NATIONAL
Feb. 24-26: The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service will offer the 22nd annual Organic Farming Conference at the LaCrosse Center in LaCrosse, Wis. Contact Eric Hatling at  715-778-5775. Conference offerings can be found at http://mosesorganic.org/ conference.html for updates. 

ILLINOIS
Feb. 15-16: The Illinois Pork Producers Assoc. (IPPA) annual meeting will take place at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Ill. Check the IPPA website – www.ilpork.com - for more details and further updates or call the office at 217-529-3100.

Feb. 16: The future of Midwest cattle feeding will be discussed at the 2011 Cattle Feeders Day at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau in Sycamore, Ill. Pre-registration is not required, and there is no fee to attend. For more information, contact Dan Faulkner at 217-333-1781.

INDIANA
Feb. 10-11: Cornbelt Seed Conference will feature keynote speaker Michael Specter, New Yorker staff writer and author of Denialism at the Indianapolis Marriott North in Indianapolis, Ind. Call 765-523-2535 or e-mail overdof@indianacrop.org

Feb. 19: The 2011 Purdue Lambing School will focus on late gestation, lactation and newborn care for both sheep and goat producers. 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Purdue Animal Sciences Research and Education Center Sheep Unit near West Lafayette, Ind. Registration is limited. A registration form is available www.ansc.purdue.edu/events/LambingSchoolFeb19.pdf  or by contacting Mike Neary at 765-494-4849, mneary@purdue.edu

Feb. 22: Private landowners will learn how they can become better managers of woodland resources by attending a course at the Tippecanoe County Extension office in Lafayette, Ind. Saturday field trips will be on March 5 and April 2. To register or for more information, 765-494-2153 or lfarlee@purdue.edu

Feb. 24-25: The 10th annual Midwest Women in Ag Conference will take place in Jeffersonville, Ind. Register online at www.agriculture.purdue.edu/wia
Feb. 25: The Eastern Hancock Agricultural Sciences Department in conjunction with Veterinary Care and Consultation will be conducting a bull breeding soundness examination day at the Eastern Hancock Life Science Facility north of Charlottesville, Ind. Contact Scott Jacobs at 317-936-5595 or at sjacobs@easternhancock.org

Feb. 26: The Indiana Beekeepers’ Assoc. will host its Indiana Bee School IX in Indianapolis, Ind. at the Southport Presbyterian Church. Randy Oliver, a commercial migratory beekeeper from Grass Valley, Calif. will be the keynote speaker. Register by Feb. 18. Contact Steve Doty at 317-485-5593; jsdoty@indynet.net

OHIO
Feb. 17: The Ohio Watershed Network will present a free webinar on “Promoting and Protecting Ecosystem Services at noon as part of a series called “Research to Practice: Addressing Non-point Source Pollution in Ohio.” Register at http://go.osu.edu/Bd7

Feb. 19-20: The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association will hold Ohio’s biggest conference on organic and sustainable agriculture in Granville, Ohio. “Inspiring Farms, Sustaining Communities” is the theme. Register online at www.oeffa.org or call 614-421-2022, ext. 205, or e-mail renee@oeffa.org

Feb. 21-22: The Ohio Grape and Wine Conference will be held at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio. Registration at the discounted rate is available until Feb. 4. Details, full schedule and a registration form can be found at http://go.osu.edu/BsD

Feb. 24-25: Corn University and Soybean School will once again headline sessions of conservation tillage topics at the 2011 Ohio State University Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference at the McIntosh Center of Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Complete registration and program information will be available at http://ctc.osu.edu

KENTUCKY
Feb. 10-11: The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service is combining efforts with The Ohio State University, Kentucky State University and Purdue University to offer “Lens of Diversity,” the seventh annual Tri-State Diversity Conference in Hebron, Ky. Interested individuals should call 812-427-3152. For more information, visit http://ces.ca.uky.edu/tristatediversity
conference.

Feb. 10: The Governor’s Office of Agriculture Policy annual conference will take place at the Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green, Ky. and feature special guest U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Visit agpolicy.ky.gov/annual_meeting for more details or contact Angela Blank at 502-564-4627 or angelag.blank@ky.gov

Feb. 12: Southeast Kentucky Beekeeping School will take place in
Corbin, Ky. Visit http://www.kyagr.com/statevet/bees/KYBeeSchoolCorbin.htm

Feb. 19: The Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Forum will take place at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. Hosted during the National Farm Machinery Show, the event will host the candidates seeking their party’s nomination for Commissioner of Agriculture. Contact Sarah Gardner at sandra.gardner@ky.gov

Feb. 21-22: The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is teaming up with the University of Tennessee to offer the sixth annual Mid-South Stocker Conference in Bowling Green, Ky. Registration is available online at www.midsouthstocker.org or contact John Bartee, with UT Extension’s Montgomery County office at 931-648-5725, jbartee1@utk.edu

MICHIGAN
Feb. 12: Sheep producers who are interested in learning how to optimize the birthing process with the added challenge of wintery weather are invited to attend a clinic in East Lansing, Mich. To register, call Carla McLachlan at 517-432-5402, or send an e-mail to mclachl2@msu.edu

Feb. 19: Sheep producers who are interested in learning how to optimize the birthing process with the added challenge of wintery weather are invited to attend a clinic in East Lansing, Mich.  To register, call Carla McLachlan at 517-432-5402, or send an e-mail to mclachl2@msu.edu

TENNESSEE
Feb. 17: Farmers can learn how to expand markets, diversify crops and increase profitability during a workshop offered by the University of Tennessee Extension and Appalachian Sustainable Development at the First Tennessee Development District office in Johnson City, Tenn. Go online at http://organics.tennessee.edu for more details.