People want to support
them, and the community
wants to support them.
I think the real
unsung heroes are the--
are the folks that are in
that room right now purchasing
animals, but also
the families that
support the kids
while they raise
and care for their animals.
We are in Madeira at Producers
Livestock sales yard.
The Madeira County Farm Bureau
has partnered with Producers
Livestock to be the platform
to help 4H and FFA students
sell their animals
this year in lieu of--
of the cancellation
of most fairs
and county fairs
across California.
LIAM CAVALETTO: It was
very disappointing,
because of the fact that this
was going to be my last fair.
And like I said, I've been
doing fairs for 10 years,
so it's really just a
part of my life now.
For my dairy heifer, I
started out my freshman year.
And it's a two-year project.
So I get a new dairy
heifer every summer,
and I raise that
one for two years.
So it's a lot of
investment with feed
and just having your animal
healthy, watching it.
That's a lot of time for
a lot of these members.
NICK DAVIS: I feel that
we're offering them
the sale of their animal,
but unfortunately they
don't get to experience the
entire fair experience, where
they would spend a week
or so or longer preparing
for the animals, caring
for their animals,
showing their animals,
and then eventually
selling their animals.
So we're helping
out, stepping in,
and doing the best we can to
at least sell their animal,
recoup some of their costs.
It may not be the highest
price that they would normally
get this time of year, but
we're happy that we could
just help them a little bit.
LIAM CAVALETTO:
There's still a lot
of work that has to go into
these projects and into school.
You don't want to
give up on them.
You still have a sale, you know.
You still want your
animal to look its best,
as if it were going to fair.
You still want it fed well,
you still want it cleaned,
and you still want it taken care
of and treated with respect,
because it is also an
animal and it is also
a project that's a lot
of money and that you
invest a lot of time in.
By no means can you
give up on it just
because the fair was canceled.
ZOE BITTER: It was
a great feeling
to know that our community
was still supporting us.
They really helped and stepped
up to hold this auction.
And I'm very appreciative of
Madeira County Farm Bureau
and also our community
for coming to this event
and still supporting those
local 4H and FFA members.
There's a lot of buyers in
there that are buying animals,
but then they're--
they're giving them
back for resale.
They're not even
taking them themselves.
The community is going
to want to support
the kids in our community
and in our industry.
I think the real
unsung heroes are the--
are the folks that are in
that room right now purchasing
animals, but also
the families that
support the kids
while they raise
and care for their animals.
