ILLINOIS
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/smallfarm/ag_tours.cfm for details or call 217-968-5512.
June 30: A University of Illinois (UoI) Weed Science Field Day is scheduled to take place at the UoI Crop Sciences Research and Education Center in Urbana, Ill. For more information, contact a local UoI Extension office.
July 7: The University of Illinois Northwest Research Center (NWRC) will host a field day related to research in crop production at 8 a.m. north of Monmouth, Ill. Contact the NWRC at 309-734-7459 or send e-mail to Eric Adee at adee@uiuc.edu INDIANA
June 9: Purdue University farm safety specialists will host a workshop to teach life-saving grain storage rescue techniques at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Ind. Register in advance by contacting Steve Wettschurack at 765-714-4557, swettsch@purdue.edu
June 11: Purdue University farm safety specialists will host a workshop to teach life-saving grain storage rescue techniques at the Purdue Agronomy Farm in West Lafayette, Ind. Register in advance by contacting Steve Wettschurack at 765-714-4557, swettsch@purdue.edu
June 12: Purdue University farm safety specialists will host a workshop to teach life-saving grain storage rescue techniques at the Purdue Agronomy Farm in West Lafayette, Ind. Register in advance by contacting Steve Wettschurack at 765-714-4557, swettsch@purdue.edu
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
June 19-26: Wayne County, Ind. will celebrate its 200 year anniversary at the Wayne County Fair by hosting an antique event at the Warm Glover Bicentennial tent with a talk from Antique Week Editor Connie Swaim at 5:30 p.m. on June 21 with antique appraisals following in Richmond, Ind. For a full list of events to celebrate the bicentennial contact Carolyn Lafever at 765-489-5429.
June 22: Purdue University farm safety specialists will host a workshop to teach life-saving grain storage rescue techniques at the Northeast-Purdue Agricultural Center in Columbia City, Ind. Register in advance by contacting Steve Wettschurack at 765-714-4557, swettsch@purdue.edu
June 23-24: The Indiana Farm Management tour will visit six farms in Boone and Hendricks Counties, Ind. this summer. Pre-registration is required by June 16. To register, call 765-482-0750 or 1-888-EXT-INFO.
June 24: Purdue University farm safety specialists will host a workshop to teach life-saving grain storage rescue techniques at the Feldun-Purdue Agricultural Center in Bedford, Ind. Register in advance by contacting Steve Wettschurack at 765-714-4557, swettsch@purdue.edu
June 26: Purdue University farm safety specialists will host a workshop to teach life-saving grain storage rescue techniques at the Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center in Butlerville, Ind. Register in advance by contacting Steve Wettschurack at 765-714-4557, swettsch@purdue.edu OHIO
June 13: A “Franklin County Master Gardener Vegetable Garden Fete” free hour-long program will take place 12-1 p.m. at the Franklin County Master Gardener’s plot at Ohio State University’s Waterman Agriculture and Natural Resources Laboratory in Columbus, Ohio. For more information, contact Annette Swanberg at 614-529-9773.
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 19: The Licking County Cattlemen’s Association have teamed up to sponsor Showring Success, a seminar featuring Dave Guyer of Guyer Cattle Company at the Muskingum County Fairgrounds in Zanesville, Ohio from 9 am-2 pm. The seminar is free of charge but more information and registration can be obtained by contacting Steve Davis at 740-587-0221.
MICHIGAN
June 19: Breakfast on the Farm will invite area residents to enjoy a complimentary pancake breakfast, along with a self-guided tour of the family-owned Steenblik Dairy Farm near Pewamo, Mich., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To reserve tickets, contact Faith Cullens at 989-224-5240 or cullensf@msu.edu or visit www.breakfastonthefarm.com
July 2-4: 17th annual All-American Junior Sheep Show, hosted by the Michigan Sheep Breeders’ Assoc. will be at the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, Mich. Contact Dale Huhnke at 630-881-8108 or e-mail dalehuhnke@yahoo.com for details.
TENNESSEE
June 10: A national expert on bull leasing programs will be the keynote presenter at the 2010 University of Tennessee Beef and Forage Field Day at the UT Institute of Agriculture at the Blount Unit of the East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center near Knoxville, Tenn. The complete program is available at http://agriculture.tennessee.edu/news/FieldDays/
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 24: University of Tennessee (UT) Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center along with UT Extension will host the Tobacco, Beef & More Field Day at the Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center north in Springfield, Tenn. Contact a local UT Extension office for more information.
July 8: The University of Tennessee Summer Celebration Lawn and Garden Show Summer Celebration 2010 kicks off at 10 a.m. at the West Tennessee AgResearch & Education Center in Jackson, Tenn. The cost for the day is $5. For more information, contact a local UT Extension office. 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. |
