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Whats Happening

An Ag Events Calendar

January 2012

If you know of any ag related events coming up soon, please use this form to e-mail us, we would be happy to add it to our calendar.

Date of Event

Description of Event.

Feb. 7-9
Spokane Ag Expo and the Pacific Northwest Farm Forum, Spokane Convention Center, Spokane, WA. Theme this year is Today’s Farming...Part-Time to Full Time. (509/321-3633 or www.agshow.org)

Feb. 7-9
2012 Direct Seed Cropping Conference, PNDSA Annual Meeting, DoubleTree Hotel-Spokane City Center, Spokane, WA. (PNDSA, PO Box 5, Colton,WA 99113 www.directseed.org or PNDSA@directseed.org)

Feb. 11

Women Farms & Food Conference will take place at 16 locations throughout Washington state. Cost is $25. If you are interested in attending one of these workshops, send your contact information to Debra Hansen Kollock at dkollock@wsu.edu for notification of upcoming news/details. Type “Women in Ag” in the subject line or call 509/684-2588.

Feb. 16-19
Spirit of the West Cowboy Gathering, Ellensburg, WA. Features: Michael Martin Murphy, Dave Stamey, Brenn Hill, Sourdough Slim, Chris Isaacs, Adrian, Gary Allegretto, Carin Mari, Bar J Wranglers & the CWU Symphony Orchestra. Also on tap: Western gear & art show, chuck wagon cook off, ranch roping, western dance, fiddle contest, Dutch oven cooking and more. (EllensburgCowboyGathering.com or 888/925-2204)

Feb. 25
MSU Beginning Beekeeping Course, Plant Bioscience Building Rm 108, MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT. Register by Feb. 18 and limited to 50. (David Baumbauer, 406/994-2231 or beekeeping@montana.edu)

Mar. 1-3
17th Annual Commodity Classic, Nashville, TN. America’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused convention and trade show. For more information, visit www.CommodityClassic.com.

Mar. 15
Final date to obtain or change all other Spring Seeded MPCI (excluding wheat in counties with Fall and Spring planted types).

Mar. 19-21
24th Annual Family Forest Landowners & Managers Conference & Exposition, University Inn-Best Western, Moscow, ID. (Conference agenda or registration form: www.idahoforestowners.org. For program information, e-mail info@idahoforestowners.org or call 208/683-3168)

We strive to be accurate in the calendar, however, if there is an error please e-mail corrections to: farmads@growersguide.com

Feb. 7-9	Spokane Ag Expo and the Pacific Northwest Farm Forum, Spokane Convention Center, Spokane, WA. Theme this year is Today’s Farming...Part-Time to Full Time. (509/321-3633 or www.agshow.org)
Feb. 7-9	2012 Direct Seed Cropping Conference, PNDSA Annual Meeting, DoubleTree Hotel-Spokane City Center, Spokane, WA. (PNDSA, PO Box 5, Colton,WA 99113 www.directseed.org or PNDSA@directseed.org)
Feb. 11	Women Farms & Food Conference will take place at 16 locations throughout Washington state. Cost is $25. If you are interested in attending one of these workshops, send your contact information to Debra Hansen Kollock at dkollock@wsu.edu for notification of upcoming news/details. Type “Women in Ag” in the subject line or call 509/684-2588.
Feb. 16-19	Spirit of the West Cowboy Gathering, Ellensburg, WA. Features: Michael Martin Murphy, Dave Stamey, Brenn Hill, Sourdough Slim, Chris Isaacs, Adrian, Gary Allegretto, Carin Mari, Bar J Wranglers & the CWU Symphony Orchestra. Also on tap: Western gear & art show, chuck wagon cook off, ranch roping, western dance, fiddle contest, Dutch oven cooking and more. (EllensburgCowboyGathering.com or 888/925-2204)
Feb. 25	MSU Beginning Beekeeping Course, Plant Bioscience Building Rm 108, MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT. Register by Feb. 18 and limited to 50. (David Baumbauer, 406/994-2231 or beekeeping@montana.edu)
Mar. 1-3	17th Annual Commodity Classic, Nashville, TN. America’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused convention and trade show. For more information, visit www.CommodityClassic.com.
Mar. 15	Final date to obtain or change all other Spring Seeded MPCI (excluding wheat in counties with Fall and Spring planted types).
Mar. 19-21	24th Annual Family Forest Landowners & Managers Conference & Exposition, University Inn-Best Western, Moscow, ID. (Conference agenda or registration form: www.idahoforestowners.org. For program information, e-mail info@idahoforestowners.org or call 208/683-3168)