NATIONAL
Aug. 25-26: The West Virginia Honey Festival will be held at the City Park in Parkersburg, W.V. For information, call 304-485-6437 or write to: WV Honey Festival, P.O. Box 2149, Parkersburg, WV 26102.

Sept. 12-13: Dairy producers interested in learning more about robotic technology can attend a series of tours in Ontario, Canada, sponsored by the Michigan State University dairy team. For more details or to register, contact Kim Dobson at 517-353-9227 or by
email at dobsonk@anr.msu.edu

ILLINOIS
Aug. 22-23: The Illinois Conservation Expo will showcase state-of-the-art conservations practices at the farm of Richard and Robert Lasser in McLean County, two miles south of Colfax, Ill. For more information, visit the ILICA website at www.illica.net or call 309-694-7501.

Aug. 30: “Organic Grain Production: Incorporating Animals into the System,” will be held at the Plapp and Butler farms in Malta, Ill. Contact Dan Anderson Larson at 217-244-2880 or dlarson@uiuc.edu

Aug. 29-31: 2007 National Angus Conference and Tour, a “Heartland Homecoming” will be in Peoria, Ill. Early registration is due July 27. For more details, contact Shelia Stannard at 816-383-5152 or sstannard@angus.org

Sept. 6: “Diversified Organic Grain and Cooperative Marketing,” will take place at the Duane and Margaret Baker’s farm in Oblong, Ill. Contact Dan Anderson Larson at 217-244-2880 or dlarson@uiuc.edu

Sept. 14: The fifth sustainable agriculture tour will be to Dixon Springs Agricultural Center in Dixon Springs, Ill. Visit www.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm for details, or contact Donna Cray at dcray@uiuc.edu or at 217-241-4644.

Sept. 17: Conservation Security Program (CSP) will showcase the Mike Lindberg Farm in Boone County, Ill., which is enrolled in the highest tier in CSP. For more information or to register: contact Paula at Illinois Stewardship Alliance, 217-498-9707; isa@illinoisstewardshipalliance.org

INDIANA
Aug. 23: Pond Pro Workshop provides an opportunity for landowners to learn more about pond management problems. This workshop is the first of four evening sessions. All classes will be hosted at the USDA-NRCS office in Indianapolis, Ind. For more details or to register, contact the Marion County SWCD at 317-786-1776.

Aug. 28: Indiana Soybean Alliance will host a bus trip to Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill. Buses will leave at 8 a.m. EST from Vincennes, Indianapolis and Fair Oaks. Cost is $50 and includes transportation, admission, lunch and gift bag. To register, call 1-800-735-0195 or online at www.indianasoybean.com

Aug. 30: Pond Pro Workshop provides an opportunity for landowners to learn more about pond management problems. This workshop is the second of four evening sessions. All classes will be hosted at the USDA-NRCS office in Indianapolis, Ind. For more details or to register, contact the Marion County SWCD at 317-786-1776.

Sept. 4-8: All-American Horse Classic, featuring over 750 American Saddlebred horses and Hackney ponies will take place in Indianapolis, Ind. Contact Dee McNealy at 317-371-3777 or serenamcn@yahoo.com 

Sept. 5: Drainage 101 will focus on Indiana drainage law and take place at the Indiana Farm Bureau building in Indianapolis, Ind. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the event will provide lunch. Early registration is recommended. For details, visit www.infarmbureau.org or call 317-692-7840.

Sept. 6: Pond Pro Workshop provides an opportunity for landowners to learn more about pond management problems. This workshop is the third of four evening sessions. All classes will be hosted at the USDA-NRCS office in Indianapolis, Ind. For more details or to register, contact the Marion County SWCD at 317-786-1776.

Sept. 8: Indiana Shetland Sheep Breeders Show and Sale will take place at the Bartholomew County Fair in Columbus, Ind. Entries are due by Aug. 16. Visit www.issba.org for more information or contact Joe and Nyla Catanzaro at 765-395-3925; jncatanz@comtec.com

Sept. 12: A landowner workshop will address opportunities in biofuel. Farmers National Company will host the workshop at the Best Western Executive Plaza and Conference Center in Lafayette, Ind. For details, call 1-800-346-2650 or visit www.farmersnational.com/Landowner_Workshops

Sept. 13: Pond Pro Workshop provides an opportunity for landowners to learn more about pond management problems. This workshop is the third of four evening sessions. All classes will be hosted at the USDA-NRCS office in Indianapolis, Ind. For more details or to register, contact the Marion County SWCD at 317-786-1776.

Sept. 14-16: Featuring Allis Chalmers tractors, Fairbanks-Morse gasoline engines and Case Steam Engines, the 32nd annual Lanesville Heritage Weekend will be in Lanesville, Ind., 10 miles west of New Albany, Ind. The event will also feature a truck and tractor pull. For more details, go online at www.lanesvilleheritage.org

MICHIGAN
Aug. 28: A bean and beet farm tour, as well as a direct harvester clinic will take place at Michigan State University’s Saginaw Valley Dry Bean and Sugar Beet Research Farm in East Lansing, Mich. For more details, contact Steve Poindexter at 989-758-2500.

OHIO
Sept. 8: Ohio Valley Regional Dorper Association will host its first annual Dorper Day and Commercial Sale at the Union County Fairgrounds in Marysville, Ohio. The day will begin with informational sessions at 10 a.m. and will be followed by lunch at noon, a meeting with breeders and the auction at 3 p.m. Contact Chuck White at 740-544-5846 or 1202@1st.net

IOWA
Aug. 14: An educational barge tour will take place in Bettendork, Iowa. The barge tour is free of charge and will take place from 9-11 a.m. For more details, call the ICGA at 309-557-3257.

LOOKING AHEAD
Sept. 19: Indiana Soybean Alliance will host a bus trip to Ohio Farm Science Review in London, Ohio. Buses will leave at 7 a.m. EST from Indianapolis, Decatur and Richmond. Cost is $50 and includes transportation, admission, lunch and gift bag. To register, call 1-800-735-0195 or online at www.indi
anasoybean.com

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.