The Junior Livestock Show brings together the best livestock and youth exhibitors from a nine-county region. In 2022, more than 160 youth handlers and 450 animals took part in the show. The event truly is a celebration of youth in agriculture as it tests the skills of youth handlers ages eight to eighteen who present animals (dairy cows, beef, swine, dairy goats, meat goats and sheep of various breeds) that they own, care for, and have prepared for competition.

Since 1947, The Farmers’ Museum has collaborated with the Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program to produce the show. It 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 Corporation. The show is sponsored in part by Chobani.