For 48 years, the Virginia Tech Income Tax School has offered affordable workshops about tax preparation. Virginia Tech will continue this service throughout November and December with a series of seminars for Virginians new or returning to the business of tax preparation.

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Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will host the Southeast Regional Collegiate Soils Contest on Oct. 21-24, 2008.

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The Dairy Judging Team from Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences took home the top prize at the 88th Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., on Sept. 30.

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A new company - designed to develop nutritional interventions against chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases — is being created as a spin-off from Virginia Tech.

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The fourth annual Agtoberfest, a family-oriented event to teach the local community about the ever-changing fields of agriculture and natural resources, returns to Virginia Tech’s Alphin-Stuart Livestock Teaching Arena on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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