Calendar of Events
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February
8-19, 2007, FL. Florida State Fair. Feb. 8-11, Youth and Open Dairy
Goat Shows; Feb. 12-15, Open Boer Goat Show. Both shows ABGA Sanctioned. February
17-18: Open Pygmy Goat Shows, both sanctioned by NPGA. FMI: www.FloridaStateFair.com
February 10, 2007, GA. Youth Goat Field Day, hosted by Bartow County
4-H Meat Goat Club and the Southern Highlands Goat Producers Association (www.sohighgoats.org),
Calhoun, Georgia. The youth day will provide 4-H and FFA members with information
about hoof care, nutrition and feeding, showmanship and grooming, and management
for their project animals. The day will also be the official “sign up”
day for the newly formed Bartow County 4-H Meat Goat Show Team! FMI: Angela
Evans, 770-499-3359.
February 15-25, 2007. San Angelo Stock Show. Feb 18, Jr.
Wether Goat Show; Feb 20, Jr. Angora Goat Show; Feb 24, Jr Open Boer Goat
Show; Feb 25, Open Boer Goat Show. FMI: www.SanAngeloRodeo.com
March 3, 2007, VA. Goat Day: Topics in Herd Health at Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA. 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. A day long program of educational
seminars covering a broad range of herd health topics and regulatory issues.
FMI: Sue Garvin, garvin@crosslink.net or 540-987-7206.
March 7-19, 2007, OK. Oklahoma Youth Expo, World’s
Largest Junior Livestock Show. Mar 9, 3:00 p.m. ~ Doe Kid cards must be turned
in at Goat Superintendent’s OfficeL 5:00 p.m. ~ Honor Nutrition Goat
Showmanship
Mar 10, 9:00 a.m. ~ Farm Credit of Oklahoma Doe Kid Show, 5:00 p.m.~ Junior
Breeding Doe Sale
Mar 11, 8:00 a.m. ~ Farm Credit of Oklahoma Junior Wether Goat Show
5:30 p.m. ~ Selection of Grand Champion Market Wether Goat
FMI: www.okyouthexpo.com
March 17, 2007, Goat and Sheep Workshop, Agribition Center, Huntsville,
AL.. Focus will be the “Health of Small Ruminants” & will cover
most common diseases of sheep and goats & prevention measures.
The $10 registration fee covers educational materials and lunch. Make checks
payable to ACES/Marshall County office and mail to Alabama Cooperative Extension
System/ Marshall county Office, /suite G21, 424 Blunt Avenue, Guntersville,
AL 35976. For more information contact Eddie J. Wheeler at (256) 582-2009.
March 31, 2007, VA. 3rd Annual Shenandoah Valley Boer Goat Sale, at
Rockingham County Fairgrounds Virginia. 10:00 Show wether seminar with a complimentary
lunch and sale of 100 registered boer goats at 1 pm. Door prizes including
a full blood registered buck and raffle of a fullblood paint buck. Online
catalog at http://members.aol.com/svboer
or call 540-434-1986 for more information.
April 28, 2007, OK. Annual Goat Field Day, Langston University
Goat Farm, Langston, OK. Contact Dr. Terry Gipson at (405)466-6126 or at tgipson@luresext.edu
May 19-20, 2007, VA. Old Dominion Boer Goat Show. FMI: David
or Sheila Carter, Tappahannock, VA. 804-445-5969
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