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Dates to Remember

Livestock Update, November 2000

BEEF

NOVEMBER
3 -- State Charolais Field Day and Sale, Blacksburg. Contact: Dan Eversole, (540)231-4738
17 -- Virginia BCIA All-Breed Performance Tested Bull and Commercial Heifer Sale, Blackstone. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540)231-9159
25 -- Elite Bull and Replacement Female Sale, Virginia Livestock, Front Royal. Contact: John Hall, (540)231-9153

DECEMBER
2 -- Virginia BCIA All-Breed Performance Tested Bull and Commercial Heifer Sale, Staunton. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540) 231-9159

6 -- Virginia R.O.P. Shipment. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540) 231-9160

9 -- Virginia BCIA Culpeper Senior Bull Test Sale, Culpeper. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540) 231-9159

FEBRUARY
1 - 4 -- National Cattlemen's Beef Association Convention, San Antonio, Tex. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540) 231-9160

21 - 23 -- Virginia Beef Industry Convention and Beef Producers Short Course, Hot Springs, Va. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540) 231-9160

4-H

DECEMBER
1 - 2 -- Virginia Tech Livestock and Poultry Youth Weekend, Blacksburg. Contact: Mark Wahlberg

POULTRY

NOVEMBER
6 - 11 -- American Pheasant and Waterfowl Society Convention. Fenwick Inn, Ocean City Md., Contact: Jan or E.T. Trader, 6220 Bullbegger Road, Withams, VA 23488

14 - 17 -- National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference, Louisville, Ky.

18 - 19 -- Virginia Poultry Breeders Association Fall Show. State Fairgrounds, Richmond, Va. Contact: Tommy Stanley, 12009 Yowell Road, Ashland, VA 23005

SHEEP

JANUARY
5 - 6 -- Virginia-North Carolina Shepherd's Symposium, Sheraton Four Points Hotel, Harrisonburg. Contact: Scott Greiner

6 -- Virginia Commercial Ewe Lamb Development Program Sale, Rockingham County Fairgrounds, Harrisonburg. Contact: Scott Greiner

SWINE

FEBRUARY
1 -- Virginia Pork Industry Conference, Wakefield, Va. Contact: Allen Harper, (757) 657-6450, Ext. 106



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