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Dates to Remember, December 1996

Livestock Update

BEEF

DECEMBER
2 -- All Breed PT Bull & Commercial Replacement Heifer Sale, Blackstone
7 -- All Breed PT Bull & Commercial Replacement Heifer Sale, Staunton
9 -- Virginia Beef Genetic Management Conference, Staunton
14 -- Virginia BCIA Culpeper Senior Bull Sale, Culpeper
JANUARY
4 -- Virginia BCIA Red House Senior Bull Sale, Red House
FEBRUARY
20 - 22 -- 1997 Virginia Beef Industry Convention, Homestead, Hot Springs
MARCH
22 -- Virginia BCIA Wytheville Bull Sale, Southwest Bull Test Station, Wytheville
APRIL
4 -- Virginia BCIA Culpeper Junior Bull Sale, Culpeper

4-H

MARCH
14 -- Block & Bridle Club Stockman's Contest and Meats Judging Contest, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
15 -- Block & Bridle Club Livestock Judging Contest, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

GENERAL

DECEMBER
6 - 7 -- Second Annual Virginia Tech Livestock and Poultry Youth Weekend, Virginia Tech (Contact: Phillip J. Clauer or Mark Wahlberg, Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0306
MARCH
3 - 7 -- Animal Science Specialty In-Service Training, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

SHEEP

DECEMBER
5 - 6 -- Virginia-North Carolina Shepherds' Symposium, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
APRIL
12 -- 75th Little International & Department of Animal & Poultry Sciences Alumni Organization Inaugural Meeting, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
29-30 -- Beginner's Sheep Shearing School, Glade Spring
JULY
11 -- Animal Industry Day, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

SWINE

DECEMBER
10 - 11 -- National Pork Producers Pork Profit Summit, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
JANUARY
23 - 24 -- Virginia Pork Industry Conference, Airfield 4-H Center, Wakefield

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