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February 24th, 2006

2006 LIVESTOCK & CATTLEMEN'S WINTERSCHOOL

Learn how to raise your family's own Organic Beef, Poultry, Sheep, or Swine free of hormones and antibiotics. WSU Livestock Advisors present the "2006 Livestock & Cattlemen's Winterschool featuring Joel Huesby of Thundering Hooves. Joel will share his method of raising organic grass-fed beef, lambs, free-range chickens, turkeys, pigs and goats. Other topics include Dr. Greg Ingman with emerging beef disease threats, Washington State University's Dave Pehling on reducing your families risk of Hantavirus, and Linda Neunzig, agriculture entrepreneur, on writing your own farm plan for profitability. The one-day conference will be Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon beginning at 8:30 am. Pre-registration, by March 1, is $75 per individual, $125 per couple and includes a catered Prime Rib lunch. Students may attend for $20. Registration at the door will be $10 more per individual and does not include the Prime Rib lunch. Call WSU/Skagit County Extension at 360-428-4270 to register, or download a registration form at http://skagit.wsu.edu/.