{"id":26858,"date":"2024-04-05T12:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/?page_id=26858"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:28:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:28:35","slug":"swine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/animal-science-resources\/swine\/","title":{"rendered":"Swine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Swine Resources<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26859 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/04\/Swine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/04\/Swine-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/04\/Swine-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/04\/Swine-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/04\/Swine-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2024\/04\/Swine.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop4-h.org\/collections\/livestock-curriculum?filter.p.tag=Swine+Curriculum\">National 4-H Swine project books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.unh.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/migrated_unmanaged_files\/Resource002334_Rep3429.pdf\">UNH Swine Project Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Animal Approval Form for 4-H Animal Shows: <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/resource\/animal-approval-form-word\/\">Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/resource\/animal-approval-form-pdf\/\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contacts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sadee Mehuren, Waldo County 4-H Youth Development Professional, 207.342.5971, <a href=\"mailto:sadee.mehuren@maine.edu\">sadee.mehuren@maine.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Colt Knight: Associate Extension Professor &#8211; 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