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Coming Events - June 17, 2009

ILLINOIS
June 19: The second of this year’s University of Illinois Extension sustainable agriculture tours will focus on growing strawberries, naturally, at Jed’s Farm in Thompsonville, Ill. Register at  https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/default.cfm?RegistrationID=2845 or call Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant at 217-968-5512.

INDIANA
June 19-21: Johnson County Antique Machinery Assoc. will host its 18 annual machinery show at the Johnson County Park near Edinburgh, Ind. Contact Fred Price at 317-403-2510 or visit at www.jcamach.org

June 23: A wind energy meeting will provide information about commercial wind energy development to landowners, local officials and other interested citizens at the Boone County Farm Bureau Community Bureau Building at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ind. For details, contact IFB Regional Manager Amy Hutson, 317-625-3699.

June 23-24: The annual Indiana Farm Management Tour will be held in LaPorte and Starke counties, Ind. with stops at five farms. Each farm raises traditional and specialty crops, including seed corn, mint and vegetables. Pre-register by June 18 at 219-324-9407.

June 24: The Tri-State Field Day will give farmers and applicators opportunities to interact with experts from Purdue, Michigan State and Ohio State universities at the Northeast-Purdue Agricultural Center in Columbia City, Ind. Registration is due by June 19 and is available online at http://www.extension.purdue.edu/anr/documents/2009/Tri-StateFlyer09.pdf or call 260-358-4826.

June 27-28: 7th annual 2-day covered bridge tractor tour will take place in Rockville, Ind. For information or to enter, call Joe Warters at 765-362-0910 or Ron Brook at 765-498-5347.
July 3-4: The 16th annual Horse Progress Days will take place in Odon, Ind. For a full list of events and activities visit www.horseprogressdays.com or call Delmar Wagler at 812-486-3845.

July 7: The third of this year’s University of Illinois Extension sustainable agriculture tours will discuss grass-fed beef, pastured chickens and eggs in Sheffield, Ill. Register by calling Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant at 217-968-5512.

KENTUCKY
July 23: The University of Kentucky will host a field day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the UK Research & Education Center in Princeton, Ky. For more details, contact Carol Spence at 859-257-8324; cspence@uky.edu

June 25: A farm irrigation demonstration will take place at
Marula Park Farm, 6721 Russell Cave Rd. in Lexington, Ky. at 1 p.m. For more information call 858-338-6808, or visit www.bluestonegeologic.com

OHIO
June 17: Beekeeping Field Day will take place at the Ohio Ag Research Development Center in Wooster, Ohio from 3-7 p.m. Contact 330-263-3684. Ohio Aquaculture Field Day will take place at the Ohio State University South Centers in Piketon, Ohio from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact: 740-289-2071.

June 18: Northeast Ohio Lawn Care Seminar will take place at the Ohio Ag Research Development Center in Wooster, Ohio from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Contact: 800-510-5296.

June 18: New Crop Opportunities Workshop will take place at the  OSU South Centers in Piketon, Ohio from 6-8 p.m. Contact: 740-289-2071.

June 21: The Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn. Junior Show will take place at the Guernsey County Fairgrounds in Old Washington, Ohio. Contact Rick Fleet at 740-732-4783.

June 25: Organic Farming Education and Research (OFFER) Program Field Day will take place at the West Badger Farm, OARDC in Wooster, Ohio at 1:30 p.m., Contact: 330-202-3528.

June 25-27: 2009 Eastern Regional Junior Angus Show will take place at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio. For more details, contact Logan Deitrick at ghdeitrick@yahoo.com or 740-674-4610.

June 26-28: The 22nd annual Maria Stein Country Fest will take place in Maria Stein, Ohio and feature Big Cat Encounter, music entertainers Mustang Sally, The Decades and Free Rider. For a full list of events and activities, visit www.mscountryfest.com or call 419-925-4151.

TENNESSEE
June 25: The University of Tennessee will offer an agriculture field day featuring tobacco, beef and more in Springfield, Tenn. at the Highland Rim REC. More information is available at http://agriculture.tennessee.edu/news/FieldDays/index.htm

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.

6/17/2009