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2000 Virginia State Fair
Youth Market Lamb & Commercial Ewe Lamb
Nomination Schedule

Livestock Update, June 2000

Scott Greiner, Extension Animal Specialist, Sheep, Virginia Tech

Locations for identification and weighing of market lambs and commercial ewe lambs for the 2000 Virginia State Fair Youth Sheep Show have been set. Nominations will take place at 12 locations around the state between July 21 and August 2. All youth who plan to exhibit market lambs and/or commercial ewe lambs at the 2000 Virginia State Fair are required to weigh and identify their lambs at one of the following sites:

Date & TimeLocationContact Person
Shenandoah Valley/Northern Virginia
Saturday, July 22
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. 		Rockingham Livestock Market
Harrisonburg, Va. 		Corey Childs
(540) 635-4549
Wednesday, July 26
6:00 - 8:30 p.m. 		Shenandoah County Fairgrounds
Woodstock, Va. 		Corey Childs
(540) 635-4549
Thursday, July 27
6:00 - 8:30 p.m. 		Clarke County Fairgrounds
Berryville, Va. 		Corey Childs
(540) 635-4549
Monday, July 31
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. 		Shenandoah Valley Ag Research & Extension Center
Steeles Tavern, Va. 		Corey Childs
(540) 635-4549
Southwest Virginia
Friday, July 21
7:00 - 8:30 a.m. 		Roudabush Farm
Stuart, Va. 		Bill McKinnon
(540) 231-9160
Friday, July 21
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. 		Grayson County Vocational Education Shop
Independence, Va. 		Bill McKinnon
(540) 231-9160
Friday, July 21
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 		Graystone Farm
Wytheville, Va. 		Bill McKinnon
(540) 231-9160
Friday, July 21
5:00 - 7:30 p.m. 		Peggy Taylor Scales
Lebanon, Va. 		Bill McKinnon
(540) 231-9160
Saturday, July 22
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. 		New River Valley Fairgrounds
Dublin, Va. 		Bill McKinnon
(540) 231-9160
Eastern Virginia* & Tidewater Region*
Saturday, July 22*
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. 		Essex County Extension Office*
Tappahannock, Va. 		Scott Greiner
(540) 231-9159
Wednesday, August 2*
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. 		Virginia Tech Tidewater Center Research Farm*
near Holland, Va. 		Scott Greiner
(540) 231-9159
*Exhibitors planning to nominate lambs at Essex Co. (Tappahannock) or Tidewater sites need to contact Scott Greiner at (540) 231-9159 prior to July 15.

For directions to a nomination site, please call the contact person listed.

Nomination procedures:

  1. Lambs will be weighed, tagged, and tattooed. Nomination forms will be completed by exhibitors.
  2. Exhibitors may take lambs to any nomination location. However, exhibitors must take all of their lambs to the same location.
  3. A total of 12 lambs may be nominated per exhibitor. These lambs may be wethers or ewes, to be shown as either market lambs or commercial ewe lambs (designation not required at time of nomination).
  4. It is recommended that lambs be recently sheared at the time of nomination.
  5. It is suggested that lambs weigh between 70 and 100 pounds at the time of nomination (there is not a minimum or maximum weight limit at nomination).
  6. Note: Market lambs and commercial ewe lambs must also be entered to be shown at the State Fair. Entries are due August 15. Weighing and identification at these locations does not constitute final entry for State Fair.
For information contact Scott Greiner, Youth Sheep Show Superintendent, phone (540 231-9159.



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