Middletown, NY – The 4-H Dairy and Livestock programs will be bringing back their annual Calf & Livestock Sale! The 27^th Annual Orange County 4-H Calf & Livestock Sale is set to take place on Saturday, May 10 starting at 5 p.m. at the Education Center & 4-H Park in Otisville, New York. The event will include a live animal sale, silent auction, and dinner for purchase!

Through this fundraising event the Orange County 4-H Dairy & Livestock programs are able to provide programming and other educational opportunities to 4-H members. The Orange County 4-H Program offers many experiences and opportunities to its members.  There are educational contests, workshops/seminars, project meetings, trips, opportunities to work with local farmers and taking care of project animals, leadership skill development, community service and much more. Parents, volunteers, agriculture businesses, and partners help us to hold this fundraising event every year.  The Orange County 4-H program is providing youth in Orange County with a chance to learn about agriculture and develop career ready skills. Last year, our Sale helped raise over $7,000 to help support these efforts.

The Sale also provides an evening for local dairy and livestock farmers and businesses to get together, converse, and promote their agricultural businesses and practices.

Our sale committee is extremely grateful for the support our calf sales have received from the agricultural community. This year, once again, the sale committee is seeking animal consignments, including registered or non-registered dairy or beef cattle consignments, as well as sheep, goats, pigs, turkeys, chickens, and rabbits. We kindly request that consignments must be committed by March 15^th, 2025. If you would like to consign any cattle or livestock, please visit https://bit.ly/40YWko0 to fill out the questionnaire.

To learn more about this event or learn how you could get your youth involved in this program, or to learn more about consigning an animal, please contact Zoe Lockburner, Livestock/4-H Livestock, Dairy, and Equine Educator at 845-344-1234 or zrl7@cornell.edu.

Cornell Cooperative Extension and its partnerships provide programs for Orange County residents on youth and family development; nutrition, health, and food safety; community and economic vitality; and agricultural sustainability through Cornell based research.  Committed to Orange County, we design programs to meet local needs to enable people to improve their lives and communities.  For more information call Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County at 845-344-1234 or visit our website at www.cceorangecounty.org.

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