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Dates to Remember

Livestock Update, January 1997

BEEF

JANUARY
4 -- Virginia BCIA Red House Senior Bull Sale, Red House
9 -- VCA Feeder Cattle Marketing Workshop, Natural Bridge

FEBRUARY
6 -- Northern Forage Conference, Marshall Ruritan Center
8 -- Eastern Forage Conference, New Kent High School
15 -- Southern Piedmont Forage Conference, Rustburg Ruritan Club
11 -- Valley-Blue Ridge Forage Conference , Edinburg Fire Hall (Tentative)
22 -- VA BCIA Wytheville Bull Sale, Southwest Bull Test Station, Wytheville
20 - 22 -- 1997 VA Beef Industry Convention, Homestead, Hot Springs
25 -- Southwest Forage Conference, New River Community College

MARCH
1 -- Southern Piedmont Forage Conference, Cumberland Elementary School

APRIL
4 -- VA 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

MARCH
3 - 7 -- Animal Science Specialty In-Service Training, 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

HORSE

JANUARY
17 - 18 -- Virginia Horse Convention, Sheraton Inn, Charlottesville

SHEEP

MARCH
1 -- Virginia Commercial Bred Ewe and Ram Sale, New River Valley Fairgrounds, Dublin

APRIL
29 - 30 -- Beginner's Sheep Shearing School, Glade Spring

SWINE

JANUARY
23 - 24 -- Virginia Pork Industry Conference, Airfield 4-H Center, Wakefield

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