A Louisiana 4-H team placed fifth overall in the National 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program. Team members were Micah Patout and Ridge Miguez of Iberia Parish, Jeremy Dixon of West Feliciana Parish and Deanna Jason of West Baton Rouge Parish. Sixteen teams from across the United States attended the competition, in which participants were introduced to a tract of land and asked to identify the practices they would use to manage wildlife.

Twelve 4-H members in grades 4-8 were selected statewide for the 2009 Junior Wildlife Tour. 4-H record books on Discovering 4-H, wildlife, environment, insects and aquaculture were submitted as part of the competition. The trip was held in August of 2009 at the LUMCON (Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium) facility in Fouchon. Iberia 4-H'ers Florencia Scaglia, Andrew Picheloup and Brennan Trahan were selected to attend along with LSU AgCenter 4-H agent Monique Sanchez.

Area producers and 4-H members participated in the Sugarcane Exhibits and Judging Contest during the Annual Sugarcane Festival, September 25-26, 2009.

More than 350 types of sweets were entered into the Iberia 4-H Sugar Cookery Contest on September 25, 2009, at the Cyr-Gates Community Center in New Iberia. 4-H'ers from across the parish competed in this annual contest sponsored by the Louisiana Sugarcane Festival Association and Cajun Sugar Co-Op. Results are listed by division and then alphabetically by club.

The State 4-H Horse Show was held July 7-11, 2009, at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center in West Monore. 4-H'ers from throughout the state competed in this event. Results from Iberia Parish included here.

Sugarcane Ripener Recommendations for 2009. Also included is a harvest schedule guide for your convenience.

The Iberia 4-H Junior Leader Newsline Newsletter provides information to Junior Leader members on educational programs, service-learning activities, other events and monthly deadlines. This volume is for the 2009-2010 school year, and the newsletters are published from September to May.

Photos taken from various Iberia Junior Leader Club Events

Iberia 4-H’ers competed for best in the state in more than 40 events ranging from plant identification, photography and flight simulation to speechmaking and fashion design. These are more pictures of those Iberia 4-H'ers who placed blue ribbon!

Iberia 4-H’ers competed for best in the state in more than 40 events ranging from plant identification, photography and flight simulation to speechmaking and fashion design. These are pictures of those Iberia 4-H'ers who placed blue ribbon!