H Youth in Action award winners in 2023.
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Resource for new 4-H members.