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Dates to Remember

Livestock Update, October 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
29 -- Virginia R.O.P. Shipment. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540) 231-9160

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

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

4-H

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

GENERAL

OCTOBER
5 -- Shenandoah Valley AREC Field Day, Steeles Tavern. Contact: David Fiske, (540) 377-2255

27 -- Hokie Harvest Sale, Blacksburg. Contact: Dan Eversole, (540) 231-4738

HORSE

OCTOBER
15 -- 9th Annual Thoroughbred Yearling Auction, MARE Center, 2pm, Middleburg. Contact: Wendell Cooper, (540) 687-3521

27 -- Hokie Harvest Sale, Blacksburg. Contact: Dan Eversole, (540) 231-4738

POULTRY

OCTOBER
1 -- State 4-H Market Poultry Pen Show. Contact: Phillip J. Clauer, (540) 231-9185

21 -- Carolinas / Virginia Pheasant and Waterfowl Society, Quarterly Meeting. Contact: Jan Trader, 6220 Bullbegger Road, Withams, VA. 23488

28 -- Blue Ridge Poultry Club Fall Show. Fairview Ruritan Building, Fairview, Va. Contact: Roger Jones, Rt. 4, Box 394, Galax, VA 24333

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

OCTOBER
19 - 20 -- Virginia Tech Sheep Management Basics Workshop, Blacksburg. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540) 231-9159

28 -- Virginia Bred Ewe Sale, Rockingham County Fairgrounds, Harrisonburg. Contact: Corey Childs, (540) 635-4549

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

OCTOBER
1 -- State Fair Junior Market Hog Show, Richmond. Contact: Allen Harper



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