NATIONAL
Aug. 6-10: The Eastern Apiculture Society will host a Beekeeping Short Course Aug. 6-8 and its conference Aug. 8-10, both at the University of Delaware Laird Campus in Newark, Del. Contact Dewey Caron at dmcaron@udel.edu or visit www.easternapiculture.com for details.

ILLINOIS
July 26: “Exploring the Option: Transitioning to Organic,” will be held at the Brockmann Centennial Farm in Danforth, Ill. Contact Debra Levey Larson at 217-244-2880 or dlarson@uiuc.edu

July 30: The third 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 Living Earth Farm in Farmington, Ill. Visit www.extension. uiuc.edu/smallfarm for details, or contact Donna Cray at dcray@uiuc.edu or at 217-241-4644.

Aug. 2: University of Illinois Dixon Springs Agricultural Center is hosting a field day to highlight vegetables, field crops and swine production at the Dixon Spring Ag Center located 25 miles south of Harrisburg, Ill. Advanced registered is requested by calling 618-695-2441. For more details, visit www.web.extension.uiuc.edu/regions/ag

Aug. 6: An educational barge tour will take place along the Illinois River in Peoria-Pekin, Ill., from 5-7:30 p.m. Contact the Illinois Corn Growers Assn. at 309-557-3257.

INDIANA
July 22-25: Top Farmer Crop Workshop will discuss the 2007 Farm Bill at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. To register, call Tom Robertson at 765-494-7220 or go online at www.agecon.purdue.edu/topfarmer

July 24-26: Indiana Farmers’ Union will host a carbon credit program session in four cities across Indiana. Sites include: July 24 in Reynolds, Ind.; July 25-Ft. Wayne, Ind.; July 25-Cloverdale, Ind.; July 26-North Vernon, Ind. For specific information, call Jim Benham at 812-756-1840.

July 26: The Porter County Extension Homemakers will host an annual Fashion Sewing Contest for adults in the Park Place Pavilion at the Porter County Fair in Valparaiso, Ind. Contact Annetta Jones at 219-465-3555, ext. 24 or by fax at 219-464-8976.

July 28: An educational workshop on deer and elk farming will be at the Purdue Extension Office in Allen County in Fort Wayne, Ind. Cost is $5 per person. Please pre-register by calling Kathy Dew at 260-481-6427 or by e-mail at kdew@purdue.edu

July 30: The 19th annual Taste of 4-H” Foods Auction will be held at the Porter County Fair in the Buggy Wheel Pavilion in Valparaiso, Ind. Call the Purdue University Extension Office in Porter County at 465-3555 for more information.

Aug. 4: Summerfest will feature music, wine and foods at the Prime Outlets in Fremont, Ind. For more information on the festival, call 877-300-FEST.

KENTUCKY
July 26: 2007 University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Field Day will begin at 8 a.m. at the Research & Education Center in Princeton, Ky. For more details, contact your local Cooperative Extension Service Office or the Research and Education Center at 270-365-7541, ext. 215 or go online at www.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/index.htm

MICHIGAN
July 28: The Michigan Angus Association will host a field day at Bonnie and Darwin Canfield’s farm in Clarksville, Mich. Activities will begin at 3 p.m. Call 616-350-7415.

July 28-29: Michigan State University Extension and Lansing Community College are offering FARMEDIC, a two-day agricultural accident training session in East Lansing, Mich. For details, visit www.msue.msu.edu/emergency or contact April Minarik at 517-483-9680.

OHIO
July 28: OSU will host a Honey Bee Field Night at the OSU South Center in Piketon, Ohio. Contact Shawn Wright at wright.705@osu.edu or at 740-289-2071.

July 31: Central Ohio Agronomy Show Crop Sprayer Field Day, hosted by Ed and Kathy Parrish will take place at their farm north of Millersport, Ohio. Contact Howard Siegrist at 740-670-5315.

Aug. 3: A horse pull will begin at 7 p.m. with heavyweight horses in Eaton, Ohio. Contact Tom Humbert in Muncie, Ind. at 765-289-8985 for more information.

Aug. 3: A workshop focusing on livestock mortality and composting will take place at the Burkettsville Fire Department in Burkettsville, Ohio. Cost is $10. You can register by contacting the Shelby County extension office at 937-498-7239 or e-mail bender.5 @cfaes.osu.edu prior to Aug. 2.

IOWA
July 25-26: 8th annual World Sheep and Wool Congress will take place in Queretaro, Mexico to look to the future for the sheep industry. For more details go to www.worldsheep.com

July 25-26: Iowa Women in Agriculture presents “Taking Charge of Your Farm’s Future: A Toolkit for Ag Women” will be at the West Des Moines Marriott in Des Moines, Iowa. To register, log on to www.iowaeomeninag.org or call 515-251-3202. To reserve a room, call 515-267-1500.

This farm news was published in the July 25, 2007 issue of Farm World, serving Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee.