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The 2019 Youth Market Turkey Show is just around the corner and youth all over the state are preparing …
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This week the Drought Monitor map indicates that large portions of North Carolina are drying out. Even after a …
2020 Perry & Doris Teeter Beef Leadership Institute
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Emergency Animal Mortality Disposal - N.C. Requirements
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2019 Southeastern Regional & NC State Fair Livestock Judging and Skillathon Contests
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Poultry Pack 4-H Club August Meeting
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2019 State 4-H Livestock Contest Results
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Gary Stamey Livestock Clinic
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Wilkes Youth Poultry Workshop
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Prestage Farms Youth Livestock Round-Up, Sampson County Heifer and Lamb Show
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NC Farm School 2019, a Class to Remember
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Poultry Pack 4-H Club July Meeting
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Poultry Pack 4-H Club June Meeting
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Catawba Valley Beef Expo
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