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| ILLINOIS
Sept. 6: Featuring field demonstrations of forage harvesting equipment, the Illinois Forage Expo will be hosted at the Prescott Frost Farm, north of Shelbyville, Ill. The Expo will begin at 9 a.m. For further information, contact Ellen Trainor at 217-774-9546 or by e-mail at etrainor@uiuc.edu
Sept. 6: “Diversified Organic Grain and Cooperative Marketing,” will take place at the Duane and Margaret Baker’s farm in Oblong, Ill. Contact Dan Anderson Larson at 217-244-2880 or dlarson@uiuc.edu
Sept. 14: The fifth sustainable agriculture tour will be to Dixon Springs Agricultural Center in Dixon Springs, Ill. Visit www.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm for details, or contact Donna Cray at dcray@uiuc.edu or at 217-241-4644.
Sept. 17: Conservation Security Program (CSP) will showcase the Mike Lindberg Farm in Boone County, Ill., which is enrolled in the highest tier in CSP. To register: contact Paula at Illinois Stewardship Alliance, 217-498-9707; isa@illinoisstewardshipalliance.org
Sept. 22: All-Breed Goat Expo will feature a goat/sheep sale and seminars on a variety of topics related to the goat/sheep industry at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Fairfield, Ill. Contact Mark Wells at 618-854-2711. More details are available at www.mid
westgoatproducers.org
Sept. 24: A Chenoa, Ill. and Eureka, Ill. session entitled, “Farm to Zoo: Linking Local Organic Farmers to the Brookfield Zoo” will inform farmers of the many foodstuffs that the zoo is anxious to purchase from Illinois farms. To register, contact The Land Connection at 847-570-0701; Kathy@thelandconnec
tion.org
INDIANA
Sept. 5-8: All-American Horse Classic, featuring over 750 American Saddlebred horses and Hackney ponies will take place in Indianapolis, Ind. Contact Dee McNealy at 317-371-3777 or serenamcn@yahoo.com
Sept. 5: Drainage 101 will focus on Indiana drainage law and take place at the Indiana Farm Bureau building in Indianapolis, Ind. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the event will provide lunch. Early registration is recommended. For details, visit www.infarmbu
reau.org or call 317-692-7840.
Sept. 6: Pond Pro Workshop provides an opportunity for landowners to learn more about pond management problems. This workshop is the third of four evening sessions. All classes will be hosted at the USDA-NRCS office in Indianapolis, Ind. For more details or to register, contact the Marion County SWCD at 317-786-1776.
Sept. 8: Indiana Shetland Sheep Breeders Show and Sale will take place at the Bartholomew County Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ind. Entries are due by Aug. 16. Visit www.issba.org for more information or contact Joe and Nyla Catanzaro at 765-395-3925; jncatanz@comtec.com
Sept. 12: A landowner workshop will address opportunities in biofuel. Farmers National Company will host the workshop at the Best Western Executive Plaza and Conference Center in Lafayette, Ind. For details, call 1-800-346-2650 or visit www.farmersnation
al.com/Landowner_Workshops
Sept. 13: Pond Pro Workshop provides an opportunity for landowners to learn more about pond management problems. This workshop is the third of four evening sessions. All classes will be hosted at the USDA-NRCS office in Indianapolis, Ind. To register, contact call 317-786-1776.
Sept. 14-16: Featuring Allis Chalmers tractors, Fairbanks-Morse gasoline engines and Case Steam Engines, the 32nd annual Lanesville Heritage Weekend will be in Lanesville, Ind., 10 miles west of New Albany, Ind. The event will also feature a truck and tractor pull. For more details, go online at www.lanesvilleheritage.org
Sept. 18-20: Ohio State University (OSU) Farm Science Review will be at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center in London, Ohio.
Advance tickets are available at the Darke County OSU Extension Office at (937) 548-5215. For more details on the farm show, log on to http://fsr.osu.edu
Sept. 19: Indiana Soybean Alliance will host a bus trip to Ohio Farm Science Review in London, Ohio. Buses will leave at 7 a.m. EST from Indianapolis, Decatur and Richmond. To register, call 1-800-735-0195 or online at www.indianasoybean.com
Sept. 22-23: Tri-County Antique Farm Machinery Association will present the Antique Tractor Show and Pull at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Salem, Ind. Admission is free and there is no entry or hitch fee. Contact Eugene Trueblood at 812-883-3170 or Brenda Morris at 812-883-5009.
KENTUCKY
Sept. 18: University of Kentucky will host an informational public meeting on renewable energy from 1 to 4 p.m. (EST) at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Ky. For registration information, visit http://www.kppc.org or call 502-852-0965.
Sept. 21-22: The American Angus Association will conduct a Cattlemen’s Boot Camp, covering all aspects of beef industry from basic production to the end product at the University of Kentucky at the Fayette County Extension Center in Lexington, Ky. For more details, contact Shelia Stannard at 816-383-5152 or visit www.angus.org
OHIO
Sept. 8: Ohio Valley Regional Dorper Association will host its first annual Dorper Day and Commercial Sale at the Union County Fairgrounds in Marysville, Ohio. The day will begin at 10 a.m., followed by lunch at noon, and a meeting with breeders and the auction at 3 p.m. Contact Chuck White at 740-544-5846 or 1202@1st.net
Sept. 12: The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) will sponsor a farm pesticide disposal drop-off in Osgood, Ohio at the American Legion parking lot, 228 North Street. To preregister or for more information, contact the ODA Pesticide Section at 614-728-6987.
IOWA
Sept. 20-23: The 1st annual Renewable on Parade, an international conference on how renewable energy can sustain America. The event will take place in Washington County, Iowa. Contact Calista Stout at 800-542-4707 or calista.stout@renewableonparade.com
LOOKING AHEAD
Oct. 5-6: National Junior Swine Association Eastern Regional at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pa., in conjunction with the Keystone International Livestock Exposition. For more information, go online at www.nationalswine.com or contact Jennifer Shike at 765-463-3594.
Oct. 7: A farm toy show will take place at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds in Van Wert, Ohio from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact Lowell Morningstar at 937-826-4201.
Oct. 11-12: Kansas State University is joining with the National Pork Board and National Cattleman’s Beef Assn. to offer Employee Management For Production Agriculture Conference in Kansas City, Mo. Contact Sarah Fogleman at 620-431-1530.
Oct. 12-14: Greenway Giddy-up, Indiana largest horse trail fundraising events will take place at the Prairie Creek Reservoir in Delaware County, Ind.. Details at www.cardinalgreen
ways.org/Giddy-up or call 765-287-0396.
Oct. 16: University of Kentucky (UK) will host an informational public meeting on renewable energy from 4:30 to 7 p.m. (CST) at the UK Research and Education Center in Princeton, Ky. For registration information, visit http://www.kppc.org or call 502-852-0965.
Oct. 23: The final 2007 sustainable agriculture tour will be to Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park, Ill. Visit www.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm for details, or contact Donna Cray at dcray@uiuc.edu or at 217-241-4644.
Oct. 25-26: The annual meeting of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers will be at in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Cutoff date for registration is Sept. 25. For details or to register, call 262-253-6902. Oct. 29-30: The American Angus Association will conduct a Cattlemen’s Boot Camp at the Beef/Sheep Unit on the Penn State University campus in State College, Pa. Contact Shelia Stannard at 816-383-5152.
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. |
| 9/5/2007 |
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