The 2010 4-H Contest Day will be held Saturday, February 6th at Iberia Middle School. Four-H'ers will be able to participate in over 25 different speaking contests. Various educational workshops will also be held for elementary students. Lastly, the Fashion Contest will be held this day.

Journey Into Jobs will be held December 3rd at Sugarland Elementary. This is an annual event where 4-H'ers interview people representing various jobs/careers, as well as being interviewed by judges.

The annual Iberia Parish 4-H Fall Fun Day will be held Saturday, November 7, 2009, at Iberia Middle School. During the event, 4-H'ers can participate in the following: Beef, Rice and Seafood Cookery Contest; Bicycle Rodeo; and Steps to Fitness Expo.

The Iberia Parish 4-H Clover Chatter newsletters provide information to parish 4-H members and contain activities, events and deadlines occurring monthly.

4-H Camp is the statewide event that is both an educational and fun learning experience. The event is held in Pollock, Louisiana, on the LSU AgCenter's 80-acre campsite at the Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center.

Seventh-grade 4-H members from around Iberia Parish recently were given the opportunity to experience 4-H Challenge Camp. 4-H Challenge Camp allows youth to experience various challenges from a hands-on approach.

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.

The 2009 4-H Sugarcane Rabbit Show was held Saturday, September 26, in conjunction with the Sugarcane 4-H Livestock Show at SugArena in New Iberia. The 4-H rabbit project helps 4-H members gain knowledge and skills concerning rabbits. Also this project provides 4-H members opportunities to learn life skills through participation in a series of learning experiences. 4-H'ers must care daily for their rabbits and work with them in preparation for rabbit shows. The results are: