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Livestock Update, February 1997

BEEF

FEBRUARY
20 - 22 -- 1997 Virginia Beef Industry Convention, Homestead, Hot Springs

MARCH
1 -- Southern Piedmont Forage Conference, Cumberland Elementary School
22 -- Virginia BCIA Wytheville Bull Sale, Southwest Bull Test Station, Wytheville

APRIL
4 -- Virginia BCIA Culpeper Junior Bull Sale, Culpeper
25 - 27 -- Virginia Beef Expo & Junior Beef Roundup, Harrisonburg

4-H
MARCH
14 -- Block & Bridle Club Stockman's Contest and Meats Judging Contest, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
15 -- Block & Bridle Club Livestock Judging Contest, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
22 -- Block & Bridle Club Horse Judging Contest, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

GENERAL

FEBRUARY
6 -- Northern Forage Conference, Marshall Ruritan Center
8 -- Eastern Forage Conference, New Kent High School
11 -- Valley-Blue Ridge Forage Conference, Edinburg Fire Hall
15 -- Central Virginia Forage Conference, Rustburg Ruritan Club
25 -- Southwest Forage Conference, New River Community College, Dublin

MARCH
3 - 7 -- Animal Science Specialty In-Service Training, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
8 -- Southern Piedmont Forage Conference, Cumberland Elementary School

APRIL
12 -- 75th Little International & Department of Animal & Poultry Sciences Alumni Organization Inaugural Meeting, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

JULY
11 -- Animal Industry Day, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

Poultry

APRIL
12 -- Northern District 4-H Poultry Judging Workshop & Qualifying Event, Culpeper, Va. Contact: Betsy Campbell, telephone (540) 825-2233.
19 -- Carolina/Virginia Pheasant & Waterfowl Society, quarterly meeting. Mel and Jackie Nunnally residence, Mechanicsville, Va. Contact: Jan Trader, telephone (804) 824-5828.
19 -- Southside 4-H Poultry Judging Workshop & Qualifying Event, Mecklenburg, Va. Contact Leonard Elam, telephone (804) 738-6191.

MAY
Y 9 -- Virginia Poultry Federation Youth Convention & State 4-H Judging Contest, Rockingham Co. Fairgrounds, Contact: Phillip J. Clauer, telephone (540) 231-9185.

SHEEP

MARCH
1 -- Virginia Commercial Bred Ewe and Ram Sale, New River Valley Fairgrounds, Dublin

APRIL
29 - 30 -- Beginner's Sheep Shearing School, Glade Spring

MAY
8 -- Virginia-North Carolina Wool Sale, Dublin

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