4-H in Crawford County, PA

09/11/2026

Congratulations Kylie on this great accomplishment!

Congratulations to Kylie Shuffstall for mastering Level 4 of the PA 4-H Horsemanship Skills Program!

The Horsemanship Skills Program provides a planned progression of skill development to promote safety, horsemanship education, and life skills of youth and program participants.

Thank you to all the examiners, volunteers and families for making this testing possible and a success.

09/08/2026

We are so excited to share this adult wool felting workshop with everyone! This is open to the public and no affiliation with 4-H is necessary. The instructor is Mattie Horchler, Penn State Extension livestock educator based in Mercer County. Mattie taught a wet wool felting Make and Take Workshop for our 4-H members last winter and we are excited that she is coming back to Crawford County to teach adults to how needle felt! The workshop is Wednesday, October 7th starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Penn State Extension Office, 16871 Craig Road, Saegertown, PA 16433. The cost is $25 and you'll go home with a wool felted pumpkin. Space is limited so register today at https://extension.psu.edu/wool-wonders-exploring-wool-through-felted-pumpkins. Get some friends together and come join us to learn about Wool Wonders and how to needle felt!

09/03/2026

Today we celebrate Rob Pipper. Thank you Rob for your continued dedication to the 4-H program!

It's time for our Pennsylvania 4-H Volunteer Spotlight! Each week, Pennsylvania 4-H highlights volunteers who are doing great work around the state.

Today, we are celebrating Rob Pipper of Crawford County!

Rob is a project leader with both the Livin’ on Livestock 4-H Club and the Crawford County 4-H Shooting Sports Club. He has been a 4-H volunteer for 12 years.

Rob is a state 4-H certified archery instructor, and he helped start the county shooting sports club for archery 5 years ago and continues as an archery instructor in the club today.

Rob was a former organizational leader of Livin’ on Livestock, and he now oversees the swine project area. Rob also oversees livestock showmanship practices and the Halloween parade float committee for the club. He is always busy in the swine barn and during the swine shows at the county fair, helping anywhere there is a need.

His nominator says, "Rob is always finding ways to teach and support the youth in all they do!"

Rob is pictured with one a 4-H members at the county fair.

09/02/2026

Join the Livestock Judging Team!
The Crawford/Erie Livestock Judging is starting back up and is looking for you! Congrats to C**t, Noah, Madison, Leah, Gabi, Conner, Cole, Lennox, Lauren, and Wyatt on competing in several livestock judging contests last year! A lot of knowledge was gained and awards were earned and now they are looking for more teammates! Here’s what to expect:

Practices
-Monthly practices Oct-June, You must have at least 75% attendance of practices. Will include educational practices in Saegertown/Waterford as well as farm practices in the Northwest region.

Contests
-Participate in state contest in June at Penn State (if age 10+) and participate in 2 additional contests (PSU preferred) in March-April (last year was WVU, PSU, OSU ATI, Lakeland).

Costs for transportation and entry fees are the responsibility of each member and no fundraisers will be held.

Coaches include Amy Chapman, Brittany Jordan and Denny Fortin. Additional resources from farms and past judging members will be utilized on a guest speaker basis.

If any members are interested in joining the team, please contact Amy Chapman at 814-282-1996 by Wed Sept 16.

08/29/2026

4-H Family Living & Non-Animals members - Premium checks are ready! Be sure to stop by the fair office to pick up your premium check when you pick up your entries.

If you entered a non-animal exhibit (flowers, vegetables, art, etc), you can pick up your PREMIUM CHECK at the door to the right of the fair office, starting at 2:30PM today and during exhibit pick-up tomorrow.

Unfortunately, we can NOT cash the checks at the fair office.

Checks not picked up will be mailed.

As a reminder, physical exhibits can be picked up tomorrow (Sunday), from 1 to 2:30PM.

08/25/2026

Fair Week is well underway! Please come out and continue to support our hard-working 4-H members and their accomplishments this year at our end of week annual sales.

08/22/2026

We want to remind everyone of the change to the intersection outside of gate 3 and all gates that lead to Hamilton Road.

08/21/2026

The annual Cheese Yield and Dairy Beef Auction will be held Thursday, August 27th starting at 8:00 p.m. at the Crawford County Fair! Come bid on some delicious cheese and dairy beef animals!

08/21/2026

Thank you to the clubs who participated in the annual Trash Can Contest! The cans looked amazing so be sure to keep an eye out for them as you're out and about at the fairgrounds. The voting was very close for all of the cans and we ended up with some ties. Here are the official results of the contest:

Fabulous Farmers - 1st place
Saegertown Sheep & Swine - 2nd place
Flying Fur - 3rd place
Little Farmers - 4th place
Purple Circle - 5th place
Crawford County Feather Friends and Pig N Ears - 6th place tie
Townville Champs - 7th place
Path Finders, Livin’ on Livestock (striped can) & Country Kidz - 8th place tie
Buckles & Breeches & Livin’ on Livestock (black can) - 9th place tie

Thank you to County Council for helping us organize the contest!

Club leaders - don't forget to go to the fair office to claim the prizes and the ribbon for your club. Thank you to the Crawford County Fair Board for providing ice cream cone coupons for members and leaders of the participating clubs.

08/20/2026

Save the date for the 54th Annual 4-H & FFA Livestock Auction on Friday, August 28th at 5:00 p.m at the Crawford County Fair!

CONGRATULATIONS to Lauren Burnham for winning this year’s sale catalog cover contest!