Lancaster County Super Fair Drew More than 2.7K Exhibits from 4-H and FFA Youth

Lancaster County’s 2020 Super Fair drew more than 400 4-H and FFA (Future Farmers of America) youth to showcase more than 2,700 exhibits in the fair’s first time operating as a blended in-person and remote event. Exhibits included static, Clover Kids, animal, and contest formats and found a way to provide 4-H participants the opportunity to display the projects they spent so much time and effort completing during the year.

In planning how 4-H Super Fair activities would like during a pandemic, staff asked for input from parents, members, and volunteers alike via a survey. A total of 305 people completed the survey, which found that many key 4-H volunteers and superintendents were at increased risk for COVID-19 and let the organization to change many contests from in-person to virtual formats. Still, livestock and horse shows were in-person, with modifications to accommodate health guidelines, including a show-and-go format, daily health checks, wrist-banding exhibitors, and limiting the number of wristbands per day for exhibitors’ family members.

Lancaster County 4-H is a youth-development program committed to teaching practical and life skills. For more information, visit Lancaster.unl.edu/4h. To view archived livestreams and other slideshows, including the Fashion Cyber Runway Show video and photos, visit lancaster.unl.edu/4h/publicshowcases and SuperFair.org.