NATIONAL March 10: The 2012 Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference is slated for the Sinsinawa Mound Center, Sinsinawa, Wis., near Dubuque, Iowa. Register by March 1. A full list of topics and registration materials are posted online at www.forestry.iastate.edu Contact Jay Hayek at 217-244-0534 or send e-mail to jhayek@illinois.edu.
INDIANA March 7: The Purdue Extension Dairy Team and Indiana Professional Dairy Producers will partner with the Indiana Forage Council to present a regional dairy meeting at Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds, Family Arts Building, 750 W. 200 S., Columbus, Ind. Contact 812-379-1665 for more information.
March 9-10: Landowners can learn about good management practices and resources for their forests and wild lands at the Indiana Tree Farm Field Tour and Forest Landowners Clinic at the OFS Brands Cool Springs Education Center in Velpen, Ind. Information on lodging and registration can be found at www.ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Documents/TFclinic2012.pdf or by contacting Bob Burke at kingwalnut@sbcglobal.net
March 13: Pork producers can learn about regulatory, production and economic challenges in the swine industry at the Southern Indiana Pork Conference. The conference from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. EST at the Dubois County 4-H Fairgrounds, Huntingburg, Ind. For more information visit www.extension.purdue.edu/dubois and click on the event link. Contact: Kenneth Eck, 812-482-1782, kjeck@purdue.edu
March 20: Professional landscape and lawn care operators in west-central Indiana can receive the latest professional training at the Preseason Tune-up from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Crawfordsville, Ind. A complete program and registration form is available at www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/montgomery/Pages/LawnandLandscapePreseasonTuneup.aspx. The registration fee of $30 per person includes a catered lunch and all materials distributed during the program. Contact: Ed Sheldon, 765-364-6363, ejsheldo@purdue.edu
OHIO March 9-10: The Ohio Farmers’ Market Conference will take place at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on The Ohio State University’s main campus in Columbus, Ohio. The event will be filled with information and education relevant to advancing today’s farmers’ market managers and vendors/producers in Ohio. Cost to register is $60 for members and $75 for non-members. Find details at http://ohiofarmersmarkets.osu.edu or contact Melissa Carter at carter.1094@osu.edu or 740-289-2071 ext. 222.
March 9-11: “Opening Doors to Success,” Small Farm Conference and Trade will take place at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio, featuring 30 breakout sessions for small farmers. For more information, log on to: http://clinton.osu.edu or contact OSU Extension educator Tony Nye at nye.1@osu.edu or 937-382-0901.
March 12: The Small Farm Program of the Ohio State University will host a conference covering a variety of topics including aquaculture, bee keeping, cut flower production, herb production, invasive species, goat production and much more at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. For more information, log on to: http://clinton.osu.edu, or contact OSU Extension educator Tony Nye at nye.1@osu.edu or 937-382-0901.
March 21-22: The 2012 Ohio Compost Operator Education Course takes place at the Shisler Conference Center at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, Ohio. Cost to register is $175. For more information, contact Mary Wicks, 330-202-3533, wicks.14@osu.edu, or go to http://go.osu.edu/HaJ
KENTUCKY March 9: The Kentucky Cooperative Extension will offer an aquatic plant and algae-control training program from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. EST at the Kentucky State University Aquaculture Research Center in Frankfort, Ky. Workshop is free and open to the public. Contact William Wurts at 270-365-7541, ext. 200 or wwurts@uky.edu
March 10: The Kentucky Cooperative Extension will offer a workshop on aquaculture basics at the Kentucky State University Aquaculture Research Center in Frankfort, Ky. Workshop is free and open to the public. Contact William Wurts at 270-365-7541, ext. 200 or wwurts@uky.edu
LOOKING AHEAD March 26-29: The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) will host its annual conference -Consumers’ Stake in Today’s Food Production: Meeting Growing Production Demands at the Renaissance Denver Hotel in Denver, Colo. For more information or to register, contact the NIAA office at 719-843-8843.
March 31: The third annual “Living Your Small Farm Dream” Northeast Ohio Small Farm Conference and Trade Show will be at the R.G. Drage Career Center in Massillon, Ohio. For more information , or contact OSU Extension educator Mike Hogan at hogan.1@osu.edu or 330-324-6341.
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