Ag Event Calendar

June

19: Fundraiser Golf Outing, $55/golfer, includes 18 holes with cart, coffee and rolls, a hot dog lunch at the turn, and a nice dinner afterwards with prizes, foursome can play for $200 if paid by June 8, a hole-in-one at Hole 15 will win someone a 2019 Dodge Ram 1500, event will raise funds for various ag awareness and educational events for ag students at Monroe County Community College and Collegiate Farm Bureau Student Agriculture Club, Green Meadows Golf Course, Monroe, MI, 734-384-4155 or 734-260-3442.

22: Plants for Pollinators Workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, learn about which plant species are best suited for your landscape to create a safe haven for native pollinators, includes a presentation in the auditorium followed by a tour through the gardens, educational materials provided, $25/members, $35/non-members, limit of 30 participants, registration required by June 19, W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, 12685 East C Ave., Augusta, MI, 269-671-2510 or birdsanctuary@kbs.msu.edu.

24-29: Midwest Stud Ram Sale, Sedalia, MO, www.midwestsale.com.

30: Sierra Foothills Wool Pool, Auburn, CA, ucanr.edu/sfwoolpool.

July

4-7: The Black Sheep Gathering, Albany, OR, www.blacksheepgathering.org.

7-10: NLFA Howard Wyman Sheep Industry Leadership School, Harrisburg, PA, www.nlfa-sheep.org/leadership.html.

8-13: National Rambouillet Show & Sale, Pipestone, MN, www.countrylovin.com/ARSBA.

12-13: Northwest Junior Sheep Exposition, Moses Lake, WA, extension.wsu.edu/animalag/event/northwest-junior-sheep-exposition.

13: Washington State Ram Sale, Moses Lake, WA, www.wssp.org.

13: Ohio Sheep & Hay Day, Jackson, OH. u.osu.edu/sheep/2019/05/14/2019-ohio-sheep-and-hay-day-programming.

18-20: United States Targhee Sheep National Show & Sale, Lodi, WI, www.ustargheesheep.org.

20: Polish Festival Garden Tractor Show & Swap Meet, free event for all ages, all garden tractors welcome, Anderson Elementary School, Bronson, MI, peteyearling@gmail.com or find Bronson Michigan Polish Festival Garden Tractor and Swap Meet on Facebook.

26-27: Suffolk U's A New Direction in Sheep Breeding, Clay County Fairgrounds, Spencer, IA, www.suffolks.org.

27: Center of the Nation NSIP Sale, Spencer, IA, www.nsip.org.

August

2-3: Bartlettyarns Annual Open House, Harmony, ME, www.bartlettyarns.com.

10: Eastern NSIP Sale, Wooster, OH, www.nsip.org.

15-17: Annual KHSI Expo & Sale and International Katahdin Congress, Cookeville, TN, www.katahdins.org.

22-24: California Wool Growers Association Annual Meeting & Convention, Minden, NV, www.californiawoolgrowers.org.

27-28: American Lamb Summit, Fort Collins, CO, www.americanlamb.com/product/lamb-summit.

September

6-8: Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, WI, www.wisconsinsheep-andwoolfestival.com.

7: Rafter 7 Merino Ram & Ewe Sale, Eureka, NV, rafter7m@att.net or rafter7tom@yahoo.com.

10: 91st Annual Wyoming State Ram Sale, Douglas, WY, wyowool.com/State_Ram_Sale.htm.

13-15: California Wool & Fiber Festival, Mendocino County Fair, Boonville, CA, www.mendocountyfair.gcom.

23: Katahdin Regional Junior & Open Show, Eastern States Expo at the Big E, Springfield, MA, www.thebige.com.

October

5-6: Lambtown Festival, Dixon, CA, www.lambtown.org.

November

1-2: Ozark Fiber Fling, Steelville, MO, www.ozarkfiberfling.com.