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Livestock Update, August 1999

BEEF

AUGUST
25 -- Southeast Virginia Beef Quality Assurance and Cow Management Workshop, Southampton County Fairgrounds. Contact: Rex Cotten, (757) 294-5215

28 -- Virginia Charolais Association Field Day, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. Contact: Dan Eversole, (540) 231-4738

SEPTEMBER
24 -- Virginia ROP Cattle Shipment. Contact: Bill McKinnon, (540) 231-9160

4-H

SEPTEMBER
23 - 10/3 -- State Fair of Virginia, Richmond.

OCTOBER
1 - 3 -- Youth Livestock Events, State Fair of Virginia, Richmond

4 -- Keystone Stockmen's Contest, Harrisburg, Penn. Contact: Mark Wahlberg, (540--231-9161

GENERAL

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

POULTRY

SEPTEMBER
25 -- Eastern Regional Poultry Judging Contest, Richmond. Contact: Phillip J. Clauer, (540) 231-9185

26 -- State Junior Poultry Exhibition, Richmond. Contact: Phillip J. Clauer, (540) 231-9185

SHEEP

AUGUST
28 -- Virginia Ram Lamb Performance Test Sale, Steeles Tavern. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540) 231-9159

OCTOBER
28 - 29 -- Sheep Management Basics Workshop, Virginia Tech Copenhaver Sheep Center, Blacksburg. Contact: Scott Greiner, (540) 231-9159

SWINE

AUGUST
10 -- Manure Management Training, Wakefield (for those who have a DEQ Confined Animal Feeding Permit). Contact: Allen Harper

18 -- Manure Management Training, Farmville (for those who have a DEQ Confined Animal Feeding Permit). Contact: Allen Harper



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