NATIONAL
July 1-7: National Junior Angus Show in Tulsa, Okla. will feature the largest single-breed beef cattle show in the world, with more than 1,000 head of cattle exhibited by youth. Contact Shelia Stannard at 816-383-5152 or by e-mail at sstannard@angus.org

ILLINOIS
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.livestockandrenewablefuels.uiuc.edu

May 31-June 1: The 48th annual Corn Dry Milling Conference will be held at the Center in Peoria, Ill. The program is online  at www.namamillers.org or call 309-685-4011.

June 2: University of Illinois Extension is hosting a one-day event entitled “Illinois Meat Goat Marketing Seminar” at the Illinois State University Research Farms in Lexington, Ill. Contact Debra Levey Larson at 217-244-2880.

June 14: The second sustainable agriculture tour will be to Triple S Farms in Stewardson, Ill. Visit www.extension. uiuc.edu/smallfarm for details, or contact Donna Cray at dcray@uiuc.edu or at 217-241-4644.

June 20-24: The Western Illinois Fair will take place in Griggsville, Ill. this year. For details, call 217-833-2116 or e-mail info@westernillinoisfair.com

INDIANA
June 11: The Indiana Agritourism Initiative will offer a workshop on marketing tools and techniques in agritourism at seven locations in Indiana. Locations include: West Lafayette, Ind; Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Goshen, Ind.; Greenfield, Ind.; Wanatah, Ind.; Scottsburg, Ind. and Vincennes, Ind. To register, contact the Purdue Extension office in Hancock County at 317-462-1113.

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.

June 1-3: Kentucky’s Fort Harrod Beef Festival will challenge the state’s grillmasters in Harrodsburg, Ky. Teams will compete to grill the best brisket, steak, backyard burger and chili. For more details, contact Joan Huffman at 859-734-9614 or 859-734-3314 or LeMayne Ellis at 859-734-5546.

MICHIGAN
June 12-13: The Great Lakes Agritourism Experience will depart from Berrien Springs, Mich. 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.

OHIO
May 24: Whole Foods Market is hosting a free seminar for local growers and producers at the Ohio Department of Agriculture, Bromfield Building Auditorium in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Preregistration is required. Contact Stacy Schwartz at Stacy.Schwartz@wh olefoods.com or 301-984-3737 ext.2192.

May 26-27: Great Lakes Sheep Sale, featuring the National Tunis Sale will take place at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Wooster, Ohio. For a catalog, call 309-785-5058 or go online at www.bannersheepmagazine.com

June 9: The Ohio Young Farmers (OYF) will host a summer tour, with the Madison Plains Young Farmers at the Madison County Fairgrounds in London, Ohio. For 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 11: The Ohio State University Licking County Extension office will host a pasture walk at the Whitehead Angus Farm south of Granville, Ohio. The program is free and open to the public and requires no reservations. For further details contact Amy Fovargue at 740-670-5323 or fovargue1@ag.osu.edu

June 12: A food and agricultural export seminar will explore opportunities in the export food markets and how federal assistance programs 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 16: Ohio State Beekeepers Association will hold its summer meeting at Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio. For information, contact Dawn Feagan at dawn@beeculture.com or at 330-336-3211.

June 17: The Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Association Junior Hereford Show will be at the Noble County Fairgrounds in Caldwell, Ohio at 1:30 p.m. Contact Rick Van Fleet at 740-732-4783.

June 21: National Threshers Association will host their 63rd annual reunion at the Fulton County Fairgrounds in Wauseon, Ohio. For details call Debbie Newberry at 517-639-8703 or go online at www.NationalThreshers.com

June 22-24: The 20th annual Maria Stein Country Fest will take place in Maria Stein, Ohio. Admission and parking are free. For more info, call 419-925-4151 or visit www.mcountryfest.com

IOWA
June 13-14: Dairy feeding and management practices that maximize profitability are the focus of a seminar bringing together dairy producers, feed industry personnel, and agribusiness professionals in Dubuque, Iowa. Registration is due by June 1. For details, go to www.livestock trail.uiuc.edu/dairynet

TENNESSEE
May 30-June1: The first Tennessee Governor’s Conference on Biofuels will be held at Montgomery Bell State Park in Nashville, Tenn. More information is available at www.tdec.net/altfuels/con
ference or by calling Tisha Calabrese-Benton at 865-594-5442.

LOOKING AHEAD
June 26: OSU will host a Honey Bee Field Night at the OSUE Honey Bee Lab in Wooster, Ohio. Contact Sherry Ferrell at ferrell.6@osu.edu or at 330-263-3684.

June 28: Farmers State Bank will sponsor a Farm Forum and Trade Show at the Southmont Jr.-Sr. High School in Crawfordsville, Ind. The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m. Contact Lelah Pickel at 765-522-7442 or hannah7@tds.net

June 28: Managing honey bee colonies will be the focus of a workshop at the Ohio Agricultural Resource Development Center in Wooster, Ohio. For more information, contact Sherry Ferrell at 330-263-3684 or ferrell.6@osu.edu

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