ILLINOIS
Nov. 16-17: The University of Illinois Office for Futures and Options is sponsoring a two-day Ag Markets Workshop at the Illini Center in Chicago, Ill. Cost for the full two-day workshop is $650, and includes all materials as well as a session at the Chicago Board of Trade to observe trading and the daily closing of the ag futures and option markets. To register, go to www.ace.uiuc.edu/ACE Registrations/index.aspx

INDIANA
Nov. 19-21: A seminar titled New Food for Thought - Get Local, Get Thinking, Get Started, Get Better will offer ‘food for thought’ on local foods and agri-tourism at the Fort Wayne, Ind. Marriott. Registration and other conference information is available at the event’s website, www.newfoodforthought.com The cost is $35 for Indiana Farm Bureau members and $70 for non-members.

Nov. 19-21: Indiana Farm Bureau will host its annual convention in Fort Wayne, Ind. this year at the Grand Wayne Convention Center. The convention theme is Building a Championship Team. For more, visit www.infarmbureau.org or call 1-800-FARM-BUR (327-6287).

OHIO
Nov. 17: Ohio State Extension will present a talk on grains and biofuels, a dairy outlook, input costs and farmland values/rents at the Celina Eagles Lodge No. 1291 in Celina, Ohio at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. To register, call OSU Extension, Mercer County at 419-586-2179 or visit http://aede.osu.edu/programs/outlook

Nov. 12: Two renowned baitfish research specialists from the University of Arkansas will be the featured speakers during an Ohio State University (OSU) Extension baitfish culture workshop at the Agricultural Incubator Foundation Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. RSVP to the event by Nov. 6. Contact Geoff Wallat at 740-289-2071, ext. 146 or e-mail wallat1@ag.osu.edu

Nov. 12: Ohio State University will host its second annual Renewable Energy Workshop at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster, Ohio. Download the brochure and registration form at www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/bioenergy/images/Brochure09v2.pdf or call Mary Wicks at 330-202-3533 or e-mail her at wicks.14@osu.edu for details.

Nov. 13: Ohio State University Extension’s public Winter Tree ID workshop, from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., in the Geauga Park District’s Donald W. Meyer Center in Big Creek Park, Chardon Township, Ohio. Register and pay online at http://woodlandstewards.osu.edu

Nov. 19: Wildlife Control Workshop will take place at OSU South Centers in Piketon, Ohio from 6-8 p.m. Cost to register is $5. Contact: 740-289-2071.

Nov. 22: Farm Toy Show will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Ohio. Contact Lowell Morningstar at 937-826-4201.

Nov. 24: Ohio State Extension will present a talk on grains and biofuels, a dairy outlook and the economics of cap and trade in Wooster, Ohio. To register, call 330-264-8722. For details, visit http://aede.osu.edu/programs/outlook

MICHIGAN
Dec. 1: Bio eConference, Growing the Bioeconomy: Solutions for Sustainability, will take place at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing, Mich. Visit http://web2.msue.msu.edu/ bioeconomy/ or call MSU Agriculture and Natural Resources Conference Services at 517-353-3175 to register.

KENTUCKY
Nov. 7-20: The North American International Livestock Exposition will take place at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. More detailed show information is available online at www.livestockexpo.org

Nov. 14: Kentucky Horse Council annual Conference will be at
Scott County High School in Georgetown, Ky. from 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Visit www.kentuckyhorse.org/annual for more information.

Nov. 14: Kentucky State Beekeepers annual meeting will be at the
Warren County Extension Office in Bowling Green, Ky. Cost is $5 for lunch. RSVP by calling 270-622-3615 or visit www.ksbabeekeeping.org

Nov. 17-19: Kentucky Small, Limited Resource, Minority Farmers Conference will take place at the Capital Plaza Hotel and KSU Farm in Frankfort, Ky. The theme is Revitalizing the Small Family Farm in a Stressed Economy. Contact Louie Rivers at 502-597-5905 or louie.rivers@kysu.edu

Nov. 17: Kentucky Agricultural Heritage Center annual meeting
will take place at the Anderson Circle Farm in Harrodsburg, Ky. Invitation only. For more information about the Center, visit www.kyagheritage.org

Nov. 18-19: The University of Kentucky will host a regional Extension Disaster Education Network Food Protection Conference in Lexington, Ky. The conference begins at 8 a.m. with registration at the Lexington Downtown Hotel and Conference Center. For more information visit the EDEN website at www.EDEN.lsu.edu/FPCSouth

Nov.19-20: Kentucky Agricultural Development Board annual planning meeting will be at the Barren River Lake State Resort Park in Lucas, Ky. Meeting agenda will be posted at agpolicy.ky.gov/calendar.shtml 72 hours before the meeting.

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