Year:	4-H Age:	Years in Project:

Circle one: Beef, Bucket Calf, Dairy (cattle & goats) Dog, Horse, Pets, Poultry, Rabbit, Meat Goat, Sheep, Swine

Project Goals Write your goals at the beginning of the 4-H year. Include goals in learning, leadership, and citizenship; including all you want to do, learn and accomplish in the project.
What are your goals?	Will Do Myself	Will Need Help	Check if Accomplished
Example: Learn how to feed a steer to a proper end weight	X	X
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Project Presentations (Permanent Record Section 2) (Demonstrations, Project Talks, other Communications)
Date	Title/Description	Location/Event	Audience #
1/1/16	“What is YPQA Plus”, Demonstration	4-H Club Day	12
Animal Project Inventory Record all the animals carried within project for the current 4-H year. Note animals kept, sold, consumed, or lost.
Name of Animal	Id Tag or Tattoo #	Breed	Sex	Date of Birth	Date PurchasedA	Purchase Price/ValueB	Kept/Sold/Died Consumed	Animal ValueC

Total(1) (beginning):$___________ Total(2) (ending):$________

AApplies only if you purchased the animal. If you raised the animal, leave blank.

BIf you purchased the animal, list purchase price. If you raised the animal, list the Fair Market Value of animal at birth/project start. (Fair Market Value = What it would cost if you had to buy it or what you could get if you sold it at that point in time)

CList the value of animals that you have on hand at the end of project year. If the animal died, please list a loss value. If you sold or consumed the animal, report this in the Project Income section.

Project Income Complete only the boxes that apply to your project. Total by month and for the project year. If actual sales are not made, estimate a value of your project. This could be product used, donated or consumed.
Month	Kind (meat, milk, eggs, wool, breeding stock etc..)	Amount (lbs., gals., doz., etc…)	Price per Unit (lbs., cwt, gals., head, etc…)	Premiums (ribbon, show, auction, etc…)	Totals
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
July
Aug
Sept

Total (3):$_______________

Feed Expense Record the kind, amount and value of feed each time a purchase is made or a quantity of home-raised feed is used for project. Report pasture usage by months. Estimate feed usage if you don’t know exact amounts. List market animal feed separate from breeding/other feed expenses, for the purpose of efficiency calculations later on.
Date	Kind of feed, grain, protein, supplement, roughage, pasture… (1 line each type or feeding period)	Quantity of Feed (lbs)	Cost of Feed Per unit / Amount	Remarks: List items: feed changes, ration notes, feeding troubles, etc…

DTotal Lbs. Fed (4):__________ ETotal Cost (5):$_________

(4)F Lbs. Fed Market:__________	(5)F $Market:__________

D: Add together the total pounds of feed fed, from all feed categories, for all animals in the project.

E: Add together the total cost of feed fed (including pasture cost if applicable) for all animals in the project.

F: Portion of project allotted to Market Animals carried in the project. Use this for projects that have both market and breeding.

Other Expenses List all other expenses you have related to your project. Record these by month and category.
Items	Description	Total
Vet bills
Bedding
Insecticides
Show expense
Grooming fees
Boarding/Fence/ Housing
Equipment
Tag/Id fees
Registration
Training
Breeding fees
Insurance
Interest paid
Other

Total (6):$_________

Market Animal Project Performance Record Use this section to record weight gain on market animals. If you do not have exact weights, estimates are acceptable.
Animal ID/ Name	Date Started on Feed	Beginning Weight	Final Weight	Date of Final Weight	Total lbs. of GainG	Days on FeedH	Average Daily GainI

Totals (7):______(8):_________

G: Final Weight (column 4) – Beginning Weight (column 3) = Total Pounds of Gain

H: Number of days between Date Started on Feed and Date of Final Weight (column 5 – column 2)

I: Total Lbs. of Gain (column 6) / Days on Feed (column 7) = Average Daily Gain

Market Animal Project Efficiency Information

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Total lbs. of Gain (7)	Total Days on Feed (8)	Total Average Daily Gain

$__________________________	/________________________	=	$_______________________

(5)F$ Market Feed Costs	Total lbs. of Gain (7)	Feed Cost per lb. of Gain

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(4)F Total lbs. of Feed to Market	Total lbs. of Gain (7)	Lbs. of Feed Fed per # of Gain

Animal Breeding Information Use this section to record breeding and/or offspring information on all breeding aged animals carried within the project.
Animal ID/ Name J	Date Bred	Sire ID	Natural/ AI/ET	Offspring DOB or Due Date	Number Born Alive K	Date Weaned	Number Weaned L

Total Females Bred (10):______	Total Born Alive (11):_________Total #Weaned (12):_____

(J even if no offspring were produced)	(add all boxes in column K)	(add all boxes column L)

Breeding Animal Offspring Record Record animal offspring as a result of information from breeding information above or previous year information.
Offspring ID/Name	Date of Birth	Dam ID/ Name	Sire ID/ Name	Description (color, sex, markings, etc…)	Status (sold, kept for breeding, died, etc…)
Project Financial Summary Fill in the blanks to determine the net income or loss for your project. Most projects will not generate a profit, which is ok!!! Almost everything we do within a project has cost or values associated with it. This section is designed to help you realize cost and value within the project. A loss does not reflect the value of your project; it is more about the skills learned, responsibility gained and growth as a young person. This section isn’t about profit or loss, but rather the life skill of record keeping!

Income & Value at Close of Record/Project Year

Value of animals at close of year	Enter #(2) $_________________________

Value of animals or products sold or used at home	Enter #(3) $_________________________

Total value project developed	add (2+3) Total Income (TI)	$_________________________

Expenses & Starting Value

Value of animals at start of year	Enter #(1) $_________________________

Feed Cost	Enter #(5) $_________________________

Other Expenses	Enter #(6) $_________________________

Total expenses of project	Add (1+5+6)	Total Expenses (TE)	$_________________________

NET PROFIT OR LOSS [(TI)-(TE)] $__________________________

Project Exhibits (Permanent Record Section 2 and/or 4) Community events, tours, school events, shows and any other place you share project work. This is more than fair exhibits.
Date	Exhibit(s)	Event/Location	Placing/ Recognition
09/09/16	Senior Western Horsemanship class	Kansas State Fair	Red

Project Learning Experiences (Permanent Record Sections1, 2 and/or 3) Include project meetings/workshops, shows, concerts, any learning experiences related to the project
Date	What I Did	What I Learned
10/15/16	Attended dog project meeting	Simple commands for my dog to sit
Project Leadership (Permanent Record Section 1 and/or 3) Local (L), County/District (C/D), Area/Regional (A/R), State (S), National (N) Include all 4-H committees, offices, action teams, or any leadership related to your project. Leadership is having major responsibility for guiding the planning and carrying out of an activity to help a group attain its goal. Skills could include teaching another person or a group skills or information and includes organizing or coordinating an activity, event, or meeting, selecting and preparing materials, and selecting presenters. Keywords showing leadership include: plan, facilitate, conduct, teach, guide, lead, etc…
Date	What I Did	Level
Project Citizenship (Permanent Record Section 3) Local (L), County/District (C/D), Area/Regional (A/R), State (S), National (N) Include all 4-H citizenship and service related to your project. Citizenship means helping out in your community, serving others and doing things for other people without pay or compensation. The primary goal is to benefit someone else.
Date	What I Did	Level

4-H PROJECT STORY & PHOTOS

Project Reflection: (To be used by 7-9 year olds instead of a separate 4-H project story. 4-H members age 10 & older may complete this section in addition to an attached project story.) IF you are age 10 or older, a separate project specific story should be attached on a separate sheet of paper (no more than six (6) pages) telling about your project. Talk about why you chose the project, experiences, goals, challenges, successes, field trips, activities, income/expense, project meetings, tours, presentations given, accomplishments, things you hope to try next year, etc... Please use at least 10 point font, single side of paper. You may also include up to three (3) pages of photos. Photos should be on white paper, single sided, no more than six (6) photos on a page and have captions describing what is happening in photos. 7 -9 year olds may attach a project story with photos or simply complete the Project Reflection below. Supporting photo pages for 7-9 using Project Reflection section, encouraged.

1. The favorite part of my project was…_________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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2. The part of my project that I am proud of is…_________________________________________

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3. The most difﬁcult part of the project was…____________________________________________

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4. The most important thing I learned in this project was…_________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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5. Next year I want to…_______________________________________________________________

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Ways you received help this year included: (Check all that apply)

☐	Attended project training (project meetings/project fairs) offered at the Club, District, Area, or State level.
☐	Guidance from a 4-H leader, guest presenter or adult.
☐	Use of printed, audio or video resources (CCS, resources on www.meadowlark.k-state.edu/4-h, other…)
☐	Own knowledge
☐	Help from friends/other youth
☐	Other (describe)

Member Signature ____________________________

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