Calendar of Events

July 2 -- Switchgrass Biofuel And Forage Field Day, 6:30-8 p.m., Washington State University Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Prosser. Contact June Trimble at 509-786-9232 or Steve Fransen at 509-786-9266.

July 8-10 -- Missouri Dairy Grazing Conference, Holiday Inn, Joplin. Go to agebb.missouri.edu/ or phone 573-882-9551.

July 9 -- Organic Field Day, University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center, Lamberton. Phone 507-752-7372 or visit swroc.cfans.umn.edu and scroll to 2009 Events under General Information.

July 23 -- University Of Kentucky All Commodity Field Day, UK Research and Education Center, Princeton. Visit ces.ca.uky.edu/wkrec.

July 29-30 -- U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center Getting More From Forages Conference, Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Madison, WI. Visit www.dfrc.ars.usda.gov/.

July 31 -- 2009 Illinois Forage Expo, Meier Farms, Ridott. Go to web.extension.uiuc.edu/ or contact Dale Baird, University of Illinois extension educator, at dlbaird@illinois.edu.

Aug. 1-2 -- Florida Small Farms And Alternative Enterprises Conference, Osceola County Heritage Park, Kissimmee. Go to smallfarms.ifas.ufl.edu/.

Aug. 27 -- 2009 Arlington Agronomy And Soils Field Day, University of Wisconsin Agricultural Research Station, Arlington. Download the program at ipcm.wisc.edu/.

Sept. 17-19 -- National Hay Association Convention, Cadillac Jack’s Gaming Resort, Deadwood, SD. Contact Don Kieffer at 800-707-0014 or visit www.nationalhay.org.

Sept. 22-23 -- Georgia Grazing School, University of Georgia Livestock Instruction Arena, Athens. Details coming soon at www.georgiaforages.com/.

Sept. 29-Oct. 3 -- World Dairy Expo, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI. Visit www.worlddairyexpo.com.

Oct. 20-22 -- 2009 Southeast Hay Contest/Sunbelt Ag Expo, Moultrie, GA. Contact University of Georgia extension forage specialist Dennis Hancock at 706-542-1529 or dhancock@uga.edu.

Oct. 23-24 -- Virginia Tech University’s 2009 Mid-Atlantic Grass-Finished Livestock Conference, Holiday Inn Conference Center, Staunton, VA. Contact Margaret Kenny at 434-292-5331 or makenny@vt.edu.

Oct. 29 -- Kentucky Grazing Conference, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton. Details available soon at www.uky.edu/Ag/Forage.

Nov. 4-6 -- DHI-Provo 55th-Annual Herd Management Training Conference, Provo, UT. Details forthcoming at www.dhiprovo.com.

Nov. 10-11 -- BEEF Quality Summit, Stoney Creek Inn, St. Joseph, MO, hosted by BEEF magazine. Visit beefconference.com for details to come.

Nov. 18-19 -- McCook Farm And Ranch Expo, Red Willow County Fairgrounds, McCook, NE. Visit mccookfarmandranchexpo.net or call 866-685-0989.

Dec. 2-4 -- Western Alfalfa And Forage Symposium, Grand Sierra Resort Casino, Reno, NV. Go to alfalfa.ucdavis.edu/+symposium/2009/.

Dec. 13-16 -- Fourth National Conference On Grazing Lands, Reno, NV. Presented by the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative. Visit www.glci.org and click on Grazing Conference.

Feb. 16-17, 2010 -- Idaho Hay And Forage Conference, Best Western Burley Inn, Burley. Contact Glenn Shewmaker at 208-736-3608 or gshew@uidaho.edu.