Purdue Agriculture Calendar

Events Days: 1/4/00 - 1/10/01 For additional information, call (765) 494-8396 January 4: Annual Illiana Vegetable Growers School The event will highlight several vegetable crop concerns for commercial growers. Rick Foster, Purdue associate professor of entomology, will discuss keeping worms out of peppers and tomatoes. Rick Latin, Purdue professor of plant pathology, will review causes of disease in mustard, collard, and turnip greens. Other topics will include new vegetable varieties and genetically-engineered crops. A small trade show will feature representatives from seed companies, irrigation equipment businesses and other vegetable industry businesses. This event will be at Teibel's Restaurant in Schererville, Ind. The school is sponsored by the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, the University of Illinois, and the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Purdue. Make $15 checks payable to the CES Educational Fund. The fee covers the cost of lunch and materials. All checks should be sent to the NW Commercial Horticulture Program, Purdue University North Central, 1401 S. U.S. Highway 421, Westville, IN 46391, attention: K. Camel. CONTACT: Liz Maynard, Extension specialist, (219) 785-5673, emaynard@purduenc.edu January 6: Hoosier Sheep Industry Symposium The latest information on raising sheep will be provided. The event also will include special youth sessions. This symposium will be at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds, in Noblesville, Ind. It is sponsored by the Indiana Sheep Breeders Association, Purdue Cooperative Extension Service and the Indiana Sheep & Wool Market Development Council. Full-day registration, which includes an evening banquet, is $30 for adults, $25 for youths in third grade and older, and $12.50 for youths in second grade and younger. Morning and afternoon session registration is $15 for adults, $10 for older youths, and $5 for younger children. All registrations include lunch. CONTACT: Kathy Berghoff, executive director, (219) 693-1966; ISBAKJB@aol.com January 10: IQ+Beef Sale A select group of calves that qualified for the IQ+BEEF program will be featured at a sale in Boswell, Ind. The sale starts at 1 p.m. and takes place at the Boswell Livestock Auction Market. CONTACT: Kevin Bullard, (219) 737-7138. Compiled by: Kara Claeys, (765) 494-8402, claeysk@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page