MARCH 2010
Forging a Plan for a Profitable Future Three-Session Workshops, March 12, 10 am-3 pm, Lakeshore Technical College’s Campus, Cleveland. Contact: Ruth Semph, 920-693-1167.
Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Annual Convention, March 12-13, Holiday Inn, Tomah. Contact: Dawn Pingel, 608-372-7869 or dawpin217@yahoo.com.
Upper Midwest Hazelnut Conference, March 12-13, 1:30 pm, La Crosse Center. Contact: Jason Fischbach, 715-373-6104.
Midwest BueLingo Cattle Association Fifth Annual Breeders Sale, March 13, 10 am, Equity Livestock, Sparta. Contact: Danny Meyer, 715-255-8436, or visit midwestbuelingo.com.
United Cooperative Dairy Goat Nutrition and Management Seminar, March 13, 10:30 am-3:30 pm, Ponderosa Restaurant, Beaver Dam. Call 800-924-2991 for more info.
Forreston Farm Toy Show, March 13, 9 am-2 pm, Forreston High School gym, Forreston, Ill. Contact: Rick Garnhart, 815-362-6531.
Cut Flower Growers School, March 13-14, UW-Madison Campus. Contact: John Hendrickson, 608-265-3704 or jhendric@wisc.edu.
Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association District Annual Meetings, Dist. II – March 15, 11 am, Holiday Inn, Fond du Lac; Dist. III – March 15, 7:30 pm, Gil’s Bar & Grill, Whitelaw; Dist. IV – March 16, 11 am, Northwinds, Marion; Dist. V – March 18, 11 am, Country Aire, Stratford; Dist. VI – March 19, 11 am, 29 Pines Conference Center, Eau Claire; Dist. X – March 22, 11 am, Old Rossville Store, Rossville, Iowa; Dist. IX – March 22, 7:30 pm, Ramada Inn/White Horse, Richland Center; Dist. VIII – March 23, 11 am, Heritage Hall, Monroe; Dist. I – March 24, 11 am, Plattdeutscher Hall, Watertown and Dist. VII – March 25, 11 am, The Colonial, Sparta. Contact: Janice Schyvinck, 608-356-8311 or jschyvinck@equitycoop.com.
PDPW Annual Business Conference, March 16-17, Madison. Contact: www.pdpw.org or 800-947-7379.
Wisconsin Holstein Association Barn Meetings, March 16, Paul Buhr, Viroqua; March 23, Hilrose Holsteins, Sherwood and March 24, Budjon Farms, Lomira. Contact: WHA, 800-223-4269.
World Championship Cheese Contest, March 16-18, Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison.
Mid-State Technical College Farmers Club Tour, March 17, 9:30 am-3:45 pm. Contact: Phil Ely, 715-389-7032.
Gathering of the Green Biannual Conference, March 17-20, Davenport, Iowa. Contact: Ken Reese, 815-578-8635 or kwreese@aol.com.
Wisconsin Aquaculture Conference, March 19-20, Ramada Inn, Eau Claire. Contact: Cindy Johnson, 715-373-2990 or Cindy@WisconsinAquaculture.com.
Wisconsin Livestock Breeders Association Annual Meeting, March 20, UW-Arlington Research Station Public Events Building, Arlington. Contact: Jill Alf, 608-868-2505 or alfhamp@centurytel.net.
Cooperative Resources International and Subsidiary Annual Meetings, March 23-24, Sheraton Bloomington Hotel Minneapolis South, Bloomington, Minn. Contact: Terri Dallas, 715-526-2141.
Statewide Cow-Calf Meeting, March 27, 9:30 am-2 pm, Bula-Gieringer Farms, Coloma.
Wisconsin Public Service Farm Show, March 31-April 1, Experimental Aircraft Association Grounds, Oshkosh. Call 866-920-3276 for more info.
APRIL 2010
53rd Wisconsin Beef Improvement Association Tested Bull Sale, April 3, 11 am, UW-Platteville Pioneer Prairie Farm, Platteville. Call 800-297-5747 or visit www.wisconsinbeef.com.
University of Wisconsin-River Falls Show Pig Auction, April 3, 10 am viewing followed by the sale at noon, Mann Valley Lab Farm 2 Pavilion, River Falls. Contact: John Nelson, 715-821-7094.
Wisconsin Deer and Turkey Expo, April 9-11, Alliant Energy Center, Madison. Contact: Glenn Helgeland, 262-242-3990 or glenn@deerinfo.com.
Association of Women in Agriculture Day, April 10, 3 pm, Madison Concourse Hotel. Contact: Chelsea Brander, 608-574-8237 or cbrander@wisc.edu.
Midwest Spring Red & White Show, April 16, County Fairgrounds, Jefferson. Contact: WHA, 800-223-4269.
2010 Central Wisconsin Prairie Chicken Festival, April 16-18. For more info, call 715-343-6215 or visit prairiechickenfestival.org.
Midwest National Spring Show, April 17, County Fairgrounds, Jefferson. Contact: WHA, 800-223-4269.
Day on Campus: UW-Madison Food Summit, April 23, 9 am-4 pm, Memorial Union, Madison.
June 2010
22nd Annual Tri-County Threshermen’s Show, June 11-13, Veterans Memorial Park, Plainfield. Contact: Norm Kohls, 715-423-7321 or visit www.tcthreshermen.com.
Wisconsin 4-H Foundation Third Annual Northern Golf Classic, June 14, 1 pm, Kilkarney Hills Golf Club, River Falls. Contact: Donna Faulkner, 608-262-1597 or donna.faulkner@uwex.edu.
Wisconsin Holstein Association District Shows, Dist. 1 – June 14, Menomonie; Dist. 2 – June 14, Tomah; Dist. 7 – June 16, Shawano; Dist. 4 – June 17; Dist. 5 – June 17, Baraboo; Dist. 10 – June 18, Plymouth; Dist. 3 – June 21, Mineral Point; and Dist. 6 – June 22.
Wisconsin 4-H Foundation Eighth Annual Southern Golf Classic, June 28, 9 am, Kettle Moraine Golf Club, Dousman. Contact: Donna Faulkner, 608-262-1597 or donna.faulkner@uwex.edu.
JULY 2010
Wisconsin Championship Show, July 12-13, Manitowoc County Fairgrounds, Manitowoc. Contact: WHA: 800-223-4269.
County Calendar
ADAM: Small Farms Livestock and Crops Seminar, May 15, 9:30 am-2:30 pm, Community Center, Adams.
CALUMET: New Holstein FFA Alumni Farm Toy and Craft Show, March 14, 9 am-3 pm, New Holstein High School. Winter Wheat Workshop, March 24, 10:30 am-3 pm, Neighborhood Pub & Grill, Brant. Call 920-849-1450 for more info.
CLARK: Spring Master Gardener Training Classes, 12-session classes running through April 27, 6-9 pm, County Extension, Neillsville. Taste of Clark County, March 20, 1-4 pm, Loyal American Legion Hall. Call 715-743-5121 for more info. Thorp FFA Alumni Farm Toy and Craft Show, March 28, 9 am-3 pm, Thorp High School. Contact: Charles Przybylski, 715-669-5235.
COLUMBIA: Tractor and Machinery Safety Course, April 17, 8 am-4 pm; April 24, 1-5 pm; May 1, 8 am-4 pm; and May 15, 8 am-noon, Johnson Sales Inc., Arlington.
DODGE: Tested Hay Sales, runs on the first and third Tuesdays of the month through April 6, Beaver Dam Auction Market, Contact: Dan Ritger, 414-333-8625.
FOND DU LAC: 10th Annual Day in the Garden Conference, March 13, 8:30 am, UW-Fond du Lac Campus. Wisconsin Bird and Game Breeders Association Annual Spring Swap, March 13, 6:30 am, County Fairgrounds, Fond du Lac. Contact: Jim Bleuer, 920-379-6188, or visit www.wbagba.org.
JUNEAU: Forage Update Meeting, March 16, 12:30-3 pm, County Extension, Mauston.
KEWAUNEE: Dairy Herd Reproductive Update, March 19, 10 am-2 pm, NorthBrook Country Club, Luxemburg. Call 920-388-7138 for more info.
LINCOLN: Heart of the Farm – Women in Agriculture Conference, March 19, 9:30 am-3:30 pm, County Service Center, Merrill.
MANITOWOC: Horse-A-Rama, April 10-11, County Expo, Manitowoc. Contact: Gloria Schaut, 920-682-9669 or schaut@lsol.net, or visit www.horse-a-rama.org.
MARATHON: Farm Bureau Farm Tour, March 12, 10 am, with stops at Johnson Creek Dairy, Norrbom Farms and Buss Dairy Farm. Contact: Ryan Prahl, 715-212-3236.
MARQUETTE: Fresh Market Vegetable Grower Workshop, March 24, 9:30 am-3:30 pm, County Service Center, Montello.
PORTAGE: Horse Owners Meeting, March 13, 10 am-noon, Jay-Mar Inc., Plover. Cow-Calf Meeting, March 20, 9 am-noon, County Annex Building, Stevens Point. Fresh Market Vegetable Grower Workshop, March 31, 9:30 am-3:30 pm, Courthouse Annex Building, Stevens Point. Central Wisconsin Pet Owners Spring Swap Meet, April 24, 6 am, Tri-City Riding Club Arena, Kellner. Contact: Nicole Getzloff, 715-459-4465.
PRICE: North-central Wisconsin Land Stewardship Conference, April 10, 8 am-4 pm, Prentice High School. Call 715-339-2555 for more info.
SHEBOYGAN: Dairy Workers’ Training, March 23, 10 am-noon (English and 1-3 pm (Spanish), Joe & Kelly Mertens, Kiel. Farmwomen’s Discussion Group, March 24, 11:30 am-1:30 pm, Chissy’s, Waldo. Heifer Growers Discussion Group, March 25, noon-1:30 pm, Chissy’s, Waldo. Tri-County Pork Producers’ Youth Swine Day, March 27, 10 am-1 pm, Town of Scott Community Center, Batavia. Herdsman Spring Training, March 30, 10:30 am-2:30 pm, UW Fond du Lac.
WASHINGTON: Tractor Safety Course, March 13, 9 am-3:30 pm, UW Extension, West Bend. Spring Dairy Banquet, March 25, 7:30 pm, Columbian, West Bend. Call 262-335-4477 for more info.
WAUPACA: Waupaca FFA Alumni Dinner & Dance, March 13, 5 pm happy hour, dinner 6-8 pm, dance 8:30 pm, Conroy’s Bear Lake Resort, Manawa. Contact: Waupaca High School Agri-Science Department, 715-258-4131.
WAUSHARA: 22nd Annual Tri-County Threshermen’s Show, June 11-13, Veterans Memorial Park, Plainfield. Contact: Norm Kohls, 715-423-7321 or visit www.tcthreshermen.com.
