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. 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. 15: The Illinois Farm Economics Summit will assist producers in navigating the challenges of a turbulent world at the Holiday Inn in Mt. Vernon, 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. 16: The Illinois Farm Economics Summit will assist producers in navigating the challenges of a turbulent world at the Doubletree Hotel in Bloomington, 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. 16: Michiana Irrigation Assoc. will offer the latest irrigation information to irrigators, agri-business personnel and farmers at a workshop at the Blue Gate Restaurant and Bakery in Shipshewana, Ind. Find more information at www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/

laporte or call 269-467-5511.

Dec. 20-21: Indiana Certified Crop Adviser Conference will take place at the Indianapolis Marriott East hotel in Indianapolis, Ind. To register, visit www.indianacca.org or contact Tony Vyn, 765-496-3757, tvyn@purdue.edu

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.

Jan 4: An Area 11 Indiana Beef Cattle Assoc. meeting will take place at the Eagles Nest in Columbia City, Ind. at 6:30 p.m. RSVP to Ed Farris at 260-358-4826 by Jan. 2. The counties in this area include Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley.

Jan. 5: Illiana Vegetable Growers’ School will take place at the Teibel’s Restaurant in Schereville, Ind. Info will be available at http://www.hort.purdue.edu/fruitveg and clicking on “Events.”

Jan. 16-18: Ohio Produce Growers and Marketers Assoc. Congress will take place at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in Sandusky, Ohio. Details - www.opgma.org/?q=congress

Jan. 5-6: The Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference and Trade Show will convene at Lexington’s Embassy Suites Hotel in Lexington, Ky. Conference registration is $30. For more information, contact Mary Ann Kelley at 270-365-7541, ext. 216. or go online at www.uky.edu/Ag/ Horticulture/meetings.html

Jan. 10-11: University of Tennessee Extension Center for Profitable Agriculture is offering an educational program for farmers on “Direct Marketing Sense in Manchester, Tenn. A registration form and additional information are available on the Center’s website at http://cpa.utk.edu Contact the Center by calling 931- 486-2777 or e-mailing mlbruch@utk.edu

Jan. 10: An Area 10 Indiana Beef Cattle Assoc. meeting will take place at the Ag Hall at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind. at 6:30 p.m. CST. RSVP to John Camden at 574-527-2682. Counties in this area include Marshall, Porter, St. Joseph and Starke. 

Jan. 11: An Area 3 Indiana Beef Cattle Assoc. meeting for Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties will take place at the Dubois County Fairgrounds in Jasper, Ind. at 6:30 p.m. RSVP to Dubois County Extension at 812-482-1782 by Jan. 3.

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.