[Image: Image File]All 4-H’ers enrolled in the beef, dairy, sheep, goat, swine and poultry projects will receive this newsletter periodically. Monthly issues are avaiLa.ble through the links below. These newsletters will include educational and informative material on such topics as nutrition, feeding, health, showmanship and reproduction in all species.
Be sure to adhere to all deadlines and reguLa.tions and follow all instructions in each issue. Also, 4-H livestock information is printed each month in the 4-H Hotline, which you receive at your school's 4-H Club meeting. By reading the Hotline and the Barnyard Scoop, you will be kept informed and up to date. It is your responsibility to become familiar with all rules that govern the livestock program and to keep yourself informed.
Please select the newsletter you would like to view from the links provided below the calendar.
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LAFAYETTE PARISH LIVESTOCK PLANNING CALENDAR
September 2011
16 Livestock Educational Committee Meeting & 1st Year Livestock Exhibitors'
Meeting - 4-H Office
22-24 Sugarcane Festival, New Iberia, La.
October 2011
5 Possession Date for Rabbits, Rabbit Entries Due & Rabbit Clinic, 4-H Office
6 Livestock Advisory Board Meeting, 4-H Office
14-15 Cattle Festival, Abbeville, La.
25-Nov. 13 Louisiana State Fair, Shreveport
November 2011
1 Possession Date for Exhibition Poultry
4 Validation for all Market: Goats, Lambs, Commercial Does, Ewes, Heifers -
Blackham Coliseum Cabbage Patch Lot
7 Possession Date for Breeding: Beef, Dairy, Sheep & Goats
15 Spring Livestock Entries Due, 4-H Office
December 2011
2 Validation for all Market Swine: Dominique's Stockyard, Carencro
January 2012
19-21 Lafayette Parish Livestock Show and Sale - Blackham Coliseum Complex
25-28 Acadiana District Livestock Show - Blackham Coliseum Complex
February 2012
11-18 LSU AgCenter State Livestock Show - Lamar Dixon Expo Center
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It is the policy of the LSU AgCenter, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age or disability. If you have a disability which requires special assistance for your participation in any aforementioned activity, please contact the Lafayette 4-H office at (337)291-7090.