Purdue Agriculture Events

For additional information, call (765) 494-8396

march 25: Indiana forage-livestock seminar

The seminar, sponsored by the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service and the Indiana Forage Council, will have sessions on management intensive grazing, grazing lands conservation, forage livestock management practices and more. There also will be a trade show. 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Jasper VFW in Jasper. Fee is $10. CONTACT: Jim Peter, Dubois County Extension educator, (812) 482-1782, or Keith Johnson, forage specialist, (765) 494-4800.

MARCH 31: DAIRY COW FOOT AND LEG PROBLEM SEMINAR

The seminar, sponsored by the Elkhart County Extension Office, Dr. Weldy's Associates Veterinarians and the Zinpro Corp., will feature Dr. Paul Greenough, retired professor of surgery at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan and an expert on foot and leg problems. He will discuss Laminitis, founder, foot rot and hairy warts. The program runs from 10:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Elkhart County Community Center on the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds. Dinner reservations can be made by calling the Elkhart County Extension office and are limited to two people per family. The lunch is sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health and Upjohn Pharmaceuticals. CONTACT: Jeff Burbrink, Elkhart County Extension Office, (219) 533-0554, e-mail, Jeff_Burbrink@ces.purdue.edu

APRIL 5: Indiana State Beekeepers Association meeting

The Indiana State Beekeepers Association and Purdue University will co-sponsor this meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 214, Stewart Center. Fee is $5 at the door. The meeting will include sessions on pollination and controlling mites. Jim Mast, a northeastern Indiana beekeeper, will conduct a workshop for people who want to get started keeping bees. CONTACT: Greg Hunt, Department of Entomology, (765) 494-4605, e-mail, greg_hunt@entm.purdue.edu

April 11-13: Hoosier horse fair

This three-day fair at the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis will include 15 4-H events, including shows, clinics, public speaking contests, demonstration contests, grooming contests and a horse bowl. Fee for each 4-H event is $5, which was due by March 15, but some contests will accept late entries with a late fee. Entry forms are available at each county Cooperative Extension Service office. The fair also features a large trade show and rodeo. CONTACT: Norman Long, Department of 4-H Youth, (765) 494-8435, e-mail norm_long@four-h.purdue.edu

April 17: Ibep bull sale and video auction

The Indiana Beef Evaluation Program sale will consist of 125 bulls, all in the top 67 percent of their breed and all of which have passed structural and breeding exams. The sale will begin at 6 p.m. at the Springville Feeder Auction 10 miles northwest of Bedford. Video sites around the state will be Southeast-Purdue Ag Center in Butlerville, Tippecanoe County Extension Office in Lafayette, Parke County Extension Office in Rockville, Washington County Extension Office in Salem and the Justice Building in Warsaw. CONTACT: (765) 494-4831 or (812) 279-8554.

April 18-20: bug bowl

Bug Bowl features roach races, an insect petting zoo, insect crafts, honey tasting, butterfly exhibits, a cooking-with-insects contest, a cake-decorating contest, and a contest where folks decorate a Volkswagen beetle as an insect. Registration is required for the cooking and cake-decorating contests. Bug Bowl is held in and around the Entomology Building from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. April 18; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 19; and noon to 4 p.m. April 20. The event is free and part of the annual Ag Open House. For more information, call (765) 494-4554 or e-mail bug_bowl@entm.purdue.edu

April 19: project future

The program offers college-bound students in grades 9-12 the chance to participate in hands-on activities in college classrooms with Purdue professors. Registration is required, and enrollment forms are available from principals, guidance counselors, teachers or county Extension offices. CONTACT: School of Agriculture, (765) 494-8470.

April 19: Agronomy Open House

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lily Hall of Life Sciences. Activities include painting with soil-based paints, a hands-on soil-texture guessing game, and a rainfall simulation that demonstrates the different effects of rainfall on bare soil vs. planted soil. The event is free and part of the annual Ag Open House. CONTACT: Darrell Schulze, (765) 494-8062

April 19: School of Veterinary Medicine Open House

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lynn Hall. Activities include exotic animal exhibits, oxen team demos, S.M.A.R.T. (a canine search and rescue team), and a milking contest. CONTACT: Beth Morrison, (765) 447-0593; or the School of Veterinary Medicine, (765) 494-7893

April 19: Forestry Open House

9 a.m.-5 p.m. Forestry and Forestry Products buildings. Activities and displays about Indiana's natural resources and timber industry. Lafayette's Colombian Park Zoo also will bring live animals to the event. Part of the annual Ag Open House. CONTACT: Bill Hoover, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, (765) 494-3580

April 19-20: Purdue Horticulture Show

8 a.m.-5 p.m. both days at the Horticulture Building on the Purdue campus. The 84th Annual Horticulture Show's theme is "Hands-on Horticulture." Display gardens, landscaping ideas, a question-and-answer booth, horticulture therapy, and plants for sale will be featured. Children's activities include face painting, planting flowers and vegetables, and making bird feeders. Part of the annual Ag Open House. CONTACT: Bruce Bordelon, Department of Horticulture, (765) 494-8212.

APRIL 19-20: animal science open house/Boiler Barnyard

10 a.m.-3 p.m. both days on the lawn of Smith Hall. Activities include sheep-shearing demonstrations, milking demonstrations, drawings, interactive displays, and children's games organized by the Animal Science Ambassadors The event, which also will feature displays on academics and student life, is part of the annual Ag Open House. CONTACT: Bud Harmon, Department of Animal Sciences, (765) 494-4809

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