NATIONAL Sept. 7-9: The Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival will feature fiber arts classes, stock dog trial, a country store, Border collie demonstrations and “Sheep 101”, sheep & fleece shows at Jefferson Fair Park, Jefferson, Wis. For details, visit www.wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com
ILLINOIS Sept. 10: The Illinois Organic Growers Assoc. and University of Illinois Extension are offering an urban agriculture tour, Farm to Table from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Goodness Greeness in Chicago, Ill., a company that directly supplies organic produce to over 300 stores, including the region’s largest supermarkets and retailers. Register at http://farmtotablegoodnessgreenessun commonground.eventbrite.com
Sept. 27: The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Assoc. will host Beef Bash 2012, a unique field day for Kentucky beef cattle producers at the UK Research and Education Center in Princeton, Ky. For more information contact Roy Burris at 270-365-7541 ext 208, e-mail rburris@uky.edu or a local UK Cooperative Extension Service office. The Beef Bash website, http://ces.ca.uky.edu/beefirm/bash/, has more detailed information on exhibits and demonstrations.
INDIANA Sept. 5: Landowners who want to diversify their acreage to preserve the family farm, earn extra income or conserve their land can attend a Purdue Extension Natural Resource Enterprises workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Indiana Farm Bureau Building, 225 S. East St., Indianapolis, Ind. Workshops include resource materials, lunch and refreshments. Contact Brian MacGowan, Purdue Extension wildlife specialist, at macgowan@purdue.edu
Sept. 6: Landowners who want to diversify their acreage to preserve the family farm, earn extra income or conserve their land can attend a Purdue Extension Natural Resource Enterprises workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Blue River Valley Farm, 10351 E. Daugherty Lane, Milltown, Ind. Workshops include resource materials, lunch and refreshments. Contact Brian MacGowan, Purdue Extension wildlife specialist, at macgowan@purdue.edu
Sept. 6: A Purdue Extension workshop will focus largely on helping forage and livestock producers manage the 2012 drought from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Purdue Agronomy Center for Research and Education in West Lafayette, Ind. Registration is $110 per person. More information and registration materials are available at https://ag.purdue.edu/ agry/dtc/Pages/September62012.aspx Sept. 14-15: A Purdue extension conference in southern Indiana will help livestock producers integrate management-intensive grazing programs in their operations. Grazing 102 take place at the Southern Indiana-Purdue Agricultural Center, 11371 East Purdue Farm Road, Dubois, Ind. Register at www3.ag.purdue.edu/counties/perry/Documents/Grazing%20102%20flyer.pdf or by contacting Margie Zoglmann at 812-547-7084, mzoglmann@purdue.edu
Sept. 18: Workers and families in farm-related businesses and other agricultural occupations can learn how to make their farms safer at the Agricultural Safety and Health Forum from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Beck Agricultural Center, 4540 U.S. 52 West, West Lafayette, Ind. Contact Kylie Hendress at 765-494-6679 or khen dres@purdue.edu
OHIO Sept. 5: Pumpkin Field Day, to be held from 6-8 p.m. at Ohio State University’s Western Agricultural Research Station in South Charleston, Ohio. Cost is $5 per person. Both CCA (certified crop advisor) and PAT (pesticide applicator training) credits will be available. Contact jasinski.4@osu.edu, 937-484-1526 or 937-462-8016. Sept. 13: Cover crops, drought and aerial and high-clearance seeding will be among the topics examined during the Ohio No-Till Field Day from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the David Brandt Farm, 6100 Basil Western Road, Carroll, Ohio. For a detailed agenda, log on to http://fabe.osu.edu/notill/ or call 614-292-6648 or email reeder.1@osu.edu
Sept. 14-15: The Statewide Sheep Shearing School will take place from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the Dave Cable Farm, 10491 Canal Rd., Hebron, Ohio. Cost to register is $40. Registration forms can be located at www.ohiosheep.org or by calling the Ohio Sheep Improvement Assoc. office at 614-246-8299.
KENTUCKY Sept. 11-12: The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture will host the Kentucky Grazing School at the Woodford County extension office in Versailles, Ky. Sessions begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m. local time. Preregistration is necessary - limited to the first 45 registrants. Applications are available online at www2.ca.uky.edu/grazer or through the local office of the UK Cooperative Extension Service.
Sept. 14: Connecting Farm$ to Local Market$ National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Ky. (8:45 a.m. – 3 p.m. CDT). This event is a networking opportunity designed to introduce Kentucky producers to wholesale and retail markets. Registration is due Sept. 7. For more information, visit http://ces.ca. uky.edu/Warren/farmdollars or contact Janet Johnson at 270-237-3146 or jjohnson@uky.edu.
TENNESSEE Sept. 5: The annual Cotton Tour Field Day will return to the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson, Tenn. Registration for the Cotton Tour begins at 8 a.m. and will conclude at noon, followed by a complimentary lunch. Admission to the Cotton Tour is free and open to the public. A schedule will be posted soon at http://west.tennessee.edu/events
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