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Dates to Remember

Livestock Update, March 1998

BEEF

MARCH
15 -- Southwest Bull Test Station Open House, Wytheville. Contact: Ike Eller

28 -- Virginia BCIA Wytheville Bull Sale, Wytheville. Contact: Ike Eller

APRIL
10 -- Virginia BCIA Culpeper Junior Bull Sale, Culpeper. Contact: Ike Eller

24 - 25 -- Virginia Beef Expo, Harrisonburg. Contact: Bill McKinnon

4-H YOUTH

MARCH
6 - 7 -- Virginia Tech Livestock and Poultry Youth Weekend, Blacksburg. Contact: Mark Wahlberg, (540) 231-9161

20-21 -- Block & Bridle Club Stockmens, Meats, and Livestock Judging Contests, Blacksburg. Contact: Mark Wahlberg, (540) 231-9161

28 -- Block & Bridle Club Horse Judging Contest, Blacksburg. Contact: Larry Lawrence, (540) 231-9162

MAY
2 - 3 -- Virginia Junior Beef Roundup, Harrisonburg. Contact: Mark Wahlberg, (540) 231-9161

JUNE
20 -- State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest, Blacksburg. Contact: Mark Wahlberg, (540) 231-9161

GENERAL

JULY
10 -- Animal Industry Day, VA Tech. Contact: Dan Eversole, (540) 231-4738

POULTRY

MARCH
21 -- Northern Virginia 4-H Poultry Judging Qualifying Event, Frying Pan Park, Fairfax County. Contact: Ann Marlow, Fairfax County Extension office, or phone (703) 324-5343.

28 -- Pullorum Testing Certification / Recertification Clinic. Harrisonburg State Diagnostic Laboratory, 116 Reservoir Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Contact: Dr. Gabe Meza at (540) 434-3897 or the address listed above.

APRIL
4 -- Pullorum Testing Certification / Recertification Clinic, Harrisonburg State Diagnostic Laboratory, 116 Reservoir Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Contact: Dr. Gabe Meza at (540) 434-3897 or the address listed above.

14-15 -- Rockingham Poultry Serviceman's Committee/Virginia Cooperative Extension Health and Management Seminar, Holiday Inn Tanglewood, Roanoke. Contact: Paul Ruszler, Animal and Poultry Sciences Department, Virginia Tech (0306), Blacksburg, VA 24061.

25 -- Blue Ridge Poultry Club Spring Show. Fairview Ruritan Building, Fairview. Contact: Roger Jones, Rt. 4, Box 294, Galax, VA 24333.

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

SHEEP

APRIL
28 - 29 -- Beginners' Sheep Shearing School, Southwest Virginia AREC, Glade Spring. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540) 231-9160

MAY
7 -- Virginia-North Carolina Wool Sale, Dublin. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540) 231-9160

JUNE
12-13 -- Eastern Stud Ram Show & Sale, Staunton. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540) 231-9159

SWINE

JUNE
4 - 6 - World Pork Expo, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa. Contact: Allen Harper, (757) 657-6450, Ext. 106



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