78th Annual West Virginia Dairy Show

4 weeks ago

Beverly McDonald and the West Virginia Dairy Princess Program will be back to run the Food Booth this year. If you have meal/menu ideas, please share them here! ...

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2 months ago

Spring is just around the corner and so are a couple show deadlines! April 1st is the deadline for youth (4-H and FFA) exhibitors to have animals owned and transferred into their name and for lease forms to be signed and received by WVU Extension. For Class 1 Spring Heifer Calves only, the deadlines are June 1st. ...

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What address do they need to be sent to ? The one at the bottom of the paper still good?

Crystal Linton Thompson

3 months ago

Does this weekend’s winter weather have you stuck inside? Use this time to email your state Senators and Delegates to urge them to return funding to the state’s Fairs & Festivals budget. In Fiscal Year 2010, the budget included $10,000 for the West Virginia Dairy Cattle Show. FY 2011 and 2012 saw minor cuts of 2.5 and 2.6%, but recently the Governor and legislature made drastic cuts of 10% (FY2014), 10% (FY2017), and 20% (FY2018). Overall, that equates to a 40.6% cut to our funding.

Now that the state’s budget picture has improved, tell your legislators that you want Fairs & Festivals funding returned to FY 2013 levels ($2,061,556 for Fairs and Festivals and $9,500 for the West Virginia Dairy Cattle Show).

The hundreds of fairs and festivals held across the state each year are part of the fabric of our communities and a driver of tourism. They’ve weathered dramatic funding cuts while the state worked to survive a struggling economy, but with state revenues returning to pre-recession levels it is time to return funding to them. ...

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To find your state legislators and contact information, input your zipcode here: openstates.org/find_your_legislator/

I recommend that the WV legislature consider how much additional income comes into WV annually from out of state tourists. Many out of state people come to WV just for the fairs and festivals.

4 months ago

Still looking for a New Year's resolution for 2019? Resolve to join us at the 78th annual West Virginia Dairy Cattle Show & Festival August 10-13th. Our numbers were down in 2018 so help us refill the showring and the stands this year! ...

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Last year was our 15th year exhibiting at the Show. Unfortunately we were down from our usual 8-12 head to only 4, but we're making plans to be back up to full strength this year!

Some of my best memories were made at the Dairy Show.

I’ll be there!!

Awesome dairy show and better people!