K-State Extension - Wichita County

05/14/2026

"Barn in the USA" is the theme for the 2026 Wichita County Fair! A Fun and Patriotic theme as the U.S.A celebrates our Semiquencentennial. The County Fair kicks off on Wednesday, July 29th, and continues through Saturday, August 1st.

05/11/2026

05/08/2026

Congratulations to our Graduating Wichita County 4-H Seniors!! Thank you for playing such a major role in our 4-H program over the past 12 years!! Best wishes with all of your future plans!!

03/12/2026

The 2026 Kansas Custom Rates Survey is now open, and we’re seeking feedback on rates paid for agricultural custom work across the state, including:
🚜 Custom harvesting
🌱 Land work
🌾 Haying & feed preparation
⚙️ Machinery rental

The survey is voluntary, anonymous, and confidential and takes less than 15 minutes to complete. Your responses help provide reliable information to Kansas farmers, ranchers, and the ag community.
🗓 Please complete by March 31
👉 https://tinyurl.com/custom26

03/11/2026

Mark Your Calendars for the Annual Wichita County 4-H Council and Library Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 4th at 10am at the Wichita County Courthouse.

02/21/2026

Congratulations to our Wichita County 4-H’ers that participated in Regional 4-H Club Day hosted in Leoti. We had a great turn out from all 6 counties participating (Wichita, Scott, Finney, Kearny, Hamilton & Greeley). Thanks to everyone that helped make the day a success!

Junior Demonstrations
Quaid Imler, 1st Blue County, 3rd Blue Regional

Senior Illustrated Talks
Faith Marcy, 1st Blue County, 2nd Blue Regional

Junior Readings
Mesa Owens, 1st Blue County, 3rd Blue Regionals
Kelly Owens, 2nd Blue County, 5th Blue Regionals

Junior Illustrated Talks
Cauy Larson, 1st Red County, 2nd Red Regional
Crue Larson, 2nd Red County, 3rd Red Regional

Project Talks
Lyvia Imler, 1st Blue County, 3rd Blue Regional
Camri Larson, 2nd Blue County, 4th Blue Regional

Show & Tell
Collin Berning, 1st Blue County, 2nd Blue Regional
Evan Oldham, 2nd Blue County, 3rd Blue Regional

Junior Instrumental Solos
Reid Marcy, 1st Blue County, 2nd Blue Regional
Quentin Myers, 2nd Blue County, 3rd Blue Regional
Baylee Long, 3rd Blue County, 4th Blue Regional
Kennedy Long, 4th Blue County, 10th Blue Regional

Senior Vocal Solos
Zachary Marcy, 1st Blue County, 1st Blue Regional

Model Meeting
Lydia Jayhawker’s, 2nd Blue Regional

Consumer Judging, Photography Judging & Livestock Skill-a-thon results will be available at a later date.

Congratulations to everyone one on a job well done!

01/20/2026

2.0 CEUs for Commercial Applicators Subcategory 1A - Agricultural Plant are approved for this program.

Upcoming W**d Managment School on February 17th.

01/20/2026

Upcoming W**d Managment School on February 17th.

01/15/2026

Congratulations to Faith Marcy! Faith has three 4-H Project Records that have advanced out of the Regional Level Screening onto the State Level Judging. Great Job Faith!

01/14/2026

Eager to learn a new skill in 2026? Be sure to join Chelsea King, Nutrition, Food Safety, and Health agent, Anthony Reardon, Horticulture - Small Farms agent, and special guest Ryan Engel, Golden Prairie District Horticulture agent, as they discuss at-home honey production, its uses, and nutritional benefits in the first Dig Your Dinner webinar of 2026. 🐝🐝🐝

Registration can be found here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/3dugpfu/lp/dd2750a8-1a5c-478a-bbc8-37ae7d9b5009