Livestock & Animal Science Program

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Interested in learning more about raising a project animal? This program will help you with the basics needed for raising meat birds, turkeys, beef, pigs, sheep, rabbits and goats for market at Broome County Fair 4-H auction or to fill your own family freezer. You are also welcome to participate and learn more about animal science even if you are not raising a project animal.

The livestock market program runs from January-July (ending with our livestock auction at the Broome County Fair). Each month we will hold meetings to learn about different aspect of choosing, raising and processing a livestock animal.

NEW THIS YEAR:
-Youth need to commit to the livestock program by 1/1/25
-MUST ATTEND 2 club meetings to participate in the auction. Below is a list of club meetings and important deadlines for the year.

October 20^th – Meat processing and Marketing Workshop
November 1^st-3^rd- NYS 4-H Goat and Sheep Symposium
November 13th - Kick Off Meeting
December 2nd - Parasite Lab
January 7th - Raising pigs from Birth to Market
January 29th - NYS 4-H Livestock Summit Workshop
February 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th - NYS 4-H Livestock Summit Workshops
February 27th- Farm Fire Safety
March 11th - Getting Started with Laying Hens (Virtual)
March 18th - Avian Influenza & Poultry Health Webinar (Virtual)
March 24th, 25th, & 26th - NYS 4-H Livestock Judging Series (Virtual)
March 27th - Feeding Fundamentals with Nutrena @ CCE Chenango County
March 28th- 29th - 2025 NYS Dairy Discovery @ Cornell University
May 3rd- Farm Bureau Auction, our yearly fundraiser-please plan on signing up for a shift HERE
May 8th – Calf Birthing Simulator with Dr. Rob Lynch
May 9th – Market Animal Project Paperwork Due
May 19th- Fair Kick Off Meeting
May 17th - Meat ID and Cooking your Meats
May 30th – Livestock Skill-a-thon
June 2nd- Horse Project Paperwork Due and Leased Animal Project Paperwork Due
June 10th- Marketing your stock
June 26th - Pullorum Clinic
June 30th - All Paperwork and Entries Due
July 26th- Livestock Market Auction at the Broome County Fair

The 4-H office has ordered turkey and meat chickens for youth who are interested in doing a turkey or meat chicken animal project. Families are responsible for paying for them. To reserve turkeys or meat chickens, reserve them HERE
Turkeys are expected to arrive the week of March 17th
Meat Chickens are expected to arrive the week of May 26th

The livestock auction will be held on Saturday, July 26th at 4pm in the Livestock Pavilion on the Broome County Fair Grounds. Youth who participated in a market animal project will be auctioning off their hard work. This is a great opportunity to purchase, fresh, local meat while supporting our youth as they develop entrepreneurship skills. To learn more about the auction and how you can support our youth visit out auction page!

All youth that are selling animals in this years livestock sale MUST complete Market Animal Project Certificate.

March 1st, 2025 for beef, dairy feeder and dairy steer
May 9th, 2025 for swine, sheep, rabbit and goat

Market Animal Project Digital Form

Market Animal Project Paper Form