Junior Livestock Show


Time: 
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Date: 
Repeats every day until Tue Jul 10 2012 .
July 8, 2012
July 9, 2012
July 10, 2012
Program Type (if applicable): 
Summer
Featured on Calendar?: 
Not Featured on Calendar
institution: 
The Farmers' Museum (held at Iroquois Farm Showgrounds)

Junior Livestock Show
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, July 8-10 • 9:00am - 5:00pm
Iroquois Farm Showgrounds, River Road, Cooperstown, New York

The 65th annual Junior Livestock show is a celebration of youth in agriculture. The show is the second largest youth competition in the state and the only one of its kind sponsored by a museum in the United States. A tradition in central New York, the event features the area’s best livestock and youth exhibitors from a nine-county region. More than 300 youth handlers and 750 animals are expected to participate. The event tests the skills of participants (ages eight to eighteen) who present animals (dairy cows, beef, swine, goats, and sheep of various breeds) that they own, care for and have prepared for competition.

The Junior Livestock Show is conducted in cooperation with Cornell Cooperative Extension County 4-H educators and clubs throughout central New York. On-site services are provided by the Leatherstocking Corp. 

Admission to the show grounds is free, and the public is welcome to attend.
 

 

 

2011 Schedule (2012 schedule TBD)

Sunday

5:00pm:
 -  Chicken Bar-B-Que
7:00pm:
 - Dairy Judging Contest - Beef Show Tent
 - Dairy Goat Showmanship Clinic - Goat Show Tent
 - Livestock Judging Clinic - Swine Show Tent
7:30pm:
 - Ice Cream Social

Monday

9:00am:
 - Dairy Showmanship followed by breed classes up to and including Summer Yearlings for both Colored Breeds and Holsteins, to continue on Tuesday.
 - Sheep Showmanship followed by breed classes, then market animals to continue on Tuesday.
 - Beef Showmanship followed by breed classes, then market animals, to continue on Tuesday if needed.
 - Goat Showmanship followed by milking classes.
5:20pm:
 - Staff from NYCAMH will lead a discussion on Farm Emergency Response.  Dairy Show Tent
6:00pm:
 - NYCAMH Farmsafe for Kids Poster/Slogan Contest Awards, followed by Exhibitors and chaperones meeting, Dairy ShowTent

Tuesday

9:00am:
 - Swine Showmanship followed by breed classes, then market animals.
 - Judging of Goat Classes
 - Judging of remaining Dairy Classes
 - Judging of remaining Sheep Classes
 - Judging of remaining Beef Classes
2:30pm:
 - Parade of Champions
 - Selection of overall Dairy Goat Champion
 - Selection of overall Livestock Champion
 - Selection of overall Dairy Champion
 

Featured: 
not featured

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