NATIONAL
May 6: In preparation for the June 1 sign-up deadline for the Average Crop Revenue Election Program, NCGA and DTN will offer a free webinar at 8 a.m. EDT with details on the safety net program. To register, please visit www.ncga.com and look for “ACRE Webinar.”

May 22: The annual Rocky Broad River Tiki Tumble Race will take place in Lure, N.C., behind the Geneva Riverside Tiki Motel on the Rocky Broad River. Call 828-625-4121; genevariverside@
bellsouth.net; www.genevarivermotel.com/events

ILLINOIS
May 19-20: The 51st annual Corn Dry Milling Conference will be in Peoria, Ill. Hotel rooms have been reserved at the Embassy Suites Peoria hotel for those who need overnight accommodations. Detailed information about the meeting is on www.namamillers.org/2010_CDMC_Schedule.html

May 27: A tour of Wilken Worm Farms, a vermiculture business, will take place in Iroquois County, Ill. Cost is $20 per person, which includes lunch. Register at least one week in advance. Visit http://web.extension.illinois.edu/smallfarm/ag_tours.cfm for details or call 217-968-5512.

INDIANA
May 6: The Ergonomics (Safety & Productivity) education workshop will demonstrate how producers can avoid injury while sustaining or increasing productivity at the Tipton County Extension office in Tipton, Ind. at 6:30 p.m. Contact Mary Day at 765-675-1177.
May 7-9: Jackson County Antique Machinery Show and Swap Meet will take place in Brownstown, Ind. Contact Cooney Barger at 812-523-3594.

May 16: The American Indian Council will host a business meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Annex Building at the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ind. For more details or for a list of other upcoming events, contact Sandy Maddox at: 765.453.9025; Maddox.s@comcast.net or visit http://americanindiancouncil.com

May 19: The Ergonomics (Safety & Productivity) education workshop will demonstrate how producers can avoid injury while sustaining or increasing productivity at the Delaware County Extension office in Muncie, Ind. at 6:30 p.m. Contact Daisy Fryman at 765-747-7732.

OHIO
May 7: A Farm Safety Day Camp will offer lessons about rural dangers at the Morrow County Fairgrounds in Mt. Gilead, Ohio. Contact Becky Barker, 419-947-1070.

May 12: A Farm Safety Day Camp will offer lessons about rural dangers at the Agriculture Incubator Foundation in Wood County, Ohio. Contact David Little, 419-833-6014 or dlittle@eastwood.k12.oh.us

May 14: Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assoc. will host its annual sale at 7 p.m. at the Guernsey County Fairgrounds in Old Washington, Ohio. Contact Rick Van Fleet at 740-732-4783.

May 20: Ohio State University and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Guernsey and Noble counties will hold a free pond clinic from 6-8 p.m. at the Eastern Agricultural Research Station in Caldwell, Ohio. Call the Guernsey district office at 740-432-5624 to reserve a spot.

May 20: Ohio State University South Centers at Piketon, Ohio will be offering a Strawberry Production workshop from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. to provide the latest in production management techniques. Registration is $5 per person. Contact Julie Strawser-Moose at 740-289-2071, ext. 223, or e-mail strawser.35@cfaes.osu.edu

May 20: A Farm Safety Day Camp will offer lessons about rural dangers at the Camp Palmer in Fayette, Ohio. Contact David Little, 419-833-6014 or dlittle@eastwood.k12.oh.us

KENTUCKY
May 14-16: The first annual Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival will be in conjunction with the Bluegrass Classic Stockdog Trial in Lexington, Ky. To participate as a vendor for this event, contact Sharon Koontz at 502-352-2434 or sharon@kysheepandgoat.org

TENNESSEE
May 13: The University of Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Greeneville, Tenn. will hold its annual Tobacco and Forage Field Day at 8 a.m. For more information, contact a county UT Extension office or the AgResearch and Education Center at Greeneville, 423-638-6532.

LOOKING AHEAD
June 7-9: 2010 Corn Utilization and Technology Conference will look at the role of corn in human health and nutrition, water usage and agriculture and other timely topics in Atlanta, Ga. To register or learn more about this event,  www.corntechconf.org/index.asp
June 13: The Eastern Ohio Hereford Assoc. Junior Show will take place at 11 a.m. at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Wooster, Ohio. Contact Jane Johnson at 330-767-3877.

June 15: Fruits of the Backyard Field Day will be held at the University of Tennessee’s Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Spring Hill, Tenn. For more information, visit http://middletennessee.tennessee.edu or call 931-486-2129.

June 18: A tour of Farmer Brown’s Production Company and Mulberry Hill Farm will take place in Jackson County, Ill. Cost is $20 per person, which includes lunch. Register at least one week in advance. Visit http://web.extension.illinois.edu/small
farm/ag_tours.cfm for details or call 217-968-5512.
June 18-20: Fulton County Historical Power Show will take place in Rochester, Ind. at the Fulton County Historical Society grounds. For more details, call 574-223-4436; e-mail fchs@rtcol.com or visit www.icss.net/fchs

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.