 The 2025 Canadian National 4-H & Youth Judging Competition (CN4HYJ) was held on November 23 – 25, 2026 at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, Saskatchewan. 68 competitors from across Canada participated in the event, with the following 12 making up the 4-H Saskatchewan team: Teresa Friesen (Carlton Trail 4-H Club), Erica Zoerb (Crown Hill 4-H Club), Payton Caldwell (Brokenshell Multiple 4-H Club), Hannah Caldwell (Brokenshell Multiple 4-H Club), Katherine Possberg (Next Step 4-H Club), Avarie Conacher (Northern Spirit 4-H Club), Avvi Brehaut (Wawota 4-H Beef Club), Casey Brady (Carievale 4-H Beef Club), Liam Watson (Cymri 4-H Beef Club), June Bloor (Lomond 4-H Beef & Homecrafts 4-H Club), Cash Wilgenbush (Cymri 4-H Beef Club), Vanessa Charko (Moose Range 4-H Beef Club/Carrot River Light Horse 4-H Club). The competition began on Sunday, November 23 at the Atlas Hotel, where competitors registered, received their competition jackets, and took part in a supper and competition orientation. They then judged the first three classes: Honey and Water, which were written reasons classes, as well as a Grain Identification class. The competition resumed on Monday, November 24th at the Chevy GMC arena in the International Trade Centre on the Agribition grounds. The morning consisted of the remaining judging classes, including Charolais, Hereford, Speckle Park, Light Horse, Alpaca and Prospect Steers. Competitors gave oral reasons on these classes to a variety of judges in the Queensbury Building. Competitors explained their reasons for placing the class, being careful to use the proper terminology for each specific species, while paying close attention to the confirmation and characteristics of the individual classes. After the competition and some free time at Agribition, competitors returned to the hotel for the Awards Banquet, where the class high points and top five competitors were named. The group was joined by guest speaker, International Cattle Judge, PJ Budler, and the Government of Saskatchewan’s Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Daryl Harrison.  The final placings were then announced. The results were as follows:
High point awards per class were listed as follows: Prospect Steers: Max Burris (U of S) & Emma Thomason (Lakeland); Honey: Emma Thomason (Lakeland); Water: Payton Caldwell (4-H SK); Grain ID: Hailey Klassen (4-H Manitoba) & Keira Duguid (Manitoba Youth Roundup); Alpaca: Emma Thomason (Lakeland); Charolais: Cameron MacDonald (U of S); Hereford: Emma Thomason (Lakeland); Speckle Park: Payton Caldwell (4-H SK); Light Horse: Katherine Possberg (4-H SK).  Tuesday November 25th saw the Judging Competition Finals in the John Deere Sale Arena, where the top five judged a cattle class and each gave their oral reasons to the audience. Guest Judge PJ Budler assessed the top five youth judges, naming the following as his “top three”, with the first placing moving on to the Judging Panel of the First Lady Classic.
Congratulations to: · 1st: Cameron MacDonald, U of S · 2nd: Max Burris, U of S · 3rd: Emma Thomason, Lakeland Special thank you to the 4-H Saskatchewan Team Chaperone, Rachelle Zoerb, for accompanying the team throughout the event. Event sponsors included TD Canada Trust, Corteva Agriscience, and A-way to Work (International Rural Exchanges Canada). Congratulations to 4-H Saskatchewan’s amazing judging team!
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Please note the following policy updates effective for the 2025/2026 4-H year.
Record Keeping Requirements- Updated PP-1 Saskatchewan 4-H Requirements - 1.1 Membership Requirements 1.1.3 Member Requirements- 1g. g. Complete and Exhibit Record Keeping i. Record keeping materials must receive a mark of at least 50% or receive approval from club leaders to be considered complete. a. a member who does not receive 50% or completion approval should be given the opportunity to resubmit their record keeping materials within a reasonable amount of time to receive a passing mark and consider their year complete. 4-H Questionnaire Policy- Removed The questionnaire is no longer a requirement for completing the 4-H year. The 4-H facts and information sheet will be available for leaders to include questions on their project quiz at their own discretion. Accommodation Form- NEW! PP-2 Saskatchewan 4-H Projects - 2.3 Rules regarding Animal Projects & Shows 2.3.2 4-H Shows and Competitions (Achievement Day or Inter-Club) 5. Cloverbud, junior, and members with an accommodation, will not be penalized for assistance in the show ring. Assistance should be provided by an older registered 4-H member whenever possible. Sheep Livestock Policy - Updated Continuation and market projects PP-2 Saskatchewan 4-H Projects - 2.3 Rules regarding Animal Projects & Shows 2.3.9 Rules Specific to Sheep Projects 1. Sheep members must have fed, cared for and fitted their animal for at least three months prior to Achievement Day. 2. As required by CSIP, sheep must be identified by RFID tags. 3. Ewe continuation project a. A member showing a yearling ewe, mature ewe, or ewe with natural lamb(s) at side must have completed a project year with the same animal as a ewe lamb. 4. A market lamb project may be a ewe lamb or a wether lamb. Beef Livestock Policy- NEW Calendar year calf PP-2 Saskatchewan 4-H Projects - 2.3 Rules regarding Animal Projects & Shows 2.3.6 Rules Specific for Beef Projects 5. Calendar Year Calf Project a. Any member may complete the calendar year calf project - if a junior, intermediate, or senior members chooses the calendar year calf project, they are not eligible to compete in any other beef projects that year. - An accommodation form or calendar year calf form must be submitted to the Provincial 4-H Office for approval at the time of registration for junior, intermediate or senior members. If anyone has any questions about policies, please contact your regional 4-H specialist for more information. 51 competitors age 6-21 attended Weyburn Regional Judging competition. Members judged: Market Lambs provided by Weyburn 4-H Sheep Club. Chickens provided by Brokenshell Multiple 4-H Club. Market Steers & Bred Heifers provided by 4-H members attending the Weyburn 4-H Show & Sale. Lastly red spring wheat provided by Viterra. Thank you to our following judges: Janelle Osborn, Pam Bartlett, Brodyn LaBatte, Olivia Woytiuk and Ashlee Wilgenbusch. Top Judge sponsors for this event were: Willow River Farms and Leguee Farms. Winning Cloverbud: Audree Jutras (Benson 4-H Beef Club). Winning Junior: Abigail Jutras (Benson 4-H Beef Club). Winning Intermediate: Andie Fradette (Pangman-Ogema 4-H Beef Club) Winning Senior: Amy Fradette (Pangman-Ogema 4-H Beef Club). Major sponsors for this event were SAASE & Saskatchewan 4-H. Without their contributions this event would not be possible. Top 8 representing Weyburn who will attend Provincial Judging on August 8-9 in Yorkton will be: Amy Fradette, Cash Wilgenbusch, Payton Caldwell, Liam Watson, Rowyn Shier, Sarah Felske, Colton Lunde and Hudson Vandenhurk. Congratulations to the representatives, and great job to everyone who attended.
The 4-H Public Speaking season has come to an end where the final event happened this past Saturday, April 26th! 2025 Provincial 4-H Public Speaking was hosted by District #22/23 4-H Council and took place at the Sutherland Hall in Saskatoon. 36 of the best 4-H speakers in the province, along with their families, came together to celebrate these amazing members and their communication skills. All attendees should be proud of their hard work and dedication that resulted in competing at this level. Once the competition was completed, an awards banquet commenced where the following winners were announced: Cloverbud
Thank you to the judges who gave their time to make the difficult judging decisions. To the volunteers who worked hard beforehand and during the event to make it a success — thank you so much for your dedication to the 4-H program. Thank you to the event sponsors: 4-H Saskatchewan and Provincial Partners, J-Frame Construction Ltd., UFA, Masterfeeds, FCC, and Sheady Farms . We hope all participants got the most out of the day and enjoyed sharing their speeches with the provincial audience. Congratulations to all the winners and we hope to see you all again next year!  The 2025 Provincial 4-H Curling Competition was held in Yorkton Saskatchewan February 14 – 16, 2025 at Yorkton’s state-of-the-art Gallagher Centre. This exciting event was hosted by the East 4-H Region’s own Springside 4-H Beef Club, with General Leader Mandie Foster as committee chairperson. Thank you Mandie and Springside! The weekend’s festivities began on Friday night, where eight Junior and eight Senior teams converged for the first draw of the weekend. Junior 4-H curlers are aged 6 to 13 years of age, with Senior team members aged 14 to 21. Teams represented the province’s three newly formed 4-H regions: the North Region, West Region and East Region. This year’s host had an extra important task of determining a brand-new draw for three regional groups (as opposed to our previous four regions). The draw would need to offer teams many games without timely waiting periods, but also prevent teams from leaving the event early after unsuccessful games. Chairperson Mandie came through! Using a ‘Pool’ system for the draws, each team was in a four-team pool, thus guaranteeing them three games each on Friday and Saturday. Because there were the same number of teams in each age group, all teams were able to play at the exact same time, adding to the excitement amongst audience members in the rink. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the finals, and teams were chosen based on win/loss record, as well as a team ‘Draw to the Button’ distance after each game. An official Opening Ceremonies was held on Saturday, with East Member Ambassador Dinah Buhler serving as MC. Bagpiper Ferne Katzberg led the procession, joined by a member of the RCMP, the City of Yorkton Mayor Aaron Kienle, Committee Member Leonard Foster, Regional 4-H Manager Melodi Hawkesford-Lee, 4-H Hall of Fame inductee Marlene Tymiak, East Leader Delegate Board Member Susan Avramenko, East Leader Ambassador Paula Beattie, and of course, Harold the 4-H Hare! Next came the Parade of Champions that included the following curling teams: West Region Junior Teams:
Sunday’s games consisted of a more ‘familiar’ draw for 4-Hers – a short double knockout, 1-winner draw. After a day of hard curling, the Provincial 4-H Curling results were as follows: Junior Final Placings:
Senior Final Placings:
Officials for the weekend included Kristina Just, Barb Woytas, Alia O’Neill, Vicky Breitkreuz, Jennifer Kriger and Mandie Foster. A huge thank you goes out to the Springside 4-H Beef Club for hosting this event – in particular, committee members Jennifer Kriger, Leonard Foster, and especially Chairperson Mandie Foster. Platinum Level Sponsors ($2,000 +) for this event included 4-H Saskatchewan, and the Kinsmen Club of Yorkton who covered all rink rental fees! Gold Level Sponsors ($301 to $500) included Werner Farms (Kalvin & Maureen Werner of Springside), Springside Recreation Association, Yorkton Curling Club, Whitesand Wildlife Club, Parks Jewellery, T & H Trucking Ltd., and Legacy Co-op for sponsoring all snacks. Silver Level Sponsors ($200 to $300) included Yorkton Lions Club, Hiduk Ventures Inc. from Jedburgh, Yorkton Exhibition Association, Blue Collar Bull Sale, Pheasantdale Cattle Company, MazerGroup of Yorkton, Cornerstone Credit Union Bronze Level Sponsors (up to $199) included Legacy Speckle Park & Angus, Yorkton Branch of Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists, and Richardson Pioneer Canora. Thank you to all competitors, coaches, committee members, volunteers, contributors and sponsors for your support at this top-notch event! 
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