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The members of the Mountaineer Collegiate FFA at West Virginia University will be holding the first Mountaineer Madness Jackpot Show for steers and heifers on Oct. 18, 2008 at the WVU Reedsville Farm in Preston County, West Virginia. The event will showcase calves from producers in West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and will provide $500 dollars to the Champion Steer and Heifer and $250 to the Reserve Champions.

There are many sponsors for the show, including the WVU Extension Service, the West Virginia FFA Association, the West Virginia Farm Bureau, just to name a few, and there will be various vendors at the show including All in Stitches Embroidery and the WVU Block and Bridle Steak Wagon.

John Workman, the President of the Mountaineer Collegiate FFA, describes the show as an opportunity to bring together the students of the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences and members of the community to showcase the leadership and skills developed by the students of West Virginia University. Workman also describes the show as an excellent opportunity to showcase the outstanding facilities and management at the WVU Reedsville farm.

“The members of the Mountaineer Collegiate FFA would like to extend a special thanks to Tom Brand and WVU’s Agriculture and Extension Education Program for helping make this show the best it can be and for donating all of the time and effort that goes into making a show of this caliber a success,” Workman said.

“The show is open to anyone who wishes to participate and we encourage anyone who is interested to stop by and check it out,” Workman said.

Check-in for the show will start at 7:00 a.m. and the show will start at noon. For more information and the rules of the show you can visit the show’s web-site at: www.mountaineerffa.com.

“The show will be a great opportunity to interact with both the students of West Virginia University and also present an opportunity to view some of the top beef animals on the East Coast,” Workman said.