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Local Extension Newsletters

The office produces periodic newsletters of interest to local residents.  Visit our other pages for for links to other state-wide commodity newsletters.  You can click on the title or date below to view the latest issues produced by University of Florida and Okeechobee County Extension Staff.

 

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Okeechobee 4-H Newsletter    News for county 4-H volunteers and 4- H Club members.

                                            Current Newsletter:  February 2012   5 MB, 16 pages! 

  January 2012
Recent 4-H newsletters:  December 2011 November 2011 
October 2011 May 2011 April 2011
  March 2011  February 2011 January 2011
Archived 4-H Newsletters:
December 2010:  March 2010 [pdf] "Fair Issue"  [Historical issues]
Leaders & Legends Clinic Series Feb 11 and Feb 12-13 February 2010 [pdf]  October 2004
November 2010   January 2010  pdf file August/September 2004
October 2010 : May 2004 
Selecting Pigs for Youth Swine Shows  Choosing Your First Dairy project   State Fair 4-H/FFA Agricultural Exhibit Competition   November 2009 [pdf file] April 2004 
 May 2010  [pdf]  "Record Book Issue"    October 2009  [pdf file]   March 2004  
April 2010 [pdf] "County Events issue"  September 2009 - [pdf file]  December 2003  

     Dairy Update Newsletter:  Winter 2011 issue is posted on http://dairy.ifas.ufl.edu/dairyupdate/

Okeechobee Livestock Newsletter    News for beef and dairy producers - Click here to go to South Florida Beef Forage Program Newsletter page and scroll down to Okeechobee County.

Treasure Coast Citrus Notes  

This newsletter (almost monthly) is produced by St. Lucie County Citrus Extension Agent Tim Gaver for Citrus producers in the Indian River Citrus area, which includes Okeechobee County.    Click here to go to the latest issue of this newsletter.  

For other regional and state-wide Citrus newsletters, click here.

Okeechobee Pest Alert   

Periodic  updates are provided on-line about pests effecting local nursery producers and landscape managers.    Click here to go to the latest information.  

Limited Archived copies of the Treasure Coast Pest Alert are available: October/November 2003    April 2004

To sign up for any of these newsletters, call the Okeechobee County Extension office at 863-763-6469 or send us an email: Okeechobee@ufl.edu.  

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