Cape County 4-Her Competes at State 4-H Meats Contest

Columbia, Mo. -- One Cape Girardeau county 4-H member competed in the 2015 State 4-H Meat Contest Saturday, February 7 on the University of Missouri campus. Dylan Aufdenberg of the Tilsit 4-H Club competed in the Junior Judging Division.

Aufdenberg placed 3rd in the 8-10 year old category. The event was held in the Eckles Hall meat lab and 4-H members were able to view a variety of classes plus identify 30 cuts of meat.

Missouri 4-H is a community of over 300,000 youth ages 5-18 from rural farming communities, suburban schoolyards, and urban neighborhoods. 4-H youth are learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills, guided by over 10,000 caring adult volunteers statewide. University of Missouri Extension 4-H is the youth development program of the nation's Cooperative Extension system.