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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 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/2007_CDMC.html 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. INDIANA
May 31: A Hoosier Riverwatch volunteer stream monitoring workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Battleground, Ind. in Tippecanoe County. For reservations, specific location and directions, contact Mary Cutler with Tippecanoe Parks & Recreation at mcutt@msn.com or 765-567-2993. June 1: A Hoosier Riverwatch volunteer stream monitoring workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Clark County, Ind. For reservations, specific location and directions, contact Sylvia Hottel with the Clark County Soil and Water Conservation District at Sylvia.hotel@in.nacdnet.net or 812-256-2300, ext. 110. June 8: A horse and pony pull will begin at 5:30 p.m. with ponies in Losantville, Ind. Heavyweight horses will follow. Contact Tom Humbert at 765-289-8985 for more information. June 11: The Indiana Agritourism Initiative will offer a workshop on marketing tools and techniques in agritourism. 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. June 13: St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative will offer a volunteer stream monitoring workshop at the Metea County Park Nature Center in Leo, Cedarville, Ind. from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To register, contact Tina at 260-484-5848 ext. 117. KENTUCKY
June 1-3: Kentucky’s Fort Harrod Beef Festival will challenge the state’s grillmasters in Harrodsburg, Ky. 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. June 27: Michigan State University’s Weed Tour will be at the MSU Agronomy Farm and Horticulture Farm in East Lansing, Mich. Register before June 22 for a fee of $25. For details, contact Deb Misiak at 517-355-0271, ext. 1112 or visit www.msuweeds.com OHIO
May 31: Pork producers are invited to attend an educational program at the Darke County Extension Office in Greenville, Ohio, where lunch will be served to all pre-registered participants. Contact Steve Foster at foster.99@cfaes.osu.edu or 937-548-5215. June 6: An emerald ash borer workshop will take place at the Preble County Fairgrounds in the Toney building in Eaton, Ohio. An open session for the general public will begin at 7 p.m. For more information, call 1-888-OHIO-EAB. 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 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 take place at the Valley Vineyards in Morrow, Ohio (near Cincinnati, Ohio). For seminar details, go online at www.brandedprogram.org 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.livestocktrail.uiuc.edu/dairynet
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.
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