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Iowa calendar of events

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

IOWA

Allamakee County

Aug. 27 -- Master Gardeners meeting, 7 p.m.-8 p.m., fairgrounds, Waukon

Aug. 28 -- Farmers Market, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., Harpers Ferry

Aug. 31 -- Farmers Market, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., Harpers Ferry

Black Hawk County

Sept. 17-20 -- National Cattle Congress, fairgrounds, Waterloo

Butler County

Aug. 27 -- PQA Plus and TQA Training sessions, 9:45 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-3 p.m., Extension 0ffice, Allison

Cerro Gordo County

Aug. 27 -- Women Around Ag Conference Planning Committee meeting, 1:30 p.m., Farm Credit office, Mason City

Sept. 17 -- North Iowa Strip Twilight Tour, 6 p.m., NIACC campus near the baseball/softball complex, Mason City

Chickasaw County

Aug. 28 -- Deadline to register for Master Gardener Program, Extension office, New Hampton

Aug. 30 -- County 4-H Council meeting, 5:30 p.m., Extension office, New Hampton

Sept. 2 -- Iowa State University Research Farm's Borlaug Learning Center grand opening, 5 p.m., Northeast Iowa Research and Demonstration Farm, near Nashua

Sept. 3 -- Extension Council meeting, 8 p.m., Extension office, New Hampton

Sept. 3-7 -- Big Four Fair, fairgrounds, Nashua

Sept. 14 -- 4-H Leader meeting, 7 p.m., Extension office, New Hampton

Sept. 15 -- Chickasaw County 4-H Record Books due in office, 5 p.m., Extension office, New Hampton

Sept. 21 -- Pumpkin Fest, 6:30 p.m., Northeast Iowa Research Center, Nashua

Clay County

Sept. 12-20 -- Clay County Fair, fairgrounds, Spencer

Franklin County

Aug. 31 -- 4-H Record Books due, 4:30 p.m., Extension office, Hampton

Hancock County

Aug. 26 -- PQA-Plus Certification and Transport Quality Assurance Program training, 9:45 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. TQA, Hancock County Extension office, Garner

Sioux County

Sept. 9 -- PQA-Plus Certification and Transport Quality Assurance Program training, 10 a.m.-noon TQA training and 1 p.m.-3 p.m. PQA Plus, Northwest Iowa Community College Building A, Room 118, Sheldon

Other Iowa

Aug. 27 -- PQA-Plus Certification and Transport Quality Assurance Program training, 9:45 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. TQA, Butler County Extension office, Allison

Aug. 27 -- Soybean Aphid Management Field Day, 8:30 a.m., Iowa State University Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy Research and Demonstration Farm, west of Ames

Sept. 3-7 -- Guthrie County Fair, fairgrounds, Guthrie Center

Sept. 9 -- PQA-Plus Certification and Transport Quality Assurance Program training, 9:45 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. TQA, Story County Extension office, Nevada

Sept. 15 -- PQA Plus Certification Quality Assurance Program training, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Washington County Extension office, Washington

Sept. 15 -- PQA-Plus Certification Program training, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Jones County Extension office, Anamosa

Sept. 22 -- PQA-Plus Certification and Transport Quality Assurance Program training, PQA Plus 10 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-3 p.m. TQA, Sac County Extension office, Sac City

Minnesota

Aug. 28-30 -- Northern Minnesota District Fair, fairgrounds, Littlefork

Sept. 1 -- Preserving the Harvest Workshop, Gale Woods Farm, Minnetrista

Sept. 3 -- Rural Advantage's Third Crop Walk-N-Talks event -- Native Prairie Grass Seed Production, 1 p.m.-3 p.m., Timber Lake Wildlife Management Area, Wilder

Sept. 10-13 -- Lac qui Parle County Fair, fairgrounds, Madison

Sept. 11 -- Department of Natural Resources public meeting on northern pike fish-length limits on Big Rabbit and East Big Rabbit lakes, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., DNR office, Brainerd

Sept. 17 -- Department of Natural Resources public meeting on bass regulation for Hubbard County's Little Mantrap Lake, 7 p.m., Northwoods Bank Community Meeting Room, Grand Rapids

Sept. 19 -- Goods from the Woods event "UpNorth Marketplace and Green Living Celebration, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Ruttger's Sugar Lake Lodge, Grand Rapids

Sept. 22 -- Managing People in Pork Production Conference, Country Inn and Suites, Mankato

WISCONSIN

Aug. 25-30 -- Manitowoc County Fair, fairgrounds, Manitowoc

Aug. 26-30 -- Waupaca County Fair, fairgrounds, Weyauwega

Aug. 27-30 -- Bayfield County Fair, fairgrounds, Iron River

Aug. 27-30 -- Burnett County Fair, fairgrounds, Grantsburg

Aug. 27-30 -- Marinette County Fair, fairgrounds, Wausaukee

Aug. 27-30 -- Oconto County Fair, fairgrounds, Gillett

Aug. 28-30 -- Florence County Fair, fairgrounds, Florence

Sept. 2-7 -- Central Wisconsin State Fair, fairgrounds, Marshfield

Sept. 2-7 -- Shawano County Fair, fairgrounds, Shawano

Sept. 2-7 -- Walworth County Fair, fairgrounds, Elkhorn

Sept. 3-7 -- Ashland County Fair, fairgrounds, Marengo

Sept. 3-7 -- Iowa County Fair, fairgrounds, Mineral Point

Sept. 3-7 -- Sheboygan County Fair, fairgrounds, Plymouth

Sept. 4-7 -- Calumet County Fair, fairgrounds, Chilton

Sept. 4-7 -- Rosholt Community Fair, fairgrounds, Rosholt

Sept. 9-13 -- Richland County Fair, fairgrounds, Richland Center

OTHER U.S.

Aug. 28 -- Solution Day 2009, 9:15 a.m.-3 p.m., Syngenta Learning Center, three miles north of York on U.S. Highway 81, York, Neb.

Aug. 31 -- Pioneer Hi-Bred Crop Technology Field Event, 10 a.m.-noon, Pioneer Research Center, York, Neb.

Sept. 1-3 -- 2009 MIdwest Specialty Grains 6th annual Conference and Trade Show, Sioux Falls Sheraton & Sioux Falls Convention Center, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Sept. 8-11 -- Northern Crops Institute shortcourse on Baking With Durum and Hard Red Spring Wheat, Northern Crops Institute, Fargo, N.D.

Sept. 11 -- Missouri National Farmers Organization annual Convention, Best Western, Moberly, Mo.

Sept. 11-12 -- Texas Hill Country Dorper Association annual Show and Sale, Gillespie County fairgrounds, Fredericksburg, Texas

Sept. 11-12 -- California Wool Growers Association annual meeting, Double Tree Hotel, Bakersfield, Calif.

Sept. 12-13 -- 15th annual Sheep and Fiber Festival, Hunterdon County Agricultural fairgrounds, Ringoes, N.J.

Sept. 12-13 -- 6th annual Endless Mountains Fiber Festival, Harford fairgrounds, Harford, Pa.

Sept. 18-20 -- California Woold and Fiber Festival, Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show, Booneville, Calif.

Sept. 19-20 -- 15th annual Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival, Hemlock fairgrounds, Hemlock, N.Y.

Send your meeting information to: Agri Calendar, Agri News, P.O. Box 6118, Rochester, Minn., 55903-6118.


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