ILLINOIS<br>
March 7: Dairy Grazing Brown Bagger Teleconference will feature Ed Ballard, retired U of I animal systems educator and Steve Schwoerer of the Roblee dairy farm near Bloomington, Ill. To register for “Pasture Specie Production and Quality in a Dairy Grazing System,”  contact Dave Seibert at 309-694-7501.<br>
March 7: The Certified Livestock Manager Training program at the University of Illinois will offer a series of workshops to help producers comply with the Livestock Management Facilities Act. The session in Springfield, Ill. will focus on general topics. Call 800-345-6087 e-mail clmt@uiuc.edu<br>
March 7-8: High school students are invited to attend ExplorACES to learn more about programs at the University of Illinois at For more details, visit www.aces.uiuc.edu/ExplorACES/ or call 217-333-2728.<br>
March 8: Illinois Lamb and Wool Producers and the Illinois Valley Lamb and Wool Producers will sponsor a barn tour at the Royer Farm in Washington, Ill. Registration is $5 per person, which includes lunch. Contact Jane Zeien at 815-544-9582 or jzcci@aol.com<br>

INDIANA<br>March 5: Energy efficiency on the farm will be the focus of a grant writing workshop series in Orleans, Ind. To register, contact Katherine Page Saldana at 765-336-9522, katherine@causematters.com<br>
March 5: Indiana Regional Dairy Meeting will take place in Haubstadt, Ind. For more information or to register, contact Mike Schutz at 765 494-9478, mschutz@purdue.edu<br>
March 6: Indiana Regional Dairy Meeting will take place in Columbus, Ind. For more information or to register, contact Mike Schutz at 765 494-9478, mschutz@purdue.edu<br>
March 7-8: Indiana Farm Bureau (IFB) Spring Conference will feature U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner at the Marriott East Hotel in Indianapolis, Ind. For further details, contact IFB at 317-692-7830, or 1-800-FARM BUR (327-6287).<br>
March 8: The Clark County 4-H Club of Indiana will host its annual farm and construction consignment auction at 9 a.m. at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Charlestown, Ind. For more details, contact Diane Graf 812-248-0712 .<br>
March 8: Indiana Aquaculture Association (IAAI) will host its annual meeting at the Marion County Purdue Extension Office in Indianapolis, Ind. Call IAAI president, Martha Render at 219-275-8851 or e-mail her at 1hoosiers@ffni.com for more
information.<br>
March 11: Media training for Indiana MarketMaker, a new tool connecting growers and consumers will take place at Purdue University’s Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 289, 640 Oval Drive in West Lafayette, Ind. For details, contact Julie Douglas, 765-496-1050, douglajk@purdue.edu<br>

MICHIGAN<br>
March 6: Michigan blueberry growers can learn how to adopt sustainable farming practices in a series of blueberry integrated pest management (IPM) scout training modules. Module 2 will cover the cover changes to the immigration laws. Training will take place in Fennville, Mich. Call 269-561-5040 or 616-846-8250 for more details.<br>
March 3-6: American Sheep Industry Association will conduct a four-day advanced sheep shearer training program in Vicksburg, Mich. Enrollment is limited. To enroll, contact ASI at 303-771-3500 or info@sheepusa.org<br>
March 6: Forage Technology Conference will be hosted at the Michigan State University Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center as part of Agriculture and Natural Resources Week in East Lansing, Mich. Pre-registration is required and includes lunch. Contact Jodie Schonfelder at 517-355-0271, ext. 1114, or schonfel@msu.edu<br>

OHIO<br>
March 6: Annie’s Project, a risk management course for women in agriculture will be offered in Erie County at EHOVE Career Center in Milan, Ohio from 6 to 9 p.m. Call 419-627-7631 to register.<br>
March 6: Annie’s Project, a risk management course for women in agriculture will be offered in Auglaize County at the County Administration Building, Room 209 in Wapakoneta, Ohio from 6 to 9 p.m. Call 419-738-2219 to register.<br>
March 6, 13: Annie’s Project, a risk management course for women in agriculture will be offered in Wood County at Extension Office in Bowling Green, Ohio from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Call 419-354-9050 to register.<br>
March 6, 13: Annie’s Project, a risk management course for women in agriculture will be offered in Defiance County at Extension Office in Defiance, Ohio from 2 to 5 p.m. Call 419-782-4771 to register.<br>
March 7, 14: OSU will offer a series of workshops on transitioning the family business at the Shisler Conference Center, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, Ohio. The second in the series will focus on the nuts and bolts of the transfer process. Contact Jonah Johnson at 937 328-4607.<br>
March 10: Annie’s Project, a risk management course for women in agriculture will be offered in Ashland County at the Hospice of North Central Ohio Building in Ashland, Ohio from 6 to 9 p.m. Call 419-281-8242 to register.<br>
Editor’s Note: Coming Events is a free listing. The material presented is a cross-section of activities about which we know. Placement in Coming Events is on a space available basis and is up to the discretion of the Farm World staff.