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May 31-June 1: The 48th annual Corn Dry Milling Conference is jointly sponsored by the North American Millers’ Association and the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Agricultural Research Service, USDA. It will be held at the Center in Peoria, Ill. Registration deadline is May 11. For further information, contact Terri Long at tlong@namamillers.org or by calling 202-484-2200, ext. 11. ILLINOIS
April 28: For the second year, children will have the chance to learn about their pets and other animals at Petstravaganza at the UOI Stock Pavilion in Urbana, Ill. This year’s event will be from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, visit www.pets.ansci.uiuc.edu/outreach
May 4: The first of this year’s sustainable agriculture tours sponsored by UOI Extension, the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program and the Agriculture Tourism Partners of Illinois will be to Spence Farm in Fairbury, Ill. Visit www.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm for details, or contact Donna Cray at dcray@uiuc.edu or at 217-241-4644. INDIANA
April 26: The Friends of Turkey Run and Shades State Parks will finish up a series of plant identification workshops and botany hikes at Turkey Run State Park in Marshall, Ind. The cost is $15. To register, e-mail Rich Scott at redbud@bloomingdaletel.com or contact the Turkey Run Nature Center at 765-597-2654.
April 26: Muzzleloading 4-H Shooting Sports Program will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Allen County Extension Office in Fort Wayne, Ind. The second portion of the program will continue on May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 in Spencerville, Ind. Registration is required and the cost is $20. Contact the office at 260-481-6826.
April 28: The Boilermaker Heifer Sale will sell purebred dairy show calves at the Purdue Research Farm tool shed in West Lafayette, Ind. For details go online at www.purdue.edu/dairy Contact Craig Blough at 574-238-1816 or cblough@purdue.edu
May 3: Saddle-fitting seminar sponsored by the Purdue Extension in Hancock County will be at the Grace Horse Park in New Palestine, Ind. Enrollment is limited. Contact Becky Pfeifer at 317-462-1113 or rapfeife@purdue.edu
May 4-6: The National Pygmy Goat Association will host the Crossroads Pygmy Goat Club Spring Fling Show to feature the best of the Pygmy goat breed in the U.S. The show will take place at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Noblesville, Ind. Contact Pauline Haley at 317-753-8843. KENTUCKY
May 26: 5th annual Llama and Alpaca Daze will be at the Scott County Park in Georgetown, Ky., from noon to 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free. Contact Charlotte Beaudin at 502-857-9100. OHIO
April 26: The Darke County Extension Homemakers will be sponsoring the annual Spring Fling at the Shawnee Prairie Nature Reserve Greenville, Ohio. The Spring Fling is free and open to the public. Contact OSU Extension, Darke County at 937-548-5215.
May 5: The Gardening Road Show hosted by OSU Extension Master Garden Volunteers of Washington County will take place at the Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio. The floral event begins at 6:25 a.m. at the OSU Extension office in Marietta, Ohio. Visit www.washington.osu.edu/hort or contact Kelly Nichols at 740-376-7431.
May 5: Plant Discovery Field Day will take place at the Ohio Agricultural Resource Development Center Campus in Wooster, Ohio. For more details or a list of other field days in Ohio, call 419-422-6106 or visit www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/field_days
May 5: An Ohio State University Extension barbecue chicken dinner will take place at the Hervida 4-H Camp in Waterford, Ohio from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, call the Extension office in Washington County at 740-376-7431. LOOKING AHEAD
May 11: The Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Association Spring Sale will take place at the Guernsey County Fairgrounds in Old Washington, Ohio at 7 p.m. Contact Rick Van Fleet at 740-732-4783.
May 13-18: The UT College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville, Tenn. will host a training course on Foreign Animal and Emerging Diseases. Register at www.vet. utk.edu/cafsp or call Ann White at 865-974-0345.
May 19: The annual Kentucky Angus Association field day will take place at the Central Kentucky Angus Association Pavilion in Danville, Ill. beginning at 9:30 a.m. Go online at www.kentuckyangus.org for details. Contact Anne Clark at 606-247-2433
May 23-24: UOI at Urbana-Champaign, Ill., will hold a conference on the impact of using soybeans and corn for fuel production on the size of the livestock and poultry industries. Details are available at www.livestockand renewablefuels.uiuc.edu
May 31-June 1: The 48th annual Corn Dry Milling Conference, jointly sponsored by the North American Millers’ Association and the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Agricultural Research Service, will be at the Center in Peoria, Ill. The program is online at www.namamillers.org/2007_CDMC.html or call 309-685-4011.
June 9: The Ohio Young Farmers (OYF) will host a Summer Tour, with the Madison Plains Young Farmers serving as the host chapter, at the Madison County Fairgrounds in London, Ohio. For more information, contact the OYF Office at 740-828-3832.
June 10: Eastern Ohio Hereford Association will host their junior Hereford show at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Wooster, Ohio. Contact Jane Johnson at 330-767-3877.
June 12: A food and agricultural export seminar will explore opportunities in the export food markets and how federal assistance program can increase private export sales. The event will take place at the Valley Vineyards in Morrow, Ohio (near Cincinnati, Ohio). For seminar details, go online at www.brandedprogram.org
June 12-13: Great Lakes Agritourism Experience, a farm market bus tour will depart from Berrien Springs, Michigan and visit several of southwestern Michigan’s farm markets and agritourism operations. For registration details, go online at www.agtour.greatamericanpublish.com or call 616-887-9008.
June 14: The second sustainable agriculture tour sponsored by UOI Extension, the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program and the Agriculture Tourism Partners of Illinois will be to Triple S Farms in Stewardson, Ill. Visit www.extension.uiuc.edu/small farm for details, or contact Donna Cray at dcray@uiuc.edu or at 217-241-4644.
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