Upcoming Events
2008 Mass Aggie (UMass) Equine and Livestock Seminar Series 
Past Events
January 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2008:
Nutrient Management Course for Farmers, 11 AM to 2 PM, USDA NRCS Conference Room,
60 Quaker Lane, Warwick, RI 02886.
The Universities and Rhode Island Cooperative Extension and Vermont Extension,
and RI NRCS have partnered to adapt and deliver a nutrient management course
for farmers in Rhode Island that meets the RI NRCS Nutrient Management Standard.
For more information contact Heather Darby, UVM Extension, (802) 524-6501 or
Holly Burdett, URI Cooperative Extension (401) 874-5398.
January 30-31, 2008:
New England Regional Ag. In-service and CCA training conference;
Wentworth by the Sea Hotel, Newcastle, NH. For more information contact
University of Maine Cooperative Extension at
(207) 581-2953.
UMASS Agronomy and Vegetable Crops Field
Day, 
Tuesday,
August 21, 2007; 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM agronomy tour; 4:00 - 7:00 PM vegetable
tour, UMASS Crop Research and Education Center, South Deefield, MA.
UVM Crops and Soils Field Day, Borderview Farm, July 26, 10 - 3, Alburg, VT; contact Heather Darby at (802) 524-6501 for more information.
Joint Conference of the American Forage and Grassland Council & the Northeastern Branch of the American Society of Agronomy; State College, PA. (UMaine will be presenting on organic dairy forage and grain cropping systems.)
June 24-26, 2007
Summer Field Training Program for Ag. Service Providers/ Certified Crop Advisors:
July 12, 2007 - Energy crop production and on-farm use, Bennington, VT
July 13, 2007 - Soil quality and pasture tour, Brattleboro, VT
Contact Heather Darby, UVM at (802) 524-6501 or John Jemison, UMaine at (207) 581-3241 for more information.
Annual UMASS Extension Twilight Farm Tour Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 6:15 PM Rocky Acres Farm, Warren, MA Contact Stephen Herbert at (413) 545-2250 for more information
Annual UMaine Sustainable Ag. Field Day, Rogers Farm, 9am- 12pm. Contact UMaine CE at (207)581-3241 for more information.
July 17, 2007
Organic
Dairy Pasture Management Workshop; 
Grafton,
MA
March 29, 2007
NH Forage and Grazing Conference; Plymouth, NH
March 9, 2007
Organic Grain Production Meeting; Bridport Grange, VT
March 20, 2007
Equine Manure and Pasture Management Workshops; Great Barrington & Franklin, MA
February 17 & March 24, 2007
New England Regional Ag. In-service and CCA training conference; Wentworth by the Sea Hotel, Newcastle, NH
February 7 & 8, 2007
For more information contact University of Maine Cooperative Extension at
(207) 581-2953
February 16:
LPE Learning Center Webcast: Manure Application on Legumes - featuring Dr. Herbert from UMASS
Art Gold, NE Regional Water Program Director from URI, gave a presentation with input from Mike Dietz, Stormwater Quality Coordinator at UConn NEMO, on "Bio-infiltration and Bio-reactors: New WQ BMPs for Agricultural Applications in Southern RI?" at the Southern New England Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservaton Society's Low Impact Development Workshop.
Annual Vermont Grazing Conference; Randolph Center, VT
January 20, 2007
Regional Ag. Farm Tour Workshops:
September 7, 2006, Fournier Family Farm, Swanton, VT
September 19, 2006, Rainbow View Farm, Highgate, Vermont
August 1, 2006
-- Facey Farm, Leyden, MA
August 3, 2006
-- Imbier-Munson Farm, New Braintree, MA
July 27, 2006-- Borerview Farm, Alburgh, VT
New England Regional Summer In-Service Training for Ag. Service Providers
follow up report; Bangor, ME
July 18, 2006
University of Maine Cooperative Extension Sustainable Ag. Field Day;
UMaine Rogers Research Farm
July 13, 2006
UMASS CE Small Screage Livestock Seminars; Waltham, MA
April 22, 2006
New England In-Service Training for Ag Service Providers
follow up report;
New
Castle, New Hampshire February 6-7, 2006
One day workshop: Growing Organic
Grains; University
of Vermont
March 28, 2006
Northeast Branch American Society of Agronomy Meeting,
Storrs, Connecticut, July 2005
Stakeholder Meetings, proposed USDA ARS Pasture Research Center, UMASS Deerfield Farm, August 2005 and August 2006.
Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center and New England Water Quality Program Regional Annual Water Conference, October 21, 2005
Certified Crop Advisors In-service training, Waterloo, NY, November 2005
Northeast Weed Management Society Regional Conference, Providence, RI, January 2006
EPA Agriculture Sector Contacts Meeting, Annapolis, MD, May 31 – June 2, 2006
Annual Vermont Biodiesel Workshop, South Royalton, VT, June 2006