Purdue Ag Calendar

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AUG. 26: DAVIS PURDUE AG CENTER FIELD DAY

The Davis Purdue Ag Center will hold a farm tour and educational presentations, including "Corn and Soybean Herbicides," "Debugging Bt Corn," "Composting Swine Mortality," "Leafhopper-Resistant Alfalfa," and "Confined Feeding Regulations." Registration begins at 9 a.m., and tours begin at 9:30 a.m. There is no cost for registration or lunch. The ag center is five miles north of Farmland on State Road 1. CONTACT: Jeff Boyer, Davis Ag Center superintendent, (765) 468-7022.

AUG. 28: PURDUE SWINE DAY

The Purdue Animal Sciences Research Center welcomes pork producers and agribusiness workers to the annual Swine Day from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Participants will hear research reports such as "Rearing Environment, Lean Gain and Antibiotics' Effects on Growth" and "Biological and Behavioral Indicators of Stress in the Boar." Workshops will be held on "Opportunities in Coordinated Hog Production" and "Improving Air Quality in and Around Swine Buildings." Presentations by Jeff Armstrong, head of Purdue's Department of Animal Sciences, and keynote speaker Dennis DiPietre, an economist at the University of Missouri, will complete the afternoon program. There is no cost for registration, but a booklet containing research reports can be purchased for $3. Lunch will cost $6. The research center is on County Road 500 North, one mile north and one mile east of the intersection of U.S. 52 and U.S. 231 near Montmorenci. CONTACT: Dale Forsyth, Purdue Department of Animal Sciences, (765) 494-4841.

SEPT. 2-3: NATIONAL FOOD CORN FIELD DAY

The Gibson County Plot Committee and the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service invite corn farmers and food corn processors to attend free informational programs about food-grade corn production in southwestern Indiana. Visitors will meet for a social event starting at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Casino Aztar Hotel in Evansville. The tours begin at 8 a.m. Sept. 3 at BMR Farms in Princeton, and afternoon tours start at 12:30 p.m. at the Gibson County Fairgrounds. Lunch will be provided. For hotel reservations at the Casino Aztar Hotel, call (800) DIAL-FUN and ask for the Food Corn Field Day rate of $80 per night. CONTACT: Terry Keeneth, Cooperative Extension Service educator in Gibson County, (812) 385-3491; e-mail, terry@gibson.ces.purdue.edu

SEPT. 4: PURDUE AGRONOMY FIELD DAY

This annual event at the Purdue Agronomy Research Center starts with a 9 a.m. registration, and the free events begin at 9:30 a.m. A tour for middle school and high school students is one of the first events. The students will participate in hands-on demonstrations and visit the diagnostic training center, rainfall simulator and soil pits. A traditional nutrient management tour will begin at 10 a.m., providing information about nitrogen management systems, soil testing, using chlorophyll meters and other topics. Tours on current crop production issues and water quality will start at 1 p.m. An evening forage management tour will begin at 5:30 p.m. Educators, farmers, board of health members and sanitarians are encouraged to attend. Lunch will be provided at the center, located seven miles west of West Lafayette on U.S. 52. CONTACT: Ben Southard, Purdue Department of Agronomy, (765) 494-4799; e-mail, bsouthard@dept.agry.purdue.edu

SEPT. 7: HAMILTON COUNTY FARM FEST

The Hamilton County office of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service sponsors this event to give the public a hands-on experience with agriculture. The event takes visitors to five Hamilton County farms. Each location offers family activities, information about how farms operate and a chance to sample farm cuisine. Visitors on the tour can start and stop at any farm involved. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Food at each site can be purchased for a small fee. Maps are available for the five farms from the Hamilton County Extension Office in Noblesville, (317) 776-0854.

SEPT. 8-12: PURDUE MILKER TRAINING WORKSHOPS

The Purdue Cooperative Extension Service sponsors these five workshops to help anyone who milks to develop an understanding of cow anatomy and physiology, milking procedure, hygiene, mastitis and antibiotics, regulations, milking equipment, and sanitation. Enrollment is limited to 20 per day on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch will be provided. The registration cost of $30 covers preparation of materials for the workshop and must be paid by Sept. 1. The one-day workshops run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on these dates:

• Sept. 8, Luekens Dairy, Birdseye
  
• Sept. 9, John Finke Dairy, Columbia
  
• Sept. 10, Kuehnert Dairy, Fort Wayne
  
• Sept. 11, Lavon Martin Dairy, Goshen
  
• Sept. 12, Tuholski Farms Inc., Mill Creek

CONTACTS: Mike Schutz, Purdue Department of Animal Sciences, (765) 494-9478, or Simon Kenyon, Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine, (765) 494-0333.

SEPT. 17: FELDUN PURDUE AG CENTER FIELD DAY

The ag center's semiannual field day will feature presentations on "Managing Potato Leafhoppers and New Resistant Alfalfa Cultivators," "Turnips, Millet and Sorghum Sudan Grass Double Crop Grazing Options" and "Cow Condition Scoring: Thin Cows or Fat Cows." A rescue demonstration dealing with pesticide spills also will be part of the presentations. Jeff Armstrong, Purdue's new head of the Department of Animal Sciences, will deliver an introduction and comments. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Lunch can be purchased for a nominal fee. The Feldun Purdue Ag Center is west of Bedford, one mile north of the intersection of State Roads 158 and 458. CONTACTS: Dave Redman, Cooperative Extension Service educator in Lawrence County, (812) 275-4623, or Richard Huntrods, Feldun superintendent, (812) 275-6327.

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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