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Livestock Update, April 2001

BEEF

April
5 -- Virginia ROP Shipment. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540)231-9160
6 -- VA BCIA Culpeper Junior Bull Sale, Culpeper. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540)231-9159
13-14 -- VA Beef Expo, VA Horse Center, Lexington. Contact: Forrest Ashby, (540)992-1009

4-H

April
7 -- Regional Youth Cattle Working Contest, Dublin. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540)231-9160

GENERAL

June
18-21 -- State 4-H Congress, VA Tech, Blacksburg
25-28 -- State FFA Convention, VA Tech, Blacksburg

POULTRY

April
7 -- Pullorum Testing Certification/Recertification Clinic. Harrisonburg State Diagnostic Laboratory, Harrisonburg. Contact: Dr. Gabe Meza, (540)434-3897
17-18 -- Rockingham Poultry Serviceman's Committee/Virginia Cooperative Extension Health and Management Seminar, Roanoke, VA. Contact: Dr. Paul Ruszler, (540)231-9184
21 -- Carolinas/Virginia Pheasant and Waterfowl Society, Quarterly Meeting. Contact: Host TBA

May
10 -- Virginia Poultry Federation Youth Convention and State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest. Rockingham County Fairgrounds. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Contact: Phillip J. Clauer, (540)231-9185

June
19 -- Poultry Presentation & Cookery Contests, Baptist Student Center, Blacksburg. Contact: Phil Clauer, (540)231-9185
19 -- Avian Bowl Contest, location TBA, Blacksburg. Contact: Phil Clauer, (540)231-9185
26 -- State FFA Poultry Judging Contest, Lane Stadium, Blacksburg. Contact: Phil Clauer, (540)231-9185

SHEEP

April
18-19 --Beginner's Shearing School, Shenandoah Valley AREC, Steeles Tavern, VA. Contact: Scott Greiner, 540-231-9159

SWINE

June
7-9 -- World Pork Expo, Des Moines, Iowa. Contact: Allen Harper, (757)657-6450, Ext. 106



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