Palomares 4H

08/05/2026

Congratulations Grace… outstanding job!

07/22/2026

Well done, Grace… Congratulations!!!

07/17/2026

Go get 'um Bayside and Palomares... we are proud of you!!

Good luck to our Alameda County 4-H exhibitors as they compete in the champion challenge today at the CA State Fair!

California State Fair

07/15/2026

Palomares 4-H had a great year at the Alameda County Fair! THANK YOU to all the Fair & Livestock Staff and the Junior Livestock Auction Boosters who work tirelessly to support our kids and their projects... we couldn't do it without you!! See you next year! 🍀❤️

07/11/2026

How much freezer space do you need?? Check out this great display! On average:
• 2 boxes of Goat meat
• 3 boxes of Lamb meat
• 6 boxes of Pig meat
• 20 boxes of Beef

The Junior Livestock Auction is tomorrow, July 12, at 9am. We’ll see you at the Alameda County Fair!

Huge thank you to our youth livestock committee and Junior Livestock Auction Boosters / Auction Booster for their hard work on this project!

07/10/2026

Congratulations to Grace Sullivan for winning the 4-H Reserve Champion Market Steer. Grace also won Advanced Beef Showmanship and competed in Master Showmanship this morning and will find out the results on Saturday. Great job Grace!!

07/10/2026

Congratulations to McKenna Sorgel for winning Reserve Champion in Junior Pig Showmanship ... nice job McKenna!!

07/09/2026

Congratulations to Claire Brochu who won Reserve Champion for Junior Sheep Showmanship. Well done Claire!!

07/07/2026

Great job everyone! Congratulations on your outstanding livestock knowledge! Thank you Brian Cook for a great afternoon!

Congratulations to the Quiz Bowl teams today at the Alameda County Fair! Thank you to Brian Cook for a great competition!

1st: Palomares 4H
2nd: Bayside 4-H Club
3rd: Valley Vista 4-H
4th: Crane Ridge 4-H

07/06/2026

Rounding out our Swine Group is Cooper Sorgel...

My name is Cooper Sorgel. I am going into 7th grade with my homeschool group. I am part of the Palomares Livestock Team. I have raised pigs for 2 years now. In my spare time I build models, (for the fair and for fun), play video games, build legos and fight my twin sister along with my older sister.

Raising pigs is no walk in the park, breeding them is even harder. You have to make sure their water is working and feed them twice a day, if it is a show pig you also have to walk them. But if it is a breeding sow, I could talk forever about everything you have to do, but I will just talk about the main things. You have to weigh them, you also have to weigh show pigs. We also artificially inseminate the sows once they come into heat. When they give birth, you have to make sure the piglets come out smoothly, and help them get milk and get warm. Sometimes they give birth in the middle of the night, so you have to wake up and help. You have to give the piglets shots, and ear notches, and dock their tails (for health reasons and showing), castrate, and wean. You also have to buy feed and based on how they weigh in, changes are made to their feed plan.

My pig's name this year is Kevin Bacon. He loves belly rubs, food, belly rubs, eating my mom’s garden, wrestling, belly rubs, getting brushed, mud and chilling out, and if you like ham I recommend you buy him. He is lovably unruly. My last pig's name was Bacon On The Run but we called him Bacon. He has the same personality as Kevin. Two OUTSTANDING PIGS (and yummy). I am excited to show in my second year in 4-H and improve my showing skills and chill at the fair.

For more information, please contact me at [email protected].