February 2003
1 --
Georgia Young Farmers State Convention
Athens, GA Classic Center
Contact: Jimmy Scott, 229-386-342
3 -- Crop Enterprise Budgeting
Hermiston, OR 1 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
3 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Laporte, IN A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
4 -- Crop Enterprise Budgeting
LaGrande, OR 2 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
4 -- Texas Nursery & Landscape Association's 2003 Seminar Topic: Pest & Disease Management
Corpus Christi, TX
Contact: Lisa Volz, 405-879-2700
4 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Edgerton, OH A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
5 -- Livestock Enterprise Budgeting
LaGrande, OR 2 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
5 -- Southeast Virginia Vegetable Short Course
Suffolk, VA
Tidewater Agricultural Research & Extension Center
Contact: Jimmy Carr or Carol Holland, 757-653-0505
5 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Bucyrus, OH A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
6 -- Livestock Enterprise Budgeting
Hermiston, OR 1 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
6 -- Texas Nursery & Landscape Association's 2003 Seminar Topic: Pest & Disease Management
Houston, TX
Contact: Lisa Volz, 405-879-2700
6 - 8 -- Upper Midwest Regional Fruit & Vegetable Growers Conference St. Cloud Civic Center
St. Cloud, MN
Contact: Marilyn Johnson, 763-434-0400
8 -- Providing Effective Tools for Organic Producers in IA, MN, and WI
Calmar, IA
Contact: 563-237-5937
10 -- Succession Basics for Ranchers, Farmers and Forest Landowners
The Dalles, OR Discovery Center, 12:45 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
10 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Oakley, KS A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
10-12 -- Idaho Ag Summit Boise, ID
Contact:
Jo Lynne Seufer, 509-353-2147
11 -- Succession Basics for Ranchers, Farmers and Forest Landowners
Pendleton, OR Blue Mountain Community College, 1 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
11-12 -- Crop Insurance Update Meeting
Lubbock, TX Day one: 1 pm - 4 pm; Day two: 8:30 am to 11:30 am
11 -- Texas Nursery & Landscape Association's 2003 Seminar Topic: Pest & Disease Management
San Antonio, TX
Contact: Lisa Volz, 405-879-2700
11 -- The Smart Money Grower Series: Working With Your Banker Tonasket and Brewster, WA Tonasket: 9 am-11 am; Brewster: 2 pm-4 pm
Contact: Okanogan County Extension Office, 509-422-7245
11 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Columbus, IN and Scott City, KS A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
11 -- Ag Choice Risk Management Workshop Clarks Mills Methodist
Church and Greensburg Mountain View Inn, PA Sponsored by RMA, PA Department of Agriculture and Ag Choice
Contact:
Scott Owens, 717-796-9372
12 -- Succession Basics for Ranchers, Farmers and Forest Landowners
Redmond, OR Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 1 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
12 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Grinnell, KS A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
12 -- The Smart Money Grower Series: Working With Your Banker Chelan and Peshastin, WA Chelan: 9 am-11 am; Peshastin: 2 pm-4 pm
Contact: Chelan County Extension Office, 509-667-6540
13 -- Crop Enterprise Budgeting
Madras, OR 1 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
13 -- Texas Nursery & Landscape Association's 2003 Seminar Topic: Pest & Disease Management
Austin, TX
Contact: Lisa Volz, 405-879-2700
13 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Hooker, OK A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
13 -- Virginia Risk Management Meeting
Chesapeake, VA Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
757-382-6348
14 -- Lancaster - Crops Day Meeting Lancaster Co. Farm & H Center, PA Topic: crop insurance & farm business decisions Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
Paul Craig, 717-921-8803
16 - 18 -- WI Grazing Conference Holiday Inn
Stevens Point, WI
Contact: Paul Nehring, 715-261-6009
17 -- Mercer Ag Day Topic: crop insurance & farm business decisions Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
Ryan Hockensmith, 724-654-2741
17 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Tarikio, MO A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
18 -- Connecticut & Massachusetts Tobacco Growers Meeting
Suffield, CT
Sponsors: RMA and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture
Contact: Norman Bender, 860-405-9285
18 -- Texas Nursery & Landscape Association's 2003 Seminar Topic: Pest & Disease Management
Dallas, TX
Contact: Lisa Volz, 405-879-2700
18 -- Women in Ag Marketing Program Dows Conference Center, Buena Vista College Storm Lake, IA 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Registration fee: $25.00
Contact:
Joni Campidilli, 515-251-8640
18 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Topeka, KS A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
18 -- Virginia Risk Management Meeting
Tappahannock, VA Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
804-443-3201
18 -- Lackawanna Northeast Vegetable Growers Meeting, PA Topic: crop insurance & farm business decisions Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
Jay Harper, 814-863-8638
18 -- Tioga Dairy Day Tioga Fairgrounds, PA
Topic: crop insurance & dairy farm business decisions Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
Jay Craig Williams, 570-724-9120
18 -- Franklin Fruit Growers Waynesboro Savoy Restaurant, PA Topic: insurance & farm business decisions Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
Laurie Roth, 717-334-6271
19 -- Women in Ag Marketing Program Kearney Holiday Inn Kearney, NE 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Registration fee: $25.00
Contact:
Deb Rood, 1-800-535-3456
19 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Hiawatha, KS A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
19 -- Virginia Risk Management Meeting
Heathsville, VA Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
804-462-5780
19 -- Crop Insurance and Business Decisions Passing Farm, Manheim County Kreiders Restaurant, PA Sponsored by RMA and PA Department of Agriculture and PA State University
Contact:
Marion Bowlan, 717-664-7077
19 -- Crop Insurance and Business Decisions Columbia County, Lightstreet, Portabella's Restaurant, PA Sponsored by RMA and PA Department of Agriculture and PA State University
Contact:
Dave Hartman, 570-784-6660
19 -- Fruit Growers Meeting York County Extension Office, PA
Sponsored by RMA and PA Department of Agriculture and PA State University
Contact:
Laurie Roth, 717-334-6271
19 -- Indiana County Risk Management Meeting PA
Sponsored by RMA and PA Department of Agriculture and PA State University
Contact:
Michael Walker, 717-705-1688
20 -- Crop Insurance Workshop for Agricultural Advisors
Windsor, CT Valley Laboratory, CT Ag. Experiment Station,
4:30-9:30 p.m.
Sponsors: RMA and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture
Contact: Norman Bender, 860-405-9285
20 -- Livestock Enterprise Budgeting
Madras, OR 1 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
20 -- Crop Insurance Workshop for Agricultural Advisors
Brooklyn, CT Cooperative Extension Center, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Sponsors: RMA and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture
Contact: Norman Bender, 860-405-9285
20 -- Texas Nursery & Landscape Association's 2003 Seminar Topic: Pest & Disease Management
Tyler, TX
Contact: Lisa Volz, 405-879-2700
20 -- Women in Ag Marketing Program Sheraton Convention Center Sioux Falls, SD 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Registration fee: $25.00
Contact:
Andrea Thiele, 605-330-9942
20 -- Dairy Price Risk Management Training Pella, Wisconsin Pella Town Hall 10 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Contact:
Evan Kinser, 608-355-8805
20-21 -- Crop Insurance Update Meeting
Oklahoma City, OK Day one: 1 pm - 4 pm; Day two: 8:30 am to 11:30 am
21 -- Crop Insurance Workshop for Agricultural Advisors
Torrington, CT Cooperative Extension Center, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Sponsors: RMA and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture
Contact: Norman Bender, 860-405-9285
21 -- Lycoming Risk Management Meeting PA
Sponsored by RMA and PA Department of Agriculture and PA State University
Contact:
Michael Walker, 717-705-1688
22-23 --
Georgia Organics 2003 Annual Conference and Trade Show Nessmith-Lane Continuing Education Center Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
Contact: Jane Ann Yahnke, 770-205-2782
22 --
Commodity Meeting with RMA Administrator Ross Davidson Nessmith-Lane Continuing Education Center
Spokane, WA
Contact: Dave Paul, 509-353-2147
24 --
Marketing and Entrepreneurship of New and Alternative Enterprises The Dalles, OR Discovery Center 12:45 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
24 -- Trade, USDA Programs and Services, and 2002 Farm Bill Update Meeting Pasco, WA
Contact:
Jo Lynne Seufer, 509-353-2147
25 --
Marketing and Entrepreneurship of New and Alternative Enterprises Hermiston, OR Blue Mountain Community College Annex 1 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
25 -- Texas Nursery & Landscape Association's 2003 Seminar Topic: Pest & Disease Management
Ft. Worth, TX
Contact: Lisa Volz, 405-879-2700
25 -- Cotton Economics Annual Meeting
Wakefield, VA
Airfield 4H Center
Contact: Gail Milteer, 757-569-1100
25 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Haxtun, CO A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
25 -- The Smart Money Grower Series: Analyzing Your Pack-Out-Report Tonasket and Brewster, WA Tonasket: 9 am-11 am; Brewster: 2 pm-4 pm
Contact: Okanogan County Extension Office, 509-422-7245
25 -- Fulton County Crops Day PA
Sponsored by RMA and PA Department of Agriculture and PA State University
Contact:
Bill Ferris, 717-485-41118
25 -- Northeast Fruit Growers Meeting Avoca, PA
Iron Skillet Restaurant Sponsored by RMA and PA Department of Agriculture and PA State University
Contact:
John Esslinger, 570-963-6842
25 - 27 -- WI Potato and Vegetable Growers Association Education Conference and Trade Show Holiday Inn
Stevens Point, WI
Contact: 715-623-7683
26 --
Marketing and Entrepreneurship of New and Alternative Enterprises Redmond, OR Jefferson County Fairgrounds 1 pm - 4 pm
Contact: Bart Eleveld, 541-737-1409
26 -- 2003 Ornamental Nursery Workshop Bonners Ferry, ID
Contact:
Bob Wilson, 208-263-8511
26 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Ulysses, KS A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
26 -- The Smart Money Grower Series: Working With Your Banker Chelan and Peshastin, WA Chelan: 9 am-11 am; Peshastin: 2 pm-4 pm
Contact: Chelan County Extension Office, 509-667-6540
26 -- Virginia Risk Management Meeting
Prince Edward County, VA Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
804-290-1117
26 -- Cambria County Winter Crop Meeting PA
Sponsored by RMA and PA Department of Agriculture and PA State University
Contact:
Michael Harteis, 814-472-7986
26 -- Fayette Risk Management Meeting PA
Sponsored by RMA and PA Department of Agriculture and PA State University
Contact:
Don Fretts, 724-438-0111
26 - 27 --
Nebraska Grain and Feed Association meeting
Kearney, NE
Contact: Kelly Brunkhorst, 402-476-6174
27 - March 1 -- Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference LaCrosse, WI
Contact: Faye Jones, 715-722-3153
27 -- Texas Nursery & Landscape Association's 2003 Seminar Topic: Pest & Disease Management
Lubbock, TX
Contact: Lisa Volz, 405-879-2700
27 -- Winning the Game Workshop Country Hedging, Inc. Tribune, KS A half-day educational program utilizing a marketing simulation game
Contact:
Keith Banta, 800-961-1133
27 -- How to Manage Yield and Price Risk Lenz Conference Center, SWTC Fennimore, WI 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
27 -- Dairy Price Risk Management Training Pella, Wisconsin Pella Town Hall 10 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Contact:
Evan Kinser, 608-355-8805
27 --
Drought Risks and Mitigation on the Agricultural Landscape Lincoln, NE Southeast Community College
Contact: Dr. Don Wilhite, 402-472-4270
28 -- Virginia Risk Management Meeting
Southampton County Fair Grounds, VA Sponsored by RMA, the VA Farm Bureau and the VA Department of Agriculture
Contact:
804-290-1117
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