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Dates to Remember, June 2002

Livestock Update, June 2002

BEEF

JULY
11-13 VA Beef Cattle Summer Roundup and Annual Meeting, VA Tech. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540)231-9160

4-H

JUNE
24-27 State FFA Convention, Blacksburg. Contact: Dan Eversole, (540)231-4738
29 State 4-H Livestock Judging Contest, Blacksburg. Contact: Mark Wahlberg, (540)231-9161

GENERAL

JUNE
22 Mid-Atlantic Meat Goat Symposium, Tidewater AREC, Suffolk (9:30am - 2:15pm). Contact: Rexford Cotten (757)923-2050

SEPTEMBER
5 ­ 7 VA Tech Farm and Family Showcase, Blacksburg. Contact: Debora Cooper, (540)731-3112

HORSE

JUNE
18-21 State 4-H Congress, Blacksburg. Contact: Larry Lawrence, (540)231-9162

SEPTEMBER
12-15 4-H Horse Show, VA Horse Center, Lexington. Contact: Larry Lawrence, (540)231-9162

POULTRY

JUNE
18 State 4-H Congress (Avian bowl/cookery), Blacksburg. Contact: Curtis Novak (540)231-5087 or cnovak@vt.edu

SHEEP

JUNE
14-15 Eastern Stud Ram Show and Sale, Augusta Expoland, Staunton. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540)231-9159

AUGUST
24 VA Performance Tested Ram Lamb Sale, Shenandoah Valley AREC. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540)231-9159

SWINE

JUNE
6 - 8 World Pork Expo, Des Moines, Iowa. Contact: Allen Harper (757)657-6450, Ext. 106



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