Atlantic Beef, Where's the Beef? Summer 2008

July 10-12: Canadian Charolais Association annual general meeting, Red Deer, Alta. Contact CCA office for details, 403-250-9249. July 17-21: Canadian Angus Association annual meeting and Showdown 2008, Spruce Meadows, Alta. Contact Buddy Loane, 902-838-4414 or Betty Lou Scott, 902-925-2057. July 19-20: Sussex Beef 4-H Club Achievement Days, livestock, small animal, and non-animal displays, demonstrations, and competitions, Princess Louise Show Park Centre, Sussex, N.B. Phone Becky Perry, 506-432-1950, ext. 222. July 21: North Shore Antique Tractor and Engine Club annual show, 10 am to 4 pm, free admission, 4-H canteen, tractors, engines, and farm antiques on display, exhibitors welcome. P&F Verstraten Farms, 20 miles east of Amherst on Route 366 and five miles west of Northport. Contact Vincent Hollis, 902-447-3062; Francis Verstraten, 902-661-9534 or email francisverstraten@yahoo.ca. Aug. 2: New England Angus Association's Annual Angus Female Sale, McGee Farms, Richmond, Maine, 50 plus quality registered Angus lots. Phone Bob Butterfield, 802-525-4341; or Kaye Weaber, 207-240-7522. Aug. 7-16: P.E.I. Provincial Exhibition/Old Home Week, Charlottetown. Phone 902-368-4848, 902-368-5576, or email ammoore@gov.pe.ca. Aug. 11-15: Canadian Cattlemen's Association 2008 semi-annual meeting and convention, "Breaking Beef Barriers," Hilton Suites hotel, Winnipeg, Man. To register or for more information, call the CCA office at 403-275-8558. Aug. 19-23: Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition, Truro. Contact Elizabeth Crouse, 902-893-6511. Aug 20: Southeastern Hereford Club Show,10 am, judge will be Mark Trueman, Kings County Agricultural Fair, Sussex, N.B. Contact Belinda Hunter, 506-833-4628 or Shelly Thorne, 506-756-3649. Aug. 21-24: N.B. Kent County Agricultural Fair. Contact Lois Sandwith, 506-450-3994. Aug. 20-23: Digby County Exhibition Light Horse Show and Horse/Ox Pulls, Bear River, N.S. Contact Cyndi or Alan Gennette, 902-467-3755. Aug. 22: 2nd Annual Salt Water Classic Elite Sale, hosted by the Maritime Simmental Association, N.S. Provincial Exhibition grounds, Truro, register early. Contact Richard Armstrong, 902-765-6620; Don Godfrey, 902-566-2612; or Bill MacLeod, 506-459-7066. Aug. 22: 2008 Young Canadian Simmental Association's Maritime Classic, Truro, N.S. Contact Robert Godfrey, 902-940-7397, email mr_robgodfrey@hotmail.com; or Jennie Palmer, 902-388-1613, email palmer_js@hotmail.com. Aug. 22-24: 68th Annual Provincial Plowing Match and Agricultural Fair, Dundas, P.E.I., plowing (tractor, antique tractor, oxen, and horse); horse pulls, livestock shows, horse-drawn wagon rides, and lots more. For information phone Shelley Ployer, 902-583-2015 or visit www.dundasplowingmatch.com. Sept. 19-21: N.B. Beef Expo 2008, Princess Louise Show Park Centre, Sussex, N.B. Contact Duncan Fraser, Duncan.fraser@gnb.ca. Sept. 26-28: Pacafiesta and The Atlantic International Fibre Fiesta in conjunction with Alpaca Canada, Exhibition Park, Halifax, N.S. Contact Oona Porter, 902-766-0240 or email atlanticseaside@ns.sympatico.ca.

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