ILLINOIS Dec. 5-6: 2011 University of Illinois AGMasters Conference will take place from 8 a.m. to 5:15 a.m. at the University of Illinois I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Ill. For a full schedule or to register, visit www.cropsciconferences.com/AGMasters%202011/
Dec. 7-Feb. 22: Workshops have been scheduled to provide Illinois livestock producers the manure management training they need to meet the requirements of the state’s Livestock Management Facilities Act beginning on Dec. 7 at the McLean County Farm Bureau building in Bloomington, Ill. The workshops will be held in 12 locations throughout the state. For a full schedule or to register for a workshop, call the University of Illinois Extension at 1-800-345-6087. The cost is $30. If more than one employee from the same farm signs-up, each registration after the first will cost $20, a $10 discount.
Dec. 12: The Illinois Farm Economics Summit will assist producers in navigating the challenges of a turbulent world at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Ill. Deadline to advance register for $50 is Dec. 5. Registration may be completed at http://farmdoc.illinois.edu/ifes/2011/index.html or contact Sue Esposito at 217-333-5506, or sesposit@illinois.edu
Dec. 13: The Illinois Farm Economics Summit will assist producers in navigating the challenges of a turbulent world at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau in Sycamore, Ill. Deadline to advance register for $50 is Dec. 5. Registration may be completed at http://farmdoc.illinois. edu/ifes/2011/index.html or contact Sue Esposito at 217-333-5506, or sesposit@illinois.edu
Dec. 14: The Illinois Farm Economics Summit will assist producers in navigating the challenges of a turbulent world at the Best Western Prairie Inn in Galesburg, Ill. Deadline to advance register for $50 is Dec. 5. Registration may be completed at http://farmdoc.illinois. edu/ifes/2011/index.html or contact Sue Esposito at 217-333-5506, or sesposit@illinois.edu
INDIANA Dec. 1-2: Indiana Rural Summit will take place at Indiana State University in the University Hall in Terre Haute, Ind. Featured speaker will be Dr. Rick Foster, director of Michigan State University Extension Service. For details and to register, visit www.in.gov/ocra/ruralsummit.htm
Dec. 2-5: The 25th annual Hoosier Beef Congress will take place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Ind. For more information, call 317-293-2333 or visit www.hoosierbeefcongress.com
Dec. 5: Stored grain management will be featured at Purdue Extension’s 2011 Post Harvest Update and Recertification Workshop at the Beck Agricultural Center, 4540 U.S. 52 West, West Lafayette, Ind. The registration form and more information are available at http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/grainlab/content/pdf/postharvest.pdf
OHIO Dec. 1: Increasing Producer Profits through Community Supported Agriculture, 9 a.m.-noon, Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, Ohio State University, 2201 Fred Taylor Dr., Columbus, Ohio. Workshop to help growers evaluate, develop and sustain CSAs. Limited to 30. Registration $25. Information: 419-354-6916.
Dec. 1: One Health: Environmental Sustainability, Food and Climate Change Across the Disciplines. Web-based seminar sponsored by Ohio State University Climate Change Outreach Team; speaker is Ohio State scientist Lonnie King. Free. Information: http://changingclimate.osu.edu/
Dec. 3: The Woodmore FFA Alumni Assoc. will host its annual scrap metal drive from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the high school in Elmore, Ohio. Contact Deborah Bach at 419-862-2438 for more information. Dec. 6: Ohio No-Till Conference, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City, Ohio. Information: 614-292-6648.
Dec. 7: Increasing Producer Profits Through Community Supported Agriculture, 6-9 p.m., Ohio State University Extension Agricultural Business Enhancement Center, 639 S. Dunbridge Road, Suite 4, Bowling Green, Ohio. Workshop to help growers evaluate, develop and sustain CSAs. Limited to 30. Registration $25. Information: 419-354-6916.
Dec. 7: Pork Quality Assurance Plus Certification Meeting, 6 p.m., Putnam County office, Ohio State University Extension, 124 Putnam Parkway, Ottawa, Ohio. Information: ricker.37@osu.edu or 419-523-6294.
Dec. 7: Increasing Producer Profits Through Community Supported Agriculture, 6-9 p.m., Ohio State University Extension Agricultural Business Enhancement Center, 639 S. Dunbridge Road, Suite 4, Bowling Green, Ohio. Workshop to help growers evaluate, develop and sustain CSAs. Limited to 30. Registration $25. Information: 419-354-6916.
Dec. 8: Increasing Producer Profits Through Community Supported Agriculture, 9 a.m.-noon, Lorain County office of Ohio State University Extension, 42110 Russia Road, Elyria, Ohio. Workshop to help growers evaluate, develop and sustain CSAs. Limited to 30. Registration $25. Information: 419-354-6916.
KENTUCKY Dec. 7: Early bird meeting for grain crop producers will take place at the Feedmill Restaurant, Morganfield, Ky. from 9 a.m.–2:15 p.m. CST. For more information, visit http://www.uky.edu/ Ag/GrainCrops/Briefs/EarlyBird2011.htm or contact Rankin Powell in Union County at 270-952-2092, Kenny Perry in Graves County at 270-247-2334 or Jay Stone in Christian County at 270-886-6328.
Dec. 8: Early bird meeting for grain crop producers will take place at the Sedalia Restaurant, Sedalia, Ky. from 9 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. CST. For more information, visit http://www.uky.edu/Ag/ GrainCrops/Briefs/EarlyBird2011.htm or contact Rankin Powell in Union County at 270-952-2092, Kenny Perry in Graves County at 270-247-2334.
TENNESSEE Dec. 7-8: University of Tennessee Extension Center for Profitable Agriculture is offering an educational program for farmers on “Direct Marketing Sense in Jackson, Tenn. More information at http://cpa.utk.edu Contact the Center by calling 931- 486-2777 or e-mailing mlbruch@utk.edu
LOOKING AHEAD Jan. 3: An Area 8 Indiana Beef Cattle Assoc. meeting will take place at the Cass County Fairgrounds in Logansport, Ind. at 6:30 p.m. RSVP to Cass County Extension at 574-753-7750. Counties include Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fulton, Grant, Howard, Miami, Tipton and Wabash.
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