Department of Agriculture
Julius Johnson, Commissioner

JAN - FEB - MAR - APR - MAY - JUN - JUL - AUG - SEP - OCT - NOV - DEC

January

• 19-20 TN 4-H Market Hog Show, Murfreesboro, TN
• 20-21 TPPA Annual Meeting/Taste of Elegance, Murfreesboro, TN
• 21-24 Southern SAWG Conference
• 22 UT Senior Bull Test Sale, Spring Hill, TN
• 24 Elite Breeders Bull & Female Sale, Martin, TN
• 22-24 TCA Convention & Trade Show, Gatlinburg TN
• 26-27 TN Agritourism Conference, Chattanooga
• 27 Tennessee Tractor Haylage Seminar
• 29 Farmers Market Forum
• 29 2009 Middle Tennessee Grain Conference
• 29-31 Tennessee Horticultural Expo, Nashville TN

February

• 2 2009 Obion County Farm School, Reelfoot Lake, TN
• 2-3 Tennessee Nursery & Landscape Association Winter Short Course
• 3 TN-KY Tobacco Expo, Springfield TN
• 5 Tennessee Grain & Soybean Producers Conference, Dyersburg, TN
• 7 Loudon County Livestock Association Annual Meeting, Loudon, TN
• 7 Special Cow and Bred Heifer Sale, Columbia, TN
• 9 2009 Madison County Annual Beef School, Jackson, TN
• 9 2009 Obion County Farm School, Reelfoot Lake, TN
• 16 2009 Obion County Farm School, Reelfoot Lake, TN
• 16 TPA Grower Education Seminar, Martin, TN
• 16 2009 Madison County Annual Beef School, Jackson, TN
• 21 Four L Herford Bull Sale, Atwood, TN
• 23 TPA Grower Education Seminar, Murfreesboro, TN
• 23 2009 Obion County Farm School, Reelfoot Lake, TN
• 23 2009 Madison  County Annual Beef School, Jackson, TN
• 24 TPA Grower Education Seminar, Crossville, TN
• 25 TPA Grower Education Seminar, Cleveland, TN
• 24-25 Mid-South Stocker Conference, Cadiz Ky
• 24 Beef Cattle & Crops Marketing Seminar, Lexington, TN
• 28 West TN Angus Assoc. Sale, Martin, TN

March

• 3 TN Beef Industry Council Meeting, Lebanon, TN
• 4-5 Tennessee Nutrition Conference, Lebanon, TN
• 5 TN Beef Industry Council Meeting, Spring Hill, TN
• 7 Bo Pat Farms - "Bulls and More" Sale, Bradford, TN
• 7 Circle M Farms & Friends Bull Sale, Woodbury, TN
• 9 TN Beef Industry Council Meeting, Sweetwater, TN
• 10 Animal Emergency Credentialing Class, Jackson, TN
• 10 TN Beef Industry Council Meeting, Morristown, TN
• 10 2nd Annual Mid-South Farmers Beef Extravaganza, Jackson, TN
• 12 UT Bull Test Station - Jr. Bull Sale, Spring Hill, TN
• 13-15 Tennessee Beef Agribition, Murfreesboro, TN
• 19 TN Beef Industry Council Meeting, Jackson, TN
• 19 Profitable Beef Producer Program, Dickson, TN
• 21 West TN Polled Hereford Sale, Martin, TN
• 21 Homefront to Heartland Conference, Maryville, TN
• 24 Direct Farm Marketing for Success Workshops II, White Pine
• 25 Direct Farm Marketing for Success Workshops II, Cookeville
• 26 Direct Farm Marketing for Success Workshops II, Jackson
• 26 Profitable Beef Producer Program, Dickson, TN
• 26-28 Master Hoof Care Technician Program, Hillsboro, TN
• 27 Direct Farm Marketing for Success Workshops II, Spring Hill
• 27 UT Plateau Spring Heifer and Bull Sale, Crossville TN

April

• 2 Northeast TN Forage Expo & Trade Show, Gray, TN
• 2 Profitable Beef Producer Program, Dickson, TN
• 3 Crockett  County Youth Leadership, Almo, TN
• 9 Profitable Beef Producer Program, Dickson, TN
• 9 Cumberland Beef Day, Sparta, TN
• 10 TAEP Application Information, Hardin Farmers Co-op, Savannah, TN
• 11 Ellis Angus Sale, McKenzie, TN
• 14 TAEP Application Information, Trenton, TN
• 14-16 AI Certification, Genex Cooperative. Martin, TN
• 16 Hottenstine Equipment Field Day, Pulaski, TN
• 17 Trenton Bull Test, Trenton, TN
• 18 Premier Purebred Sheep and Market Lamb Sale, Lebanon, TN
• 20 TAEP Application Information, Halls, TN
• 21 Hay Day, Lexington, TN
• 21 TAEP Application Information, Marshall Farmers Co-op, Lewisburg, TN
• 22 TAEP Application Information, East TN Livestock Center,Sweetwater, TN
• 23 Beef and Forage Field Day, Lafayette, TN
• 23 TAEP Application Information, Camden, TN
• 23 TAEP Application Information, Maury Farmers Co-op, Columbia, TN
• 24 TAEP Application Information, Celina, TN
• 24 TAEP Application Information, Wayne Farmers Co-op, Waynesboro, TN
• 24 Grundy County Watershed Management Field Day, Coalmont, TN
• 26 Appalachian Cattle LLC Sale, Somerville, TN
• 28 TAEP Application Information, Grainger  County, TN
• 28 TAEP Application Information, Dyer Farmers Co-op, Newbern, TN
• 28 TAEP Application Information, Livingston, TN
• 30 TAEP Application Information, Spring City, TN

May

• 2 TAEP Application Information, Dickson Farmers Co-op, Dickson, TN
• 4 Cheatham County Soil Conservation District Field Day, Ashland City, TN
• 5 TAEP Application Information, Somerville, TN
• 6-8 AI School, Martin, TN
• 7 TAEP Application Information, Hawkins Farmers Co-op, Rogersville, TN
• 7 TAEP Application Information, Lawrence County, Lawrenceburg, TN
• 9 Hay Day, Ripley, TN
• 11 TAEP Application Information, Decatur, TN
• 11 TAEP Application Information, Rutledge, TN
• 11 BQA Training, Williamson County, Franklin, TN
• 12 TAEP Application Information, Blountville, TN
• 12 BQA Training, Williamson County, Franklin, TN
• 13 TAEP Application Information, Hardeman Farmers Co-op, Bolivar, TN
• 14 TAEP Application Information,Elizabethton, TN
• 14 TAEP Application Information, Knox County Farmers Co-op
• 15-16 Tennessee Small Ruminant College, Ashland City, TN
• 18 TAEP Application Information, Mountain City, TN
• 19 TAEP Application Information, Athens, TN
• 19 TAEP Application Information, Giles Farmers Co-op, Pulaski, TN
• 21 Coffee/Grundy County Cattlemen's Association Field Day, Pelham
• 21 TAEP Application Information, Sneedville, TN
• 21 TAEP Application Information, Pikeville, TN
• 22 Bradley County Farm Day, Cleveland, TN
• 26 Profiftable Beef Cattle "Surviving on Grass", Jackson, TN
• 26-27 Artificial Insemination Clinic for Small Ruminants, Murfreesboro, TN
• 27 Domestic Kitchen Food Safety Certification Course, Memphis, TN
• 28 Woodbury Co-op Field Day, Woodbury, TN
• 29 Southeast Tennessee Hay Day, Riceville, TN
• 29-30 Artificial Insemination Clinic for Small Ruminants, Murfreesboro, TN

June

• 2009 Tennessee Fair Schedule
• 2-5 Tennessee Browsing Academy, Ashland City, TN
• 4 Bedford Co. Soil Conservation Field Day, Wartrace, TN
• 11 Beef and Forage Day, Knoxville TN
• 16 Fruits of the Backyard, Spring Hill, TN
• 17 UT/TSU Extension & NRCS Forage Field Day, Rockvale, TN
• 19-20 Tennessee Gelbvieh Field Day, Clarksville, TN
• 19-20 TN Farm Bureau Women's Summer Conference, Columbia, TN
• 25 Tobacco Beef and More, Springfield, TN

July

• 2009 Tennessee Fair Schedule
• 11 Morgan Co. Cattlemen's Association Annual Picnic, Sunbright, TN
• 16 MidSouth Ag-Technology Field Day, Memphis TN
• 16 Tobacco & Forage Production, Greeneville TN
• 23 Making Forages Work, Spring Hill, TN
• 31 TSU Small Farm Expo, Ashland City, TN

August

• 2009 Tennessee Fair Schedule
• 4 Steak and Potatoes, Crossville, TN
• 6 Coffee/Grundy Cattlemen's Association, Annual Field Day, Manchester, TN
• 7-15 Williamson County Fair, Franklin, TN
• 7-8 Williamson County Fair Beef Show, Franklin TN,
• 12 Agritourism Workshop, Jackson, TN
• 13 Agritourism Workshop, Nashville, TN
• 14 Agritourism Workshop, White Pine, TN
• 18-19 Co-op Beef Expo, Morristown, TN
• 20 UT Mock Field and Packing House Food Safety Audit, Grainger County
• 20 Organic Farming In Tennessee - Outreach Workshop, Selmer TN
• 22 East TN Polled Hereford Association Sale, Morristown, TN
• 22 East TN Angus Assoication Sale, Mascot TN
• 27 Organic Farming in Tennessee - Outreach Workshop, Selmer, TN

September

• 2009 Tennessee Fair Schedule
• 1 Tennessee Agritourism Association Meeting, Arrington, TN
• 2 Organic Farming in Tennessee - Outreach Workshop, Selmer, TN
• 8 Community Supported Agriculture Educational Tour, Spring Hill, TN
• 9 Rhea County, Forage & Hay Quality Management Field Day, Cottonport, TN
• 9 Soybean Disease, Insect and Weed Field Day, Milan TN
• 11-20 Tennessee State Fair, Nashville, TN
• 12 Lawrence/Wayne County Cattlemen's Association Field Day, Wayne County
• 22-23 Tri-State Cow-Calf Conference, Gray TN
• 24 Cocke County Soil Conservation District Farm Tour, James Ramsey Farm
• 25 Sumner County Soil Conservation District Field Day, Castalian Springs, TN
• 25-Oct.4 Mid South Fair, Southaven, Mississippi
• 26 Ag Day 2009, UTK, Knoxville, TN

October

• 1-4 Bryan Neubert Horse Clinic, Pullite, TN Contact Amy Kurland 615.286.1456
• 6 Smith County Soil Conservation District Field Day, Eddie Paschal Farm
• 8 Sevier County Soil Conservation District Farm Tour, James King Farm
• 8 Northeast TN Beef Expo, Greeneville, TN
• 9 Pumpkin Field Day, Jackson, TN
• 10 Sullivan Coil Conservation District Farm Tour, Sullivan County
• 13-17 National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference
• 16-17 4-H Junior Dairy Show, Murfreesboro, TN
• 17-18 Music & Molasses Arts & Crafts Festival, Nashville, TN
  Contact Anne Dale 615.837.5197
• 23-25 2009 Extreme Mustang Makeover Eastern Stampede, Murfreesboro, TN
• 24 1st Annual Southeast Dairy Goat Conference, Spring Hill, TN
• 27 Farmland Legacy Workshop, Jackson, TN
• 29 Farmland Legacy Workshop, Knoxville, TN

November

• 4 Focus on Agritourism Educational Tour, Center for Profitable Agriculture
• 6 Tennessee Forage & Grassland Council Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN
• 7 Farmland Legacy Workshop, Murfreesboro, TN
• 10-11 Southeast Select Sires Artificial Insemination School, Columbia, TN
• 20 UT Plateau Fall Sale, Crossville, TN

December

• 6-7 Tennessee Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, Franklin, TN
• 9 UT Breeder's Performance Tested Bull Sale, Murfreesboro, TN
• 12 First Annual UT Cattle Health Producer Conference, Knoxville, TN
• 14 Tennessee Agritourism Association Meeting, Gatlinburg, TN