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Dates to Remember

Livestock Update, August 1996

BEEF

AUGUST
7 -- VA BCIA Red House Senior Bull Test Delivery, RHBEC, Red House
10 -- VA Cattlemen's Association Summer Roundup, Buckingham & Campbell Counties
10 -- VA Angus State Field Day, Wehrmann Angus, New Market
SEPTEMBER
12 -- Shenandoah Valley AREC Field Day, Steeles Tavern
26 -- Southwest Virginia AREC Field Day, Glade Spring
OCTOBER
1 -- VA BCIA Wytheville Senior & Junior Bull Test Delivery, Wytheville
NOVEMBER
5 -- VA BCIA Culpeper Junior Bull Test Delivery, Glenmary Farm, Rapidan

GENERAL

AUGUST
7 -- VA Food Festival, State Fairgrounds, Richmond
22 -- Tidewater AREC Field Day, Holland
SEPTEMBER
25-10/6 -- State Fair, Richmond
NOVEMBER
1 -- Hokie Harvest Cattle & Horse Sale, Blacksburg
DECEMBER
6 -7 -- Virginia Livestock and Poultry Youth Weekend, Virginia Tech

HORSE

AUGUST
1 -4 -- Southern Regional Horse Championships, Lexington

SHEEP

AUGUST
24 -- VA Performance Tested Ram Lamb Sale, Steeles Tavern
DECEMBER
5 -6 -- VA-NC Shepherds' Symposium, Virginia Tech

SWINE

AUGUST
12 -- Rockingham County Junior Hog Show, Harrisonburg
20 -- Regional Swine Environmental Assurance Certification Seminar, Carson
OCTOBER
5 -6 -- State Fair Open and Junior Market Hog Shows, Richmond
JANUARY
23-24 -- Virginia Pork Industry Conference, Airfield 4-H Center, Wakefield

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