2025 Public Presentions Saturday, February 22, 2025 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Workforce Development Center, 248 Grant Ave , Auburn, NY 13021 2025 4-H Public PresentationsFebruary 22, 2025 at 10:00 am- 1pmAwards will be given at the end the event. Youth and families are encourage to stay to provide a positive audience for all youth.CCE of Cayuga County248 Grant Ave, AuburnRegistration Required by February 17The Public Presentations event provide youth an opportunity to develop and polish their public speaking skills. For this event, 4-H Youth will choose their own subject matter, or topic to create a public presentation. Through public presentations, youth learn to: express themselves clearly and convincingly; organize their ideas and present them in a logic order; research subjects; problem solving skills; develop self-confidence and much more. There are 5 different public presentations that 4-H Members can choose from. These option include: Demonstration, Illustrated Talk, Formal Speech, Recitation, Food Demonstration and Team Presentations.If your presentation includes a Food Demonstration or live animal you must email Sara Wagner at smw352@cornell.edu to ensure that your presentation can be supported. Live animals or food demonstrations including tree nuts or peanuts will not be permitted at the District Public Presentation event.More information on Public Presentations on the 4-H website.Presenter's guides can be found here.4-H curriculum on effective public speaking, suitable for club or independent member use, can be found here. Sara Wagner, smw352@cornell.edu Registration: https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/2025PublicPresentations-2_205 ========================================= 2025 Cayuga Dairy Day Workshop Wednesday, February 26, 2025 10:30 am - 2:30 pm Potters Farm to Fork, 1951 NY-31 , Port Byron, NY 13140 Raising dairy replacements takes a good deal of time and money. Times have changed and dairy farmers are now striving to reducing the number of heifer calves being produced and raised. If you are, what is the right number of heifers to raise? The Cayuga County Dairy Day Workshop is designed to provide you the tools in answering many farm specific questions before you can determine the number of calves to keep. This will be an activity based program. (Worksheets will be provided) Register: Call/Text 315-704-8810 or email rak76@cornell.eduTopicsHow many Dairy Replacements do you REALLY need?With Betsy Hicks, Regional Dairy Management Specialist. Today’s dairy farms are now breeding an increased number of healthier, genetically superior calves from the same number of cows. We have moved away from raising every heifer to focusing on the quality of the calves we keep. Plus, the value of replacements heifers has soared in addition to the price for beef X dairy calves. How do you choose who stays and who goes? The bottom line is to make sure you have enough heifers, at different stages to move into the milking herd.Improving Land Use - Matching Forage, Acres, Stock, and Storage With Joe Lawrence, Cornell Dairy Forage Specialist. Regardless of the dairy's herd size, there is one key theme that applies to everyone, a land base that matches the number of cows and heifers in the herd. Today’s goal is to provide a tool for farmer to align these areas so that acreage planning is optimized, storage shrink is minimized and livestock are allocated the best feed possible for the diets formulated.Home Grown Grains-the economics of growing energy and protein. With Janice Degni, Regional Field Crops Specialist.  Dairy operations need to be "custom tailored" to the resources available.This includes exchanging forage acres for grain production. Considerations for success includes understanding true cost of production versus cost of purchased grain and will time devoted to this come at the expense of taking care of cows? $25 (lunch and program materials included) Ronald Kuck, rak76@cornell.edu, (315) 704-8810 cell & text ========================================= Beef and Dairy Steer Weigh In Saturday, March 1, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 10765 Cooper St. , Cato, NY 13033 Youth wanting to raise beef or dairy steers for the 2025 Cayuga County Market Livestock Auction will need to have them officially weighed in at this event. Animals will need to be permanently tagged before coming to the event. Other species (sheep, goats, and swine) may be brought to this event to be weighed if so desired but are not required. Other species may have their weigh-in done with a veterinary or bathroom scale. Sara Wagner, smw352@cornell.edu Registration: https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/WeighIn_205 ========================================= Youth Tractor Safety Certification Class Tuesday, February 25, 2025 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm The 4-H Youth Development Program of Cornell Cooperative Extension in Cayuga County will  conduct Tractor Safety Certification classes for Youth beginning on Tuesday, February 2. This is the only course to be held in Cayuga County for 2025 to certify youth. The Hazardous Occupation in Agricultural Law requires that youth ages 14 to 16 must have at least 24 hours of tractor safety and maintenance instruction to drive a tractor on a farm other than that owned by their parents. Every employer of a young, hired employee should consider this class for their present and summer help. Youth that are only 13 may take the course for the safety experience but will not receive certification. Youth do not need to be 4-H members or residents of Cayuga County. Pre-registration is required. Class size will be limited. The cost of the course is $45 per person (fee can be waived for certain circumstances), which includes a student manual and must be paid before the first class. Note: You do not need to be a Cayuga County resident to enroll. Attendance is required at all classes in order for students to become certified. Please see listed dates below. Dates of Classes:Tuesday February 25Wednesdays, March 5, 12, 19, 26,Wednesdays, April 2, 9, 23Times: 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Location varies with classes, held in: Auburn (6), Scipio Center (1) and Moravia (1)Full schedule available before first class. Cost: $45.00 for ALL Youth (includes a student manual). Register: The deadline to register is February 18, 2025, on a first come first served basis $45/person includes student manual. Fee waivers are available. Registration: https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/2025_Tractor_Safety_205 =========================================