Oct. 11-12: Kansas State University is joining with the National Pork Board and National Cattleman’s Beef Assn. to offer the Employee Management For Production Agriculture Conference in Kansas City, Mo. Contact .Sarah Fogleman at 620-431-1530.

Oct. 29-30: The American Angus Association will conduct a Cattlemen’s Boot Camp, covering all aspects of beef industry from basic production to the end product at the Beef/Sheep Unit on the Penn State University campus in State College, Pa. For details, contact Shelia Stannard at 816-383-5152.

ILLINOIS

Oct. 10: The University of Illinois will sponsor a sheep pasture walk at the Arrowsmith Farm of Elton and Spring Mau in Arrowsmith, Ill. The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. For details, contact Dick Cobb at 217-333-7351.

Oct. 12-14: Americana 1800 will take place in Walkerton, Ind. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will feature two pre-1840s homes, a barn, school, picnic and play area for the whole family. Demonstrations include blacksmithing, spinning, archery and much more. For reservations contact Annette Hesters at 574-586-2105.

Oct. 21-23: The International Distillers Grains Conference and Trade Show, hosted by the U.S. Grains Council with BBI will be held at The Renaissance in Schaumburg, Ill. To register, contact Mike Deering at mdeering@grains.org or 202-326-0625.

Oct. 23: The final 2007 sustainable agriculture tour will be to Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park, Ill. Visit www.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm for details, or contact Donna Cray at dcray@uiuc.edu or at 217-241-4644.

Oct. 25-26: The annual meeting of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers will be at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. For details or to register, call 262-253-6902. To reserve a hotel room call 217-328-7900.

Nov. 3: “Putting Small Acreages to Work,” will provide practical, hands-on advice to beginning, as well as transitioning farmers in Belleville, Ill. To register, call 618-650-7050 or visit web.extension.uiuc.edu/madisonstclair/findus.html

INDIANA

Oct. 11: The 2007 Indiana Farm Sustainability Tour Series will travel to Porter County, Ind. visiting the Valparaiso Farmer’s Market, Birky Family Farms Country Market and Crème de la Crop organic farm and Community Supported Agriculture farm. For details, visit http://www.conf.purdue.edu/farmtours

Oct. 12-14: The Greenway Giddy-up, one of Indiana largest horse trail fundraising events will take place at the Prairie Creek Reservoir in Delaware County, Ind. Details can be found at www.cardinalgreenways.org/Giddy-up or by calling the office at 765-287-0396.

Oct. 20-21: Seven Indiana wineries will feature wines and chili during the Indy Wine Trail Chili Cookoff. Participating wineries include Buck Creek Winery in Indianapolis; Chateau Thomas Winery in Plainfield; Easley Winery in Indianapolis; Ferrin’s Fruit Winery in Carmel; Grape Inspirations Winery in Carmel; Mallow Run Winery in Bargersville; and Simmons Winery in Columbus. For details, call 1-888-VINO-INDY or visit www.indywinetrail.com Oct. 30: Watershed Networking Meeting will take place at Salamonie Interpretive Center at the Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area in Andrews, Ind. Register in advance by contacting Karla Kindrick at kkindric@idem.in.gov

Nov. 1: “Slow Cookery at its best” will take place at the Allen County Extension Office in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Contact Vickie Hadley at the Allen County Extension Office, 260-481-6826.

Nov. 1: Watershed Networking Meeting will take place at Camp Atterbury Indiana Military Academy Building 5 in Edinburgh, Ind. Register in advance (Oct. 19) by contacting Karla Kindrick at kkindric@ idem.in.gov

Nov. 1-2: Hospice Professionals from five Great Lakes states will convene in Indianapolis, Ind. to kickoff National Home Care & Hospice Month at the University Place Conference Center. Program information and online registration are available at www.iahhc.org or call Todd Stallings at 317-844-6630.

MICHIGAN

Oct. 12: Purdue University will host a workshop, called Marketing Hardwood Veneer Logs and Trees, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Coldwater Veneer Inc. in Coldwater, Mich. Call 765-494-3644 or e-mail Dan Cassens at dcassens@purdue.edu to register.

Nov. 2: A session entitled “Growing Your Business,” will take place at the Michigan State University Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, Mich. Pre-register by Oct. 12 by calling the MSU Product Center at 517-432-4608 or logging onto their website at www.productcenter.msu.edu/conference.htm

KENTUCKY

Oct. 16: University of Kentucky (UK) will host an informational public meeting on renewable energy from 4:30 to 7 p.m. (CST) at the UK Research and Education Center in Princeton, Ky. For registration information, visit http://www.kppc.org or call 502-852-0965.

Oct. 20: Kentucky Goat Producers Association will host its annual meeting at the Boyd County Extension Office in Catlettsburg, Ky. For additional information, e-mail info@kysheep andgoat.org or go online at www.kysheep andgoat.org

Oct. 27: Kentucky Sheep Producers Association will host its annual meeting at the Clark County Extension Office in Winchester, Ky. For additional information, e-mail info@kysheepandgoat.org or go to www.kysheepandgoat.org

Oct. 30: Kentucky Grazing Conference will be at the Western Kentucky University Expo Center in Bowling Green, Ky. The focus of this year’s conference is management strategies for recovering pasture from the summer drought. A full conference schedule can be found at: http://www.uky.edu/ag/forages Contact Garry Lacefield at 270-365-7541, ext. 202.

Oct. 31-Nov. 2: The Kentucky Women in Agriculture Conference will focus on local foods at the Crown Plaza-Campbell House in Lexington, Ky. To register, go online at www.kywomeninag.org or contact Ashley Osborne at 877-266-8823.

OHIO

Oct. 10: Ohio State University’s Sustainable Agriculture Team will lead a tour of the Mike and Dawn Roberts farm in Carroll County from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in Waynesburg, Ohio. Contact Mike Hogan at 330-627-4310 or by e-mail at hogan.1@osu.edu

Oct. 14: The first ever Ashland County Park District Fall Festival will be from 1 to 4 p.m. at Byers Woods Park in Ashland County, Ohio. The park is located along County Road 1754, which lies north of U.S. 30. The entrance is between U.S. 60 and Ashland County Road 655. For more details contact Joyce Ritchie at 419-929-2803.

Nov. 1: The Ohio Department of Agriculture will host the eighth annual Ohio Farmland Preservation Summit in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Topics will focus on growing local economies through food and agriculture. For additional information, visit http://cffpi.osu.edu/summit or call 614-728-6210.

TENNESSEE

Oct. 11: The Northeast Beef Expo will take place at the University of Tennessee (UT) Research and Education Center in Greeneville, Tenn. The cost to attend the program is $5, which includes a luncheon. Complete details are available at http://tobacco.tennessee.edu/

Oct. 30: Cattle producers interested in improving their production and management practices can attend a beef cattle conference at the University of Tennessee’s Middle Tennessee Research and Education Center in Spring Hill, Tenn. For further details contact either David Kirkpatrick at 865-974-7294.

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.