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Coming Events - Dec. 7, 2011
ILLINOIS
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

INDIANA
Dec. 12: An Area 9 Indiana Beef Cattle Assoc. meeting will take place at McGraw’s Steakhouse in West Lafayette, Ind., at 6:30 p.m. Counties in this area include Benton, Fountain, Jasper, Montgomery, Newton, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, Warren and White. RSVP to Jeff Phillips at 765-474-0793.

OHIO
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.

Dec. 10: Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium on Small Ruminant Nutrition, 7:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m., Skou Hall, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, 1328 Dover Road, Wooster, Ohio. Educational sessions on sheep and goat nutrition. For more information or to register, go online at http://www.ohiosheep.org or call 614-246-8299.

Dec. 12: Grain Marketing Analysis, 9 a.m. Web-based seminar featuring updates on policies and markets. Sponsored by Agricultural Outlook and Policy Program of Ohio State University’s Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics. Free. For more information go online to http://go.osu.edu/GhS or call 614-292-6421.

KENTUCKY
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 or Jay Stone in Christian County at 270-886-6328.

Dec. 9: Early bird meeting for grain crop producers will take place at the Christian County Cooperative Extension Office, Hopkinsville, 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.

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.
12/7/2011