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Dates to Remember

Livestock Update, August 1997

BEEF

AUGUST
6 -- Delivery Red House BCIA Senior Bulls, RHBEC, Red House. Contact: Ike Eller

23 -- Virginia Angus Field Day, Oak Hill Farm, Farmville

SEPTEMBER
6 -- Virginia Cattlemen's Association Late Summer Roundup, Harrisonburg. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540) 231-9160

23 -- Southwest Virginia AREC Beef-Sheep Field Day, Glade Spring. Contact: Bill McKinnon

26 -- Northern Piedmont Beef Conservation Field Day, Spotsylvania Co. Contact: Steve Hopkins, (540)672-1361

OCTOBER
7 -- Delivery Wytheville BCIA Senior & Junior Bulls, SWBTS, Wytheville. Contact: Ike Eller, (540) 231-9151

NOVEMBER
3 -- Beef Cow 2000 Clinic, Marshall. Contact: Bill McKinnon

5 -- Beef Cow 2000 Clinic, Abingdon. Contact: Bill McKinnon

5 -- Agricultural Engineering Conference for Beef Cattle, Harrisonburg. Contact: Pete Martens, (540)564-3080

5 -- Dublin Feeder Cattle Associaton Bred Heifer Sale, Dublin. Contact: Richard White, (540)980-7761

6 -- Beef Cow 2000 Clinic, Blackstone. Contact: Bill McKinnon

10 -- Delivery Culpeper BCIA Junior Bulls, Glenmary Farm, Rapidan. Contact: Ike Eller, (540) 231-9151
12 -- Beef Cow 2000 Clinic, Staunton. Contact: Bill McKinnon

21 -- Virginia BCIA PT Bull & Commercial Replacement Heifer Sale, Blackstone. Contact: Ike Eller

DECEMBER
6 -- Virginia BCIA PT Bull & Commercial Replacement Heifer Sale, Staunton. Contact: Ike Eller

GENERAL

AUGUST
6 -- Food Festival, State Fairgrounds, Richmond

SEPTEMBER
23 -- SW Virginia AREC Beef/Sheep Field Day, Glade Spring

25 -30 -- Virginia State Fair, Richmond

OCTOBER
1 - 5 -- Virginia State Fair, Richmond

4 -- Virginia Tech Ag Alumni Roundup, Blacksburg

31 -- Hokie Harvest Sale, Virginia Tech. Contact: Dan Eversole

POULTRY

SEPTEMBER
28 - 30 -- State Exhibition Bird Show, Virginia State Fairgrounds, Richmond. Contact: Phillip J. Clauer

OCTOBER
1 - 5 -- State Exhibition Bird Show, Virginia State Fairgrounds, Richmond. Contact: Phillip J. Clauer

4 -- State 4-H Market Poultry Show, Show Ring II, State Fairgrounds, Richmond. Contact: Phillip J. Clauer

SHEEP

AUGUST
23 -- Performance Tested Ram Lamb Sale, Virginia Sheep Evaluation Station, Steeles Tavern. Contact: Steve Umberger

SEPTEMBER
5 - 6 -- Virginia Tech Sheep Management Basics Workshop, Blacksburg. Contact: Steve Umberger

20 - 21 -- BASPA Fall Fest All Breed Sheep & Lamb Show, Chesapeake. Contact: Robin Freeman (757) 421-9700

SWINE

AUGUST
18 -- Virginia Swine Producers Seminar, Virginia Diner Restaurant, Wakefield. Contact: Allen Harper (757) 657-6450, Ext. 102

19 -- Virgnia Swine Producers Seminar, Cedarbrook Restaurant, Farmville. Contact: Allen Harper

OCTOBER
4 -- State Fair Open Market Hog Show, Richmond. Contact: Allen Harper

5 -- State Fair Jr. Market Hog Show, Richmond. Contact: Allen Harper



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