ILLINOIS
June 19: The second of this year’s University of Illinois Extension sustainable agriculture tours will focus on growing strawberries, naturally at Jed’s Farm in Thompsonville, Ill. Register at at https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/registration/default.cfm?RegistrationID=2845 or call Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant at 217-968-5512.

INDIANA
June 16: A training workshop hosted by Purdue’s Department of Agronomy will take place at the Purdue Agronomy Center for Research and Education (ACRE), near West Lafayette, Ind. The workshops provide production information and practical problem-solving skills for crop production management. CONTACT Corey Gerber, 765-496-3755, gerberc@purdue.edu

June 16-18: Winemakers from around the world will send their best wines to Indianapolis, Ind. for the Indy International Wine Competition. The competition, will be held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Blue Ribbon Pavilion. Contact the entry department at 765-494-3614 or winelab@purdue.edu Information is also available at www.indyinternational.org

June 23: A wind energy meeting will provide information about commercial wind energy development to landowners, local officials and other interested citizens at the Boone County Farm Bureau Community Bureau Building at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ind. For more information, contact IFB Regional Manager Amy Hutson, 317-625-3699.

June 23-24: The annual Indiana Farm Management Tour will be held in LaPorte and Starke Counties, Ind. with stops at five farms. Each farm raises traditional and specialty crops, including seed corn, mint and vegetables. Pre-register by June 18 by calling 219-324-9407.

June 27-28: 7th annual 2-day Covered Bridge Tractor Tour will take place in Rockville, Ind. For information or to enter, call Joe Warters at 765-362-0910 or Ron Brook at 765-498-5347.

KENTUCKY
June 25: A farm irrigation demonstration will take place at
Marula Park Farm, 6721 Russell Cave Rd. in Lexington, Ky. at 1 p.m. Field demonstration of mobile sprinklers operating in active livestock fields, paddock grasses watered with flexible irrigation system moved in and out and around fields with grazing horses and cattle.  For details, call 858-338-6808, or visit www.bluestonegeologic.com

June 27: The University of Kentucky Equine Initiative will hold an equine field day, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on UK’s Maine Chance Equine Campus on Newtown Pike, just north of Interstate 75 in Lexington, Ky. Visit www.ag.uky.edu/equine/index.php?p=198 to find out more about the event.

OHIO
June 13: Ohio Aquaculture Field Day will take place at the Ohio State University South Centers in Piketon, Ohio from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact: 740-289-2071.

June 13: Rose Garden Open House will take place at the Ohio Ag Research Development Center in Wooster, Ohio from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Contact: 330-263-3612.

June 14: The Ohio Hereford Assn. Junior Show will take place at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Wooster, Ohio. Contact: Jane Johnson at 330-767-3877.

June 17: Beekeeping Field Day will take place at the Ohio Ag Research Development Center in Wooster, Ohio from 3-7 p.m. Contact 330) 263-3684. Ohio Aquaculture Field Day will take place at the Ohio State University South Centers in Piketon, Ohio from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact: 740-289-2071.

June 18: Northeast Ohio Lawn Care Seminar will take place at the Ohio Ag Research Development Center in Wooster, Ohio from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Contact: 800-510-5296.

June 18: New Crop Opportunities Workshop will take place at the  OSU South Centers in Piketon, Ohio from 6-8 p.m. Contact: 740-289-2071.

June 21: The Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn. Junior Show will take place at the Guernsey County Fairgrounds in Old Washington, Ohio. Contact Rick Fleet at 740-732-4783.

June 25: Organic Farming Education and Research (OFFER) Program Field Day will take place at the West Badger Farm, OARDC in Wooster, Ohio at 1:30 p.m., Contact: 330-202-3528.

June 25-27: 2009 Eastern Regional Junior Angus Show will take place at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio. For more details, contact Logan Deitrick at ghdeitrick@yahoo.com
June 26-28: The 22nd annual Maria Stein Country Fest will take place in Maria Stein, Ohio. For a full list of events and activities, visit www.mscountryfest.com

TENNESSEE
June 11: The University of Tennessee will offer an agriculture field day featuring beef and forage in Blount County, Tenn. at the East Tennessee REC. More information is available at http://agriculture.tennessee.edu/news/FieldDays/index.htm

June 16: The University of Tennessee will offer an agriculture field day featuring fruits of the backyard in Spring Hill, Tenn. at the Middle Tennessee REC. Detailsat http://agriculture.tennessee.edu/news/FieldDays/index.htm

June 25: The University of Tennessee will offer an agriculture field day featuring tobacco, beef and more in Springfield, Tenn. at the Highland Rim REC. Details at http://agriculture.tenessee.edu/news/FieldDays/index.htm

LOOKING AHEAD
July 1: The Ohio Farmers Union will educate young people about being good stewards of the land in the 2009 Cooperative Youth Day Camp in Ottawa, Ohio at the YMCA. Call 800-321-3671  to RSVP, or log on to ohfarmersunion.org

July 3-4: The 16th annual Horse Progress Days will take place in Odon, Ind. For a full list of events and activities visit www.horseprogressdays.com or call Delmar Wagler at 812-486-3845.

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