ILLINOIS
March 26: Combustible Dust Explosion Inspection Seminar will work to educate those in the grain, metal, plastics, wood and coal industries at the University of Illinois-BIS in Naperville, Ill. For details, visit www.ilsafetycouncil.org/pdfs/12_14_08.pdf

INDIANA
March 26-28: The 24th annual Career Fair and Training Conference of the National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) will be March 26-28 at the Marriott Hotel Downtown in Indianapolis, Ind.
March 27: The Indiana Soybean Alliance is hosting an aquaculture cooperative workshop in Lebanon, Ind. at the Boone County Fairgrounds. Space is limited and pre-registration is required by March 13. Pre-register online at www.indianafishfarming.com/workshop or call the ISA office at 800-735-0195.

KENTUCKY
March 31-April 1: The National Institute for Animal Agriculture will host their annual meeting at the Galt House Hotel and Suites in Louisville, Ky. To register, visit www.animalagriculture.org or e-mail NIAA@animalagriculture.org or call 270-782-9798.

OHIO
March 27: An Ohio State University workshop will explore the feasibility of producing and processing bioenergy crops to meet growing energy demands while stimulating the economy at OSU South Centers in Piketon, Ohio. Registration is $20. For more information or to register, contact Mary Gulas at 740-289-2071, ext. 132 or e-mail gulas.3@osu.edu

March 28: 24th Market Day and Fiber Fair, hosted by the Black Swamp Spinners Guild, will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Junior Fair Building at the Wood County Fairgrounds in Bowling Green, Ohio. Contact: 419-352-0211 or visit www.blackswampspinners.org

March 30: “Cooking for a Healthy Lifestyle with the Diabetic Chef” will be 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Msgr. Joseph Jessing Conference Center, Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. The event is limited to the first 300 who purchase tickets at http://estore.osu-extension.org (search for “cooking”). A free health fair focused on diabetes treatment and prevention will precede the event. For more information, call 614-292-9833.

March 31: A program to appreciate and save old barns as historic icons will be held at The Dawes Arboretum in Newark, Ohio. Questions call OSU Extension – Licking County at 740-670-5315.

April 1: Ohio Compost Operator Course, open to anyone who works in or around the composting industry, takes place in Wooster, Ohio. Contact Mary Wicks, 330-202-3533, wicks.14@osu.edu

MICHIGAN
March 30-31: Michigan AgriEnergy Conference will take place at the Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo, Mich. To register or learn more, visit www.agenergy.org e-mail pennin34@msu.edu or call ANR Conference Services at 517-353-3175.

TENNESSEE
March 27: The University of Tennessee Plateau Research and Education Center will hold its annual spring heifer and bull sale at 10 a.m. CDT in Crossville, Tenn. For more information, including a list of the cattle to be sold, or to make arrangements to preview sale stock, contact the Plateau Research and Education Center at 931-484-0034, or e-mail Glenda Wisdom at gwisdom@utk.edu

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.