NATIONAL
Feb. 8-10, 2011: The World Ag Expo will be in Tulare, Calif. To learn more, visit www.worldagexpo.com

ILLINOIS
Feb. 16: The future of Midwest cattle feeding will be discussed at the 2011 Cattle Feeders Day at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau in Sycamore, Ill. Pre-registration is not required, and there is no fee to attend. For more information, contact Dan Faulkner at 217-333-1781 or Mike Cecava at 217-451-6817.

Feb. 27: Registration is now open for the first-ever Swine Webinar Series. All programs will take place on the fourth Monday of each month starting at 2 p.m. CST. The sessions will take 30 minutes with a 15-minute question-and-answer period. To register, go to http://web.extension.illinois.edu/swinewebinar. The cost is $30 per registrant to access the entire webinar series and recorded programs. Contact Rob Knox at rknox@illinois.edu or 217-244-5177.

INDIANA
Feb. 3: Purdue Extension in Madison County will be offering a series of two winter agricultural programs to give agricultural producers, landowners, and agribusiness professionals updated financial information. Both programs will be held at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Alexandria, Ind. Contact John Orick, Extension educator for Purdue Extension, Madison County to reserve a spot for the program or for more information at 765-641-9514.

Feb. 3: A dairy breeding and production seminar will be offered by LIC/USA, DGS, Taurus Service at Tiffany’s Restaurant in Topeka, Ind. at 10 a.m.  Contact Gary Weichart - 419-615-8738.

Feb. 9: The 25th annual Illinois and Indiana Seed Conditioning workshop will take place at the Indianapolis Marriott North in Indianapolis, Ind. Go online to www.cbsconference.org/

Feb. 10-11: Cornbelt Seed Conference will feature keynote speaker Michael Specter, New Yorker staff writer and author of Denialism at the Indianapolis Marriott North in Indianapolis, Ind. Call 765-523-2535 or e-mail overdof@indianacrop.org to register or for more information.

Feb. 8: Private landowners will learn how they can become better managers of woodland resources by attending an eight-week course at the Southeast Purdue Agricultural Center in Butlerville, Ind. Saturday morning field tours March 5 and 19 to practice tree identification and observe woodland management activities. To register or for more information, call 812-689-6511 or osbornda@purdue.edu

Feb. 22: Private landowners will learn how they can become better managers of woodland resources by attending a course at the Tippecanoe County Extension office in Lafayette, Ind. Saturday field trips will be on March 5 and April 2. To register or for more information, 765-494-2153.

OHIO
Feb. 24-25: Corn University and Soybean School will once again headline sessions of conservation tillage topics at the 2011 Ohio State University Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference at the McIntosh Center of Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Complete registration and program information is available at http://ctc.osu.edu

KENTUCKY
Feb. 5: Allen County Beekeeping School will take place at the
Allen County High School in Scottsville, Ky. Cost: $10 per person, $15 per family. For more information, visit www.kyagr.com/statevet/bees/KYBeeSchoolScottsville.htm or contact John Pace at 270-651-6507 or at jlpace@glasgow-ky.gov

Feb. 10-11: “Lens of Diversity,” the seventh annual Tri-State Diversity Conference will be in Hebron, Ky.  Interested individuals should call 812-427-3152. For more information or to print a registration form, visit http://ces.ca.uky.edu/tristatediversityconference.

Feb. 10: The Governor’s Office of Agriculture Policy annual conference will take place at the Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green, Ky. and feature special guest U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.  Visit agpolicy.ky.gov/annual_meeting for more details or contact Angela Blank at 502-564-4627 or angelag.blank@ky.gov

Feb. 12: Southeast Kentucky Beekeeping School will take place in
Corbin, Ky. Visit http://www.kyagr.com/statevet/bees/KYBeeSchoolCorbin.htm

Feb. 21-22: The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is teaming up with the University of Tennessee to offer the sixth annual Mid-South Stocker Conference in Bowling Green, Ky. Registration is available online at www.midsouthstocker.org or contact John Bartee, with UT Extension’s Montgomery County office at 931-648-5725, jbartee1@utk.edu

MICHIGAN
Feb. 3-5: The ninth annual Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference will help dairy producers plan for the future at the Bavarian Inn Lodge and Conference Center in Frankenmuth, Mich. Registration forms and a complete program schedule are available online at www.glrdc.msu.edu Participants can also register and receive more information on the conference by calling MSU events coordinator Megghan Honke at 517-353-3175 ext. 229.

Feb. 12: Sheep producers who are interested in learning how to optimize the birthing process with the added challenge of wintery weather are invited to attend a clinic in East Lansing, Mich. presented by Michigan State University small ruminant specialist Dr. Richard Ehrhardt. Enrollment is limited to 20 persons per session date so preregistration by Feb. 7 is required. To register, call Carla McLachlan at 517-432-5402, or send an e-mail to mclachl2@msu.edu

Feb. 19: Sheep producers who are interested in learning how to optimize the birthing process with the added challenge of wintery weather are invited to attend a clinic in East Lansing, Mich. Enrollment is limited to 20 persons per session date so preregistration by Feb. 7 is required. To register, call Carla McLachlan at 517-432-5402, or send an e-mail to mclachl2@msu.edu

TENNESSEE
Feb. 10: The University of Tennessee will host a precision agriculture conference to complement the annual Cotton Focus at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson, Tenn. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. For more detailed information visit http://west.tennessee.edu, or contact Dr. Chris Main at cmain@utk.edu

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.