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Tuesday, January 7
Tilling the Soil of Opportunity,
Cayuga County Cooperative
Extension, Auburn, N.Y., thru
Jan. 8, (315) 787-2622.
Dairy Workshop: Feeders School,
Mason-Dixon Farms, Gettys
burg, (888) 472-0261.
National Potato Council annual
meeting, Loews Ventana Can
yon Resort, Tucson, Ariz.,
thru Jan. 11.
Juice and Wine Analysis Short
course, Food Science and
Technology Building, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Eastern Pa. Turf Conference
and Trade Show, Valley Forge
Convention Center, King of
Prussia, thru Jan. 9, (610)
967-4643.
Wednesday, January 8
National No-Till Conference, In
dianapolis, Ind., (800)
645-8455.
“Tilling the Soil of Opportunity”
for formers and business own
ers, first of 12 weeks, every
Wednesday, Berks County Ag
Center, (610) 378-1327. Get
tysburg class Jan. 8 at Adams
County Ag Center, Wednes
day mornings, (717) 270-4391.
Lancaster class meets Monday
evening Dec. 2-March 17 at
the Farm and Home Center.
Winegrape Growing Class,
Montgomery County Cooper
ative Extension, Collegeville,
6:30 p.m.-8:45 p.m., (610)
489-4315.
living Oh A Few Acres Seminar,
Montgomery County 4-H Cen
ter, Collegeville, Wednesdays
Visit your dairy checkoff program at either upcoming Farm Show
Keystone Farm Show
Jan. 7-9, 2003 OR
Building #l, Booth #152
York Fairgrounds,
York, Pa.
: Dairy Checkoff
; • helps to increase the overall demand for dairy products ;
* • is managed efficiently and effectively
* • helps to defend the image of dairy products and the dairy industry *
Business Sense 11, Training for
Dairy DFOs, first session of
three. Also Jan. 25 and Feb. 7,
Farm and Home Center, Lan
caster, (888) 373-7232.
“Keep Farming First,” farm
summit for Chester County,
Sykes Hall, West Chester Uni
versity, thru Jan. 10, (610)
696-3180.
Farm Bill Workshop, Lycoming
County Extension office, Ag
Center, Montoursville, 7 p.m.-
9 p.m., (570) 433-3040.
Hoof Care Clinic, Frostburg
Farm, New Bethlehem, noon-3
p.m., (814) 782-0033.
Friday, January 10
Ecological Cut Flower Growing
and Marketing Workshop,
Ballston Spa, N.Y., thru Jan.
12,(518)427-6537.
Cornell Regional Sheep and Goat
Market Summit at Virginia/
North Carolina Shepherd’s
Symposium, Harrisonburg,
Va., (301) 432-2767, ext. 343.
Long Island Agricultural Forum,
Suffolk Community College,
Riverhead, N.Y., (631)
727-7850.
Potato Marketing Forum, Lowe’s
Ventana Canyon, Tucson,
Ariz., 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
South Centred Regional Green
house meeting. Memorial Park
Hall, Martinsburg, 8:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m., (814) 940-5989.
Saturday. January 11
Pennsylvania Farm Show, Farm
Show Complex, Harrisburg,
thru Jan. 18.
Long Island Agricultural Forum,
Suffolk Community College,
Riverhead, N.Y., Viticultural
Session, 8:30 a.m., (631)
727-7850.
New York Low Input Sustainable
Farming Conference, Jordan
Dairy
checkoffi *
works!
Find out howl
Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program
American Dairy Association & Dairy Council Mid East
Mid-Atiahtic Dairy Association
Hall, Geneva Experiment Sta
tion.
Dauphin County Holstein Asso
cation annual meeting, Geo’s
Family Restaurant, Harris
burg, 11 a.m.
Sunday, January 12
Pennsylvania Angus Association
Annual Membership Banquet,
Holiday Inn Grantville, 5:30
p.m., (717) 469-0661.
Monday, January 13
New York Grazing Conference
Series Jan. 13-18; Jan. 13,
Delhi; Jan. 14, Cobleskill; Jan.
15, Cortland; Jan. 16, Belfast;
Jan. 17, Carthage; Jan. 18,
Clinton County, (607)
753-5213.
Annual Meeting Pa. Ag Republi
cans, Meeting Room B, Pa.
Farm Show Complex, Harris
burg, 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 14
New Jersey Vegetable Growers
Association Annual Meeting
and Trade Show, Taj Mahal
Atlantic City, thru Jan. 16.
Capitol Region/Penn State Ex
tension Introduction to
Spreadsheets, Cumberland
County Extension office, Car
lisle, thru Jan. IS.
Vineyard Technical meeting,
Naylor Wine Cellars, Stew
artstown, 1 p.m.-4 p.m., (717)
642-5148.
Ohio Regional Agronomy meet
ing, Community Building,
Huron County Fairgrounds,
Norwalk, Ohio, (419)
627-7631.
Farm Managers Workshop, Cen
tral Susquehanna Counties
Session of S-week courses,
Watson Inn, Watsontown, 10
a.m.-3 p.m., (570) 837-4252,
also Jan. 16,21,23,28.
Farm Bill Update meetings. New
Hanover Twp. Budding, 7
p.m.-9 p.m. Also Monday,
Jan. 27 at Franconia Town
ship Building, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.,
and Wednesday, Jan. 29 at
Montgomery County 4-H Cen
ter, Creamery, 1 p.m.-3 p.m,,
(610) 489-4315.
Wednesday. January 1 5
Ohio Fruit and Vegetable Grow-
Pennsylvania Farm Show
Jan. 11-18,2003
Farm Show Complex
Main Exhibition Area, Booth #5083
Harrisburg, Pa.
MID - ATLANTIC
o*i>r tiiociMiot
ers Congress, Ohio Roadside
Marketing Conference, Ohio
Christmas Tree meeting, Tole
do Sea Gate Centre, Toledo,
Ohio, thru Jan. 17, (614)
249-2424.
Ohio Regional Agronomy meet
ings, Crownhill Golf Club,
Williamsport, Ohio, (740)
474-7534.
Dairy Day, Berks County Ag
Center.
Pesticide Update, Clarion Coun
ty Park, Shippenville, 1-3
p.m., (814) 782-0033.
Thursday, January 16
Bucks, Montgomery counties
Dairy Day, Neshaminy Manor
Center.
Tannin Color Measurement and
Management Short Course,
Food and Technology Build
ing, Virginia Tech.
Ohio Regional Agronomy meet
ing, Lone Pine Hall, Bethesda,
Ohio, (740) 695-1455.
Farm Manager Workshop Ses
sion 2, Central Susquehanna
Counties, Watson Inn, Wat
sontown, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Forestland Conservation Confer
ence, Central Pa. Institute of
Science and Technology,
Pleasant Gap, 8:30 a.m.-3:30
p.m., (814) 355-4897.
Lehigh Valley Horse Council
Meeting, American Legion
Post 367, Fullerton, 7:30 p.m.,
(610) 837-07294.
Friday, January 17
Morrison’s Cove Produce Auc
tion meeting, Martinsburg,
(814)693-3265.
Ohio Regional Agronomy meet
ing, Ohio State Extension
Greene County office, Xenia,
Ohio, (937) 372-9971,
Successful Ice Cream Retailing
Seminar, Days Inn, Penn
State, State College, (301)
387-5982.
Friends of Agriculture Breakfast
Series, Modern Maturity Cen
ter, Dover, Del., 7:15 a.m.,
(302)831-2512.
Saturday, January 18
Comell Sheep and Goat Market
ing Summit, Cornell Sheep
Farm, Harford, N.Y., in con
junction with Quinterly Cor
nell Sheep Farm Field Day,
(607) 255-2851.
Pa. Purebred Dairy Cattle Asso
ciation Judging School, Pa.
Farm Show Complex, Harris
burg, 9 a.m., (814) 234-0364.
Sunday, January 19
Monday, January 20
New Holland Vegetable Growers’
Day, Yoder’s Restaurant, New
Holland, (717) 394-6851.
Tuesday, January 21
PAES Lime Fertilizer and Pesti
cide Conference, Penn Stater
Conference Center, University
Park, thru Jan. 22, (814)
234-8771.
Tri-County Vegetable and Small
Fruit Meeting, Penn Twp.
Community Building, Ship
pensburg, (717) 263-9226.
Tilling the Soil of Opportunity,
Cayuga County Cooperative
Extension, Auburn, N.Y., also
Jan. 22, (315) 787-2622.
Family Dairy Farm in Pa. Work
shop, Jan. 21 Lighthouse Res
taurant, Chambersburg; Jem.
22, Gratz Fire Hall, Gratz;
Jan. 23, Lancaster DHIA,
Manheim; Jan. 24, Fulton
Grange, Lancaster County,
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., (717)
840-7408.
Winemaker Technical meeting,
Farm and Home Center, Lan
caster, 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Session 3 Farm Management
Workshop, Central Susque
hanna counties, Watson Inn,
Watsontown.
Beginners Grain Marketing, 709
Morgnec Road, Ist floor meet
ing room, Chestertown, Md., 7
p.m.-9 p.m.
Glenside Farmers’ Market meet
ing, Glenside Memorial Hall,
7:30 p.m., (610) 489-4315.
Farm and Home Foundation of
Lancaster County meeting,
Farm and Home Center, Lan
caster, 6:30 p.m.,
(717)392-4911.
Wednesday. January 22
Penn State Association of County
Fairs Convention, Hershey
Lodge and Convention Center,
Hershey, thru Jan. 25.
Pa. Christinas Tree Growers’ As
sociation Winter Conference,
Holiday Inn, Harrisburg East,
Harrisburg, (717) 238-9765 or
(800)547-2842.
PCO annual membership meet
ing and awards banquet. Farm
Show Complex, Room B,
Harrisburg, (814) 364-1344.
Thursday January 23
Susquehanna Regional Vegetable
Meeting, Mifflinburg, (570)
837-4252.
Monroe County Extension and
4-H Open House, new offices,
724 Phillips St., Suite 201,
Stroudsburg, 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
Central Susquehanna Counties
Farm Management Work
shop, Session 4, Watson town
Inn, Watsontown.
Crop Insurance Risk Manage
ment Meeting, Chestertown
Fire Hall, 9:30 a.m.-l:30 p.m.,
(410)778-1661.
Annual Agriculture Recognition
Banquet, Wisehaven Hall,
East Prospect Road, York, 6
p.m.
Workshop on Timber Taxation
and Forest Landowners’ Asso
ciation, Salisbury Fire Hall, 6
p.m.-9 p.m., (814) 472-7986.
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