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National Barrow Show features best of breedsCommunity Windsor Chop Dinner is Sept. 7 Austin, Minn., residents are invited to join pork breeders and college students from across the nation for the 62nd annual National Barrow Show and NBS Junior Barrow Classic, Sept. 7 through Sept. 10 on the Mower County Fairgrounds. Billed as "The World Series of Swine Shows," the NBS showcases many of the top breeding boars and foundation females in the country, and all eight major breeds. The NBS schedule also includes a Community Windsor Chop Dinner, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 7, and collegiate/junior judging contests, Sept. 8. About 400 contestants will compete in the judging contests, representing colleges and universities from 20 states as well as 4-H and FFA clubs. The 4-day schedule begins Sept. 7 with the NBS Junior Showmanship Contest and NBS Junior Barrow Classic swine show in Crane Pavilion. Collegiate and 4-H/FFA judging contests follow on Sept. 8 along with open market and truckload shows. NBS breeding stock shows are scheduled for Sept. 9; the breeding sale will be held on Sept. 10. The National Barrow Show is organized annually by the National Association of Swine Records, and is assisted locally by the Austin Area National Barrow Show Committee. That group is comprised of representatives from several organizations including the Austin Area Chamber of Commerce, Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau and Mower County Fair Board. Event sponsors include Hy-Vee Food Store, the Minnesota Pork Board and Pork Checkoff, Hormel Foods Corporation, Honor Show Chow, Agri News and the Austin Post-Bulletin, the Holiday Inn and Austin Conference Center, and Days Inn. Tickets for the Windsor Chop Dinner are $7 in advance and $8 at the door. Advance tickets are available at the Chamber and Convention and Visitors Bureau. For more information on the show go to www.mowercountyfair.com and click on the National Barrow Show link. 9/1/08 Date: 8/27/08
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