Upcoming Trainings and Workshops

Extension At Home is a series of virtual workshops that will be held at 10:00 a.m. (EST) on the third Tuesdays of each month in 2025, brought to you by a collaboration of Cooperative Extension Agents.

YOUTH EVENTS

Runway 4-H Fashion Revue-Wearable Outfit or Garment

Who may participate?

This competition is for youth that want to show off their sewing skills by making something that they can wear. That might be a dress, blouse and a skirt, pj pants, apron, etc. Here are some of the main things you need to keep in mind for this competition. Each county may send their three top winners in the age divisions of 8-13 and 14-18 to this competition. However, each county may send as many Cloverbud participants as they please. Many people ask, "Do I have to have a competition in my county for this district event?" The answer is no, you do not. In Yadkin County, we do not have a large group of kids that sew, so I set my deadline as the district deadline because I would be lucky to have two in the competition. So please do what is best for your county as far as registering for this competition. An interview will be required for this category and the date will be coming out for that soon (the Google Doc letter will have the date added by the end of the week).

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Small Sewing Creations

Who may participate?

In these categories, any 4-H’er ages 5-18 in the North Central District can participate in this competition. 4-H’ers are limited to entering one entry per category. The categories are:

Pillow

Bags 

Stuffed toy 

Hand stitched

Miscellaneous

Ages 5-7 will receive a small prize for their efforts. Ages 8-13 and 14-18 will receive 1st-3rd place ribbons and a small prize for their efforts. This is our first year doing this competition, so changes will most likely be made in the future regarding this competition.

Please contact Mrs. Brandi for more information. 

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4-H SUMMER FUN

Our 4-H Summer Fun brochure will be coming out mid-April!  Please keep a look out for it! And Mark Your Calendars for May 7th for Summer Fun Sign Up!  Remember you must make or update your 4-H enrollment account before you can sign up!

4-H Overnight Camp

It's time to start thinking about fun in the sun! This year Caswell County 4-H will be traveling to Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center in Reidsville June 22-27th for our overnight 4-H Camp. To make sure your spot is saved please contact Mrs. Brandi Boaz and pay your $100 non-refundable camp deposit.

Camp will cost $545 however with basic scholarships we can bring it down to $300 (your deposit counts toward this).We also can apply to many county and state opportunities for camp scholarships try to bring the cost down even more.

We have many payment options. Please contact Brandi Boaz, blwagne2@ncsu.edu or 336-694-4158 ext. 3 for more information.

Additional Programming Information 

The Caswell County Cooperative Extension will host a Cattle Reproduction Workshop May 23rd follow the link for time and registration information. You can register for this event at https://go.ncsu.edu/may25reproduction

Important Youth Livestock Dates: We are excited that the 2025 Youth Livestock Season is here! Below are some important dates and reminders that you need to keep in mind! 

Once we know you have your animals on farm, we will be doing similar visits that we done last year, to check in with you and gather weights and check out your animals health and progress (Good project record information). 

Once we look at school calendars, we will plan the required YQCA training for youth, and shearing day. 

IMPORTANT DATES

November 1st- Market and feeder steers of beef breeds must be owned and on farm for CPJLS. 

December 1st- Steers must be on farm for PCYLA

January 19th- Heifers must be in possession of exhibitor. Can be on another farm- PCYLA

February 19th- Hogs myst be tagged, and on farm - CPJLS

February 19th- Hogs must be in possession of exhibitor and on feed-PCYLA

February 19th- Youth YQCA Workshop at the Caswell Co. Extension office 

February 24th- Goats and Sheep must be in possession of the exhibitor.-PCYLA

February 27th- ALL YOUTH that are showing MUST be registered in 4-H Online. Visit v2.4honline.com to register (this will open the week of Jan 14th.) If you have any questions contact Brandi. 

February 28th- Deadline for ALL animals and exhibitors to be entered in to PCYLA System. 

March 1st- Heifers, Lambs and Goats must be on farm/ in possession for CPJLS

March 15th- Deadline for ALL animals and exhibitors to be entered into the CPJLS system

April 8th & 9th- Central Piedmont Junior Livestock Show

https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/cpjls

April 21st- PCYLA Set up Depending on last name

April 25th & 26th - Pittsylvania-Caswell Livestock Show

https://sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/cpjls

April 27th- Show Breakdown- PCYLA

Youth Livestock Dates Info: Livestock/Poultry Youth-

Calendar Link here: https://go.ncsu.edu/youth-livestock-calendar

**All 2025 dates released so far are updated on the Calendar!

Pittsylvania -Caswell Youth Livestock Show & Sale

Show Dates April 25 - 26, 2025

Olde Dominion Ag Center, Chatham, VA 

 Please review the rules and regulations available on Showman  Changes are in red.

You can also find everything you need on the show webpage http://sites.google.com/vt.edu/pcyla. 

PCYLA Registration Here:

 https://showman.app/shows#/pcyla-9204/

THINGS TO KNOW ...

The 2025 Caswell County Farmers Market season will include a "Donation Station", a Cooperative Extension program that will assist both our farmers and families in need of food in our community. We are asking area businesses to support our efforts with $100 weekly sponsorships to provide local produce/protein to be purchased from farmers and presented to the 'pantry of the week'. The pantries will distribute the food to those in need. To donate online go to caswelllocalfoods.org or email mgrscaswelllocalfoods@gmail.com

We are excited to have new and additional equipment for our Caswell residents and neighboring counties to rent for your planting and farming needs. Please see the attached flyer about rental cost and scan the QR code for rental agreement. Additional information will be available soon call our office at 336-694-4158 if you have questions or would like to inquire about equipment rental. 

To submit rental request click here: https://forms.gle/UrJ79xxHgTu2MQVT7

Caswell County Extension Service & Caswell County Local Foods will have a community lunch Wednesday April 16th 11:30-1:30pm at 106 Court Square. Lunch is free and open to the public, donations are greatly appreciated! 

Contact our Digital Agent Tyler Cobb if you would like to attend a digital class or have any general tech questions 336-694-4158 ext 8

Be sure to like and follow us on Facebook @CaswellExtension 

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