NATIONAL
Feb. 24-26: The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service will offer the 22nd annual Organic Farming Conference at the LaCrosse Center in LaCrosse, Wis. Contact Eric Hatling at eric@mosesorganic.org; 715-778-5775. Conference offerings and a registration form can be found at http://mosesor
ganic.org/conference.html for updates. 

ILLINOIS
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. 19: The 2011 Purdue Lambing School will focus on topics associated with critical production phases of late gestation, lactation and newborn care for both sheep and goat producers. 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Purdue Animal Sciences Research and Education Center Sheep Unit near West Lafayette, Ind. Registration is limited. A registration form is available www.ansc.purdue.edu/events/LambingSchoolFeb19.pdf  or by contacting Mike Neary at 765-494-4849, mneary@purdue.edu

Feb. 21: A Farmers’ Market Boot Camp will take place at the Indiana Farm Bureau office in Indianapolis, Ind. Cost to register is $10. Register by calling Tammy Goodale at 765-494-1296 or e-mail her at tgoodale@pur
due.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 or lfarlee@purdue.edu

Feb. 24-25: The 10th annual Midwest Women in Ag Conference will take place in Jeffersonville, Ind. Register online at www.agriculture.purdue.edu/wia

Feb. 25: The Eastern Hancock Agricultural Sciences Department in conjunction with Veterinary Care and Consultation will be conducting a bull breeding soundness examination day at the Eastern Hancock Life Science Facility north of Charlottesville, Ind. Contact Scott Jacobs at 317-936-5595 or at sjacobs@easternhancock.org

Feb. 26: The Indiana Beekeepers’ Assoc. will host its Indiana Bee School IX in Indianapolis, Ind. at the Southport Presbyterian Church. Randy Oliver, a commercial migratory beekeeper from Grass Valley, Calif. will be the keynote speaker. Register by Feb. 18. Contact Steve Doty at 317-485-5593; jsdoty@indynet.net

Feb. 28: The 2011 Purdue Wheat Production Day will take place at the Southwest-Purdue Agricultural Center near Vincennes, Ind. from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more details, contact Stacye Johnson at 812-882-3509 or johns227@purdue.edu

OHIO
Feb. 17: The Ohio Watershed Network will present a free webinar on “Promoting and Protecting Ecosystem Services at noon as part of a series called “Research to Practice: Addressing Non-point Source Pollution in Ohio.” Register at http://go.osu.edu/Bd7

Feb. 19-20: The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association will hold Ohio’s biggest conference on organic and sustainable agriculture in Granville, Ohio. “Inspiring Farms, Sustaining Communities” is the theme. Register online at www.oeffa.org or call 614-421-2022, ext. 205, or e-mail renee@oeffa.org

Feb. 21-22: The Ohio Grape and Wine Conference will be held at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio. Registration at the discounted rate was available until Feb. 4. Details, full schedule and a registration form can be found at http://go.osu.edu/BsD

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. Early registration is $50 for one day or $75 for both days. Complete information is available at http://ctc.osu.edu

KENTUCKY
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 at www.midsouthstocker.org or contact John Bartee at 931-648-5725, jbar
tee1@utk.edu

Feb. 26: Northeast Kentucky Beekeeping School
will take place at Morehead State University at the Adron Doran University Center in Morehead, Ky. Cost: $15 by Feb. 18; $20 at the door.  For more information, visit www.kyagr.com/statevet/bees/bee%0schools/KYBeeSchoolMorehead.htm or call 606-784-5457.

MICHIGAN
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. presented by Michigan State University small ruminant specialist Dr. Richard Ehrhardt. To register, call Carla McLachlan at 517-432-5402, or send an e-mail to mclachl2@msu.edu

TENNESSEE
Feb. 17: Farmers can learn how to expand markets, diversify crops and increase profitability during a workshop offered by the University of Tennessee Extension and Appalachian Sustainable Development at the First Tennessee Development District office in Johnson City, Tenn. More information will soon be available online at http://organics.tennessee.edu

Feb. 24: Farmers can learn how to expand markets, diversify crops and increase profitability during a workshop offered by the University of Tennessee (UT) Extension and Appalachian Sustainable Development at the UT Plant Biotech Building in Knoxville, Tenn. More information will soon be available online at http://organics.tennessee.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.