How to resolve AdBlock issue? With every single livestock sector being represented, this event is not only fun and exciting for the youth of Saratoga County but is a mix of friendly competition and great networking for our youth. The 2013 Farmer Olympics had four stages of competitions with every leg of the event being timed. This year’s youth events included team butter making, round bail jumps, and baby bottle milk chugging. The final event, a favorite not only for the youth but for the parents watching, was the manure wheelbarrow relay race.
This event had 4-H’ers racing across the show tent with a wheelbarrow full of used straw, unloading the wheelbarrow, racing back across show tent to hand off the wheelbarrow to the next set of team members. At the end of the event the top five teams with the best overall times were recognized with special prizes. The first, second and third teams were awarded custom-made, long-sleeved black T-shirts that commemorated this special event for our youth.
A special thanks goes out to SUNY Cobleskill Alumni Foundation for providing our youth with this special prize. All participants were rewarded for their hard work with a large ice-cream cone donated by Stewarts Shop. The certificates were handed out by this year’s New York State FFA District 3 President, Miss Gabby Jordan. The end of the Ceremony was wrapped up with kind words of encouragement by Ms. Patty Southworth, the Town of Ballston Supervisor. We at Cornell Cooperative Extension would like to thank all of our volunteers for making this year’s 2013 Farmer Olympics Youth event possible. We cannot wait for next year’s event to be bigger and better than ever.
