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July 25-27: The Council on Foundations 2011 Rural Philanthropy Conference will provide foundation leaders with the tools and knowledge required to capture new resources, engage in the arena of public policy, and address the unique challenges of rural economies in Kansas City, Mo., at the Marriott Downtown. Register at http://memberservices.cof.org/rural2011/default.asp INDIANA
July 23-27: National Institute on Cooperative Education Youth Conference is a four-day meeting on Purdue’s West Lafayette, Ind. campus. It will show high school students how business cooperatives are started, structured and operated. The event begins with registration at 1 p.m., July 23 and ends with the closing session at 10:30 a.m., July 27. Registration is $325 per person. For more information or to apply for a scholarship, visit www.2011NICE.
org or contact Carl Broady at 765-494-8435 or broady@purdue.edu
July 31-Aug. 4: Purdue University’s Department of Animal Sciences will co-host the 45th Congress for the International Society for Applied Ethology in Indianapolis. Ind., at the Hyatt Regency in Indianapolis, Ind.
For more information, go to http://
www.ars.usda.gov/meetings/isae2011
July 30: Purdue University Extension and Historic Prophetstown will offer a forage clinic will focus on hay quality assessment, production practices and building a feeding program for horses at the Prophetstown Farm in West Lafayette, Ind. Cost to register is $40. More information is available online at www.prophetstown.org/clinicsworkshops.html, or by calling Melissa Brown at 765-567-4700.
July 29-31: Purdue Extension Hands-On Forage Clinic, is a two-day event at Prophetstown Farm in West Lafayette, Ind. Participants also are invited to attend an orientation cookout July 29 at the farm. Event participants will use horse-driven hay equipment while learning to harvest in an efficient manner without crimping, or damaging, the hay. Registration is $300 per person, or $250 for members of Historic Prophetstown. The fee includes all meals starting with Friday dinner and ending with Sunday lunch. Advanced draft horse driving skills are required. More information is available online at www.prophetstown.org/clinicsworkshops.html, or by calling Melissa Brown at 765-567-4700.
Aug. 2-3: The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is partnering with Purdue University to offer the fourth annual Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange in Fort Wayne, Ind. Please RSVP with completed registration form and $50 registration fee by July 22. Make check payable to Kentucky PDCA and return to: Kentucky PDCA, c/o Larissa Tucker, 403 W.P. Garrigus Building, Lexington, KY 40546-0215. For more information, contact Tucker at 859-257-5986 or e-mail larissa.tucker@uky.edu OHIO
July 28: Field Crops Day will take place from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Northwest Agricultural Research Station in Hoytville, Ohio. For more information, contact Matt Davis at 419-257-2060 or davis.1095@osu.edu
July 28: The Ohio Christmas Tree Assoc. will host a Christmas Tree College at Kaleidoscope Farms in Hancock County, Ohio. The event will start at 1 p.m. and end with a pork loin dinner at 6 p.m. The farm is located at 14841 County Road 54, Mt. Cory, Ohio. The cost for members is $50 per farm or $30 per person. For more information visit www.kaleidoscopefarms.com or call 419-722-1154.
Aug. 2: Producers looking for new markets for farm products can learn about exporting during a workshop in Fremont, Ohio. To register, contact Amy Matt, Chamber of Commerce of Sandusky County, 419-332-1591, com
munications@scchamber.org
Aug. 16: Ohio’s annual Manure Science Review, featuring new and better ways to manage farm manure and wastewater, takes place at the Winner Family Farm in DeGraff, Ohio from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration costs $30 by Aug. 8, $35 afterward and at the door. A continental breakfast, lunch and all materials are included. Download the registration form at http://go.osu.edu/Dy4, or call 330-202-3533 to have a copy sent to you in the mail. KENTUCKY
July 21: The University of Kentucky All Commodity Field Day will be at the UK Research and Education Center in Princeton, Ky. from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tour agricultural research plots, educational and commodity exhibits, family and consumer science demonstrations and youth activities. For more information, visit http://ces2.ca.uky.edu/wkrec
July 22-23: Chaney’s Ice Cream & a Moovie – Shrek Forever After will take place at Chaney’s Dairy Barn, 9191 Nashville Road in Bowling Green, Ky. Movies will be shown outside every other Friday and Saturday through the first weekend in September. Cost: Free, no outside food or drink permitted. For more information, call 270-843-5567. www.chaneysdairybarn.com.
Aug. 15-16: The second installment of the 2011 Kentucky Grazing School will be held at the Woodford County office of the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service and the C. Oran Little Research Center in Versailles. Ky. at 7:30 a.m. Pre-registration is necessary, as the school is limited to the first 45 applicants. Producers can register by calling 859-257-7512 or emailing lyndsay.jones4@uky.edu Registration forms are also available online at the UK Forages website http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Forage |
