Sept. 27: The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Assoc. will host Beef Bash 2012, a unique field day for Kentucky beef cattle producers at the UK Research and Education Center in Princeton, Ky. For more information contact Roy Burris at 270-365-7541 ext 208, e-mail rburris@uky.edu or a local UK Cooperative Extension Service office.

Sept. 14-15: A Purdue extension conference in southern Indiana will help livestock producers integrate management-intensive grazing programs in their operations. Grazing 102 takes place at the Southern Indiana-Purdue Agricultural Center, 11371 East Purdue Farm Road, Dubois, Ind. Register at www3.ag.purdue.edu/counties/perry/Documents/Grazing%20102%20flyer.pdf or by contacting Margie Zoglmann at 812-547-7084, mzoglmann@purdue.edu

Sept. 18: Workers and families in farm-related businesses and other agricultural occupations can learn how to make their farms safer at the Agricultural Safety and Health Forum from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Beck Agricultural Center, 4540 U.S. 52 West, West Lafayette, Ind. For more information or to register, contact Kylie Hendress at 765-494-6679 or khendres@purdue.edu 

Sept. 22: Indiana Rural Youth/Young Adults are invited to an alumni reunion for all former members from 1938-2012 at the Scott Hall – Johnson County Fairgrounds in Franklin, Ind., at 1 p.m. Contact Earl Pahmeier at 812-694-7493; etpahmeier@yahoo.com or LuMar (Holmes) Griggs at 317-831-7790; jlwpc5@netzero.net

Sept. 13: Cover crops, drought and aerial and high-clearance seeding will be among the topics examined during the Ohio No-Till Field Day from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the David Brandt Farm, 6100 Basil Western Road, Carroll, Ohio. For a detailed agenda, log on to http://fabe.osu.edu/notill/ or call 614-292-6648 or  email reeder.1@osu.edu

Sept. 14-15: The Statewide Sheep Shearing School will take place from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the Dave Cable Farm, 10491 Canal Rd., Hebron, Ohio. Cost to register is $40. Registration forms can be located at www.ohiosheep.org or by calling the Ohio Sheep Improvement Assoc. office at 614-246-8299.

Sept. 24: A program on preventing microbial contamination on fruit and vegetable farms will take place from 1-4 p.m. at 475 Western Ave., Room D, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Good Agricultural Practices, or GAPs, for fruit and vegetable production are the focus. Reserve a spot in the program by contacting Chris Bruynis in OSU Extension’s Ross County office at 740-702-3200 or bruynis.1@osu.edu

Sept. 14: Connecting Farm$ to Local Market$ National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Ky. (8:45 a.m. – 3 p.m. CDT). This event is a networking opportunity designed to introduce Kentucky producers to wholesale and retail markets. For more information, visit http://ces.ca.uky.edu/Warren/farmdol

lars or contact Janet Johnson at 270-237-3146 or jjohnson@uky.edu.

Sept. 20: A soybean and harvest equipment field day and plot tour will take place at Welden Farms in Jonesville, Mich. from 11 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. No charge, however pre-registration is requested by calling 269-673-0370 before Sept. 18. 

Sept. 22: Woods and Wildlife Field Day to be held at University of Tennessee (UT) Arboretum on the grounds of the Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center and UT Arboretum in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Admission to the event is free and includes lunch, but advance pre-registration by Sept. 8 is required for planning purposes. To register, visit the center’s website, http://forestry.tennessee.edu/

Sept. 26-27: Woody Biomass in Indiana will address issues related to growing and harvesting hardwood trees for cellulosic biofuels at Clifty Falls State Park in Madison, Ind. The registration deadline is Sept. 21 and includes one- and two-day attendance options. Conference registration is $90 per person if attending both Sept. 26 and 27, or $75 if attending Sept. 27 only. To register, call 1-888-398-4636 or log onto https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/item.asp?item_number=CW-FNR-5

Sept. 27: UT Pumpkin Field Day will take place at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson, Tenn.,  at 11 a.m. CDT. Call 731-425-4768 or email Ginger Rowsey at gtrice@tennessee.edu or go to http://west.tennessee.edu

Oct. 7: A farm toy show will take place at the VanWert County Fairgrounds in VanWert, Ohio from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Contact Lowell Morningstar at 937-826-4201.

Oct. 9: The Tennessee Poultry Assoc. will host a workshop on poultry production in Cleveland, Tenn. Admission & meal is free. Call the office at  931-225-1116 or info@tnpoultry.org

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.