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Show dates for the largest livestock show in the East are Sept. 28-30, and Oct. 4-7.

Chris Torres, Editor, American Agriculturist

September 5, 2018

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LIVESTOCK LINEUP: Exhibitors line up cattle during the 2017 KILE Show in Harrisburg.

All livestock will converge on the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg from Sept. 28-30 and Oct. 4-7.

The Keystone International Livestock Exposition, billed as the largest livestock show in the East, will feature goats and a ranch riding show the first three days. The rest of the show kicks off Oct. 4 with Farm City Day, a showcase of the numerous career and educational opportunities in agriculture. There will also be equine, sheep and beef shows. The official opening ceremony and awards presentation will be held at 3 p.m. in the small arena.

Each day will feature the Stockman’s Trade Show in the northeast hall of the complex.

The Keystone Classic Barbecue begins Oct. 4 with setup in the north parking lot. The judging and awards will be held Oct. 6 in the north parking lot and in the Cameron Street lobby.

Oct. 5 will feature horses and beef, including the Keystone Stockman’s Contest and awards. The breeding swine show will be held at 8:30 a.m. followed by the naming of the supreme champion boar and gilt.

The North American All Breeds 6-Horse Hitch Classic Series Show, always a fan favorite, will be held Oct. 6 at 5 p.m. in the equine arena. Also at 5 p.m. will be the Supreme Champion Beef Pageant and beef youth scholarship awards in the large arena.

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GRAND CHAMPION: Gregory Rowe of Bellevue, Ohio, showed the reserve grand champion Percheron gelding at the 2017 KILE Show.

The show winds down Oct. 7 with junior beef breeding shows, a barrow swine show and the Junior Supreme Champion Beef Pageant.

The complete schedule of events can be found below:

Friday, Sept. 28
6 p.m.: Open Wether Doe Goat Show, Small Arena

Saturday, Sept. 29
8 a.m.: JABGA Showmanship, followed by JABGA Boer Goat Show, Small Arena
9 a.m.: Ranch Riding Show, Equine Arena
1 p.m.: ABGA Boer Goat Show No. 1, Small Arena

Sunday, Sept. 30
8 a.m.: ABGA Boer Goat Show No. 2 – Small Arena
9 a.m.: Ranch Riding Show, Equine Arena   

Thursday, Oct. 4
8 a.m.: Clydesdale Halter Horse Show, Equine Arena
8 a.m.: Percheron Halter Horse Show, Equine Arena
9 a.m.: Breeding Sheep: Natural Colored, Border Leicester, Tunis, Columbia, Horned Dorset, Montadale, Cheviot, Southdown, Sheep Arena
Noon: Maine-Anjou, followed by MaineTainer and All Other Breeds Breeding Cattle Show, Large Arena
1 p.m.: Draft Horse Hitch Show, Equine Arena
2 p.m.: Wool Judging, Sheep Area
6 p.m.: Draft Horse Hitch Show, Equine Arena 

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SWINE SHOWING: Breeding swine will be featured on Oct. 5.

Friday, Oct. 5
8 a.m.: ROV Angus Breeding Cattle Show, Large Arena
8 a.m.: SimAngus/SimGenetics Cattle Show followed by Simmental Breeding Cattle Show, Large Arena
8 a.m.: Belgian Halter Horse Show, Equine Arena
8 a.m.: Shire Halter Horse Show, Equine Arena
8:30 a.m.: Breeding swine: Berkshire, Chester White, Duroc, Hampshire, Hereford, Landrace, Poland China, Spotted Swine and Yorkshire followed by Supreme Champion Boar and Gilt, Swine Arena
9 a.m.: Breeding sheep: Merino, Dorper, Corriedale, Rambouillet. Suffolk, Oxford, Hampshire, Dorset and Shropshire, Sheep Arena
9 a.m.: Keystone Stockman’s Contest, Main Hall
9 a.m.: Red Angus Breeding Cattle Show, Small Arena
10:30 a.m.: Haflinger and Draft Pony Halter Show, Equine Arena
11 a.m.: American British White Park Breeding Cattle Show, Small Arena
1 p.m.: Haflinger Draft Hitch Show and Draft Horse Hitch Show, Equine Arena
1 p.m.: Club Calf and Prospect Heifer Show, Small Arena
2 p.m.: National Hereford Cattle Show, Large Arena
3:15 p.m.: Keystone Stockman’s Contest Awards, Erie Room
5 p.m.: 6-horse hitch, teams and carts, Equine Arena
7:30 p.m.: Horse pull, lightweight, Equine Arena 

Saturday, Oct. 6
8 a.m.: Major Atlantic PACE Shorthorn Cattle Show followed by ShorthornPlus Show, Large Arena
8 a.m.: Junior and Collegiate Livestock Judging Contest, Main Hall
8 a.m.: Charolais Open Cattle Show, Large Arena
8:30 a.m.: PA Make It With Wool, PA Preferred Banquet Hall
9 a.m.: Lincoln Sheep Show, Sheep Arena
9 a.m.: Junior Market Lamb Show and Supreme Champion Ram and Ewe, Sheep Arena 
10 a.m.: Draft Horse Show. Equine Arena
11:30 a.m.: Junior Market Steer Show followed by Junior Market Preview, Large Arena
Noon: Fulton Bank Agri-Kid Olympics, Northeast Hall
1 p.m.: Draft and Draft Haflinger Hitch Show, Equine Arena
1 p.m.: Highland Breeding Cattle Show, Large Arena
1:30 p.m.: Keystone Lead Line, Sheep Arena
3 p.m.: Pedal Power Pull, Northeast Hall
4 p.m.: Keystone Bred Ewe Spectacular, Sheep Arena
5 p.m.: North American All Breeds 6-Horse Hitch Classic Series Show followed by Haflinger and Hitch Pony Championship Series, Equine Arena 
5 p.m.: Supreme Champion Beef Pageant, Large Arena
5 p.m.: Beef Youth Scholarship Awards, Large Arena
6 p.m.: Junior Breeding Sheep Youth Showmanship followed by Market Lamb Youth Showmanship, Sheep Arena  6:30 p.m.: Club Calf and Prospect Heifer Sale, Small Arena
7:30 p.m.: Heavyweight Horse Pull, Equine Arena

Sunday, Oct. 7
8 a.m.: Junior Beef Breeding Cattle: Angus, Shorthorn, ShorthornPlus, Large Arena 1
8 a.m.: Junior Beef Breeding Cattle: Hereford, SimAngus/SimGenetics, Large Arena 2
8 a.m.: Junior Beef Breeding Cattle: Limousin, Red Angus, Charolais, Chianina, Maine-Anjou, MaineTainer, AOB and Crossbred heifers, Equine Arena
9 a.m.: Junior Breeding Sheep and Supreme Champion Ram and Ewe, Sheep Arena
9 a.m.: Barrow On-Foot Swine Show: Junior Barrows, Berkshire, Chester White, Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace, Poland China, Spotted Swine, Yorkshire, Crossbred Barrows, champion drive, truckload of six market hogs, Swine Arena
1 p.m.: Junior Supreme Champion Beef Pageant, Large Arena

About the Author(s)

Chris Torres

Editor, American Agriculturist

Chris Torres, editor of American Agriculturist, previously worked at Lancaster Farming, where he started in 2006 as a staff writer and later became regional editor. Torres is a seven-time winner of the Keystone Press Awards, handed out by the Pennsylvania Press Association, and he is a Pennsylvania State University graduate.

Torres says he wants American Agriculturist to be farmers' "go-to product, continuing the legacy and high standard (former American Agriculturist editor) John Vogel has set." Torres succeeds Vogel, who retired after 47 years with Farm Progress and its related publications.

"The news business is a challenging job," Torres says. "It makes you think outside your small box, and you have to formulate what the reader wants to see from the overall product. It's rewarding to see a nice product in the end."

Torres' family is based in Lebanon County, Pa. His wife grew up on a small farm in Berks County, Pa., where they raised corn, soybeans, feeder cattle and more. Torres and his wife are parents to three young boys.

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