ILLINOIS
March 5: University of Illinois Extension is hosting a livestock manure management workshop in Macomb, Ill. to provide hands-on assistance to livestock producers and managers in using the Illinois Manure Management Plan (IMMP) website located at www.IMMP.uiuc.edu To register, call 1-800-345-6087.

INDIANA
March 4: A regional meeting on raising meat goats will take place at the Topeka Livestock Auction – Beef Arena in Topeka, Ind. No registration is required. Contact Mark Kepler at 574-223-3397.
March 5: A session on Estate and Family Business Transfer Planning will take place in Rensselaer, Ind. For a registration form, contact Purdue Extension Fountain County at 219-866-5741; boverstr@purdue.edu

March 5-6: BARN AGAIN! A barn preservation workshop will offer tours and advice to owners who need help figuring out how to keep old barns in business. The workshop will be held at the Dubois County Museum in Jasper, Ind. To register, contact the Southern Regional Office of Historic Landmarks Foundation, 812-284-4534, e-mail jmartin@historiclandmarks.org

March 9-11: The Symposium on Ash in North America will take place at the University Plaza Hotel in West Lafayette, Ind. Topics covered will be the distribution, management, location, biology, genetics and social aspects of ash trees. Details are at www.fnr.purdue.edu/ashsymposium/

March 12-13: Fiber Fest and Spin In will take place at the Jay County Fairgrounds in Portland, Ind. Free parking and admission. Contact the Jay County Visitor and Tourism Bureau at 877-726-4481 or visit www.visitjaycounty.com

March 13: A Purdue University expert will discuss sustainable forestry at the Indiana Tree Farm Landowners Clinic  at the Brown County State Park Abe Martin Lodge in Nashville, Ind. The registration form can be found online at www.ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Documents/temp/2010-03-13FarleeClinic.pdf

OHIO
March 5-6: “Modern Beekeeping: New Ways of Doing Old Things” is the theme of a one-day beekeeping workshop, which will take place in Wooster, Ohio.  Find more information at http://beelab.osu.edu/PDF/10_PRegistration_Packet.pdf; or contact Sherry Ferrell of Ohio State’s Honey Bee Laboratory, 330-263-3684, ferrell.6@osu.edu

March 6-7: 33rd annual Maple Syrup Family Festival will share how maple sap is transformed into maple syrup at Malabar Farm State Park in Lucas, Ohio. For more information, visit the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources website at www.ohiodnr.com

March 12-13: The 90th annual Ohio Holstein Assoc. meeting and sale will take place at the Berlin Hotel and Suites and Berlin Hickory Smokehouse located just west of Berlin, Ohio. Meal reservations should be made by calling 330-264-9088 or by e-mailing oholstein@embarqmail.com Contact Don Alexander, at 304-376-1788.

March 13: The Montgomery County Cattlemen’s Assoc. annual meeting and awards banquet will take place at Kay’s Restaurant in Brookville, Ohio at 6:30 p.m. Contact Earl A. Foreman at 937-833-2255.

March 13-14: 33rd annual Maple Syrup Family Festival will share how maple sap is transformed into maple syrup at Malabar Farm State Park in Lucas, Ohio. For more information, visit the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources website at www.ohiodnr.com

MICHIGAN
March 4: A meeting offered by Michigan State University dairy educators will provide producers with the management tools they need to keep cows healthy in Grand Rapids, Mich. at the Kent County MSU Extension office. Contact Bill Robb at 616-994-4580 or Ira Krupp at 517-279-4311.

March 5-6: The Michigan Organic Farm and Food Alliance Conference will be at the Kellogg Center at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. For more information, visit www.moffa.org or e-mail mofforganic@yahoo.com

KENTUCKY
March 4: An ag development regional workshop will take place at the McCreary County Campus at the Somerset Community College in Somerset, Ky. RSVP by contacting Kylee Palmer at 502-564-4627 or govkyagpolicy@ky.gov

March 5: An ag development regional workshop will take place at the Clay County Extension office in Manchester, Ky. RSVP by contacting Kylee Palmer at 502-564-4627 or govkyagpolicy@ky.gov
March 8: A home-based microprocessor workshop will take place at the Bell County Extension Office in Pineville, Ky. Questions should be directed to Dr. Sandra Bastin at 859-257-1812 or sbastin@uky.edu or visit www.ca.uky.edu/agc/micro/ to register.

TENNESSEE
March 4: The University of Tennessee is offering a workshop for farmers interested in learning more about direct marketing in Spring Hill, Tenn. The cost of the workshop is $20 per person for late registration. Additional info is available online at http://cpa.utk.edu or by calling 931-486-2777.

March 10: The University of Tennessee is offering a workshop for farmers interested in learning more about direct marketing in White Pine, Tenn. The cost of the workshop is $20 per person for late registration. Additional info is available online at http://cpa.utk.edu or by calling 931-486-2777.

March 11: The University of Tennessee is offering a workshop for farmers interested in learning more about direct marketing in Cookeville, Tenn. The cost of the workshop is $20 per person for late registration. Additional info is available online at http://cpa.utk.edu or by calling 931-486-2777.

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.