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Dates to Remember
Livestock Update, January 2005
John B. Hall, Extension Animal Scientist, Beef, Virginia Tech
BEEF
JANUARY
10-12 Beef Cattle Production Medicine Meetings, Mt. Crawford (10th), Abingdon (11th),
Rustburg (12th). Contact: Dee Whittier (540)231-4642
FEBRUARY
24-26 VA Beef Industry Convention, The Homestead, Hot Springs. Contact: VA Cattlemen's Office, (540)992-1009
MARCH
20 VA BCIA Southwest Bull Test Station Open House, Dublin. Contact: Scott Greiner,
(540)231-9159
26 VA BCIA Southwest Bull Test Station Sale, Wytheville. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540)231-9159
APRIL
1 VA BCIA Culpeper Junior Bull Test Sale, Culpeper. Contact: Scott Greiner,
(540)231-9159
SHEEP
JANUARY
7-8 VA-NC Shepherd's Symposium, VA Tech, Blacksburg. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540)231-9159
8 VA Commercial Bred Ewe Lamb Sale, Alphin-Stuart Livestock Arena, VA Tech, Blacksburg. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540)231-9159