Purdue Agriculture Events

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May 13-15: poultry nutrition conference and degussa symposium

The three-day Multi-State Poultry Feeding and Nutrition Conference and Degussa Technical Symposium is sponsored by Purdue, Michigan State and Ohio State universities, the Universities of Illinois and Kentucky, and many companies. It features sessions on feeding layers, feeding turkeys, feed milling and feed management. The conference is approved for 12 Continuing Education Units for ARPAS members. The event will be at the Marriott Hotel in Indianapolis from 6 p.m. May 13 to noon May 15. Registration is $80 for industry personnel and $20 for university and government personnel. The registration deadline has passed, but information about late registration is available from Tom Roberston at (765) 494-7220. Housing costs are separate. CONTACT: Dick Adams, Department of Animal Sciences, (765) 494-8009.

May 20-21: tri-state dairy nutrition conference

The conference runs from noon May 20 to 3 p.m. May 21 at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne. It is sponsored by Purdue, Ohio State and Michigan State universities and is designed for those who advise farmers of current information on the feeding of dairy cattle. Session topics include: relationship between nutrition and immune response, interpreting blood analysis, and energy values for feed. Conference registration is $125. CONTACT: Tim Johnson, (219) 481-6316.

June 9-11: Indiana high school agriculture teachers workshops

This workshop at Purdue, sponsored by Purdue University and Indiana Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association, is aimed at keeping the state's agriculture education teachers up to date. Sessions include using the World Wide Web, old barns of Indiana, in-service programs for agricultural mechanics and ideas for teaching entomology. The program runs from 9:30 a.m. June 9 to 11:30 a.m. June 11. The conference fee is $35, not including lodging. Most teachers stay at the University Inn, 800-777-9808. For conference information, contact Tom Atkinson, Academic Programs, School of Agriculture, (765) 494-8470. For registration information, contact Barbara B. Meyer or Linda Miller, Division of Conferences, (765) 494-7221 or 800-359-2968, ext. 92M.

June 11-13: home and family conference

Sponsored by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, this conference at the West Lafayette campus offers sessions about kitchen advances of the last 50 years, the Internet, laundering pesticide-exposed clothing, medicinal plants and health care, family stories and more. The conference also offers tours of campus and motivational speakers. The event runs from 8 a.m. June 11 to 11:30 a.m. June 13. Conference fee is $31, including housing. Meals and entertainment are extra. CONTACT: Janet Gordon, (765) 494-8252.

June 11-13 4-h science workshops

The workshops, for 4-Hers nominated to attend at the county level, offer participants the opportunity to gain more knowledge in a project area of their interest. Workshops are in aerospace, animal sciences, computer sciences, environmental conservation, food science, mechanical science and plant science. There will be a workshop for 4-H Ambassadors as well. The animal sciences workshop offers sessions in beef, sheep, swine, dairy, horses, poultry, aquaculture, dairy goats and rabbits. The plants sciences workshop offers sessions in horticulture, plant propagation, landscape architecture floral design and more. CONTACTS: Norm Long, (765) 494-8435, or Bob Ritchie, (765) 494-8439.

June 12: In-field diagnostic training

These sessions at the Purdue Agronomy Research Center about five miles west of West Lafayette are designed to help all crop producers -- especially those interested in Integrated Crop Management or the Certified Crop Adviser Program. These programs will address crop problem development and its relationship with crop growth to help producers identify insect, herbicide, nutrition and environmental problems in corn and soybean fields. The June 12 session will be repeated June 13. Other sessions include July 24 (repeated July 25) and September 11. Space is limited, and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The fee is $90 per person per day. For registration information, contact Kathy Hyman, (765) 494-2758. For training information, contact Terry Semmel, (765) 494-7731.

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