Green Horizons

July 18-21, 2010: 101st Annual Meeting of the Northern Nut Growers Association, Wooster, Ohio. Program includes Show and Tell session, technical presentations, field tours and banquet. See details at www.nutgrowing.org or request from icomserve@aol.com

July 23-24, 2010: Summer Meeting of the Missouri Forest Products Association, Lake Ozark, Mo. For more information, please contact Tammy Homfeldt at tammy@moforest.org or 573-634-3252.

July 25-28, 2010: 40th Annual Meeting of the Walnut Council, Grand Rapids, Mich. For details, contact Liz Jackson at Jackson@purdue.edu or 765-583-3501; Roger Corwin at rogercorwin@comcast.net or 616-452-9188; or go to www.walnutcouncil.org

Aug. 3, 2010: MU FSRC Field Day, Linneus, Mo. Crop tree management and portable sawmill demonstration. For more information, contact David Davis at davisdk@missouri.edu or 660-895-5121.

Sept. 10, 2010: MU Southwest Center Field Day, Mt. Vernon, Mo. Specialty forest crops and silvopasture. For more information, contact Rich Crawford at crawfordr@missouri.edu or 417-466-2148.

Sept. 22-25, 2010: 50th Annual Black Walnut Festival, Stockton, Mo. For more information, contact Debbie Whisler at 816-229-8558 or 816-228-6322; the Stockton Chamber of Commerce at 417-276-5213; Hammons Products Company at 888-4bwnuts; or go to www.stocktonmochamber.com

Oct. 1, 2010: MU Wurdack Farm, Cook Station, Mo. Silvopasture and pine restoration. For more information, contact John Poehlmann at poehlmannc@missouri.edu or 573-882-4450.

Oct. 1-2, 2010: 30th Annual Brunswick Pecan Festival, Brunswick, Mo. For more information, contact Tammy Taylor at 660-548-3340 or go to www.brunswickmo.com

Oct. 2, 2010: Missouri Walnut Council Fall Tour, James Ball Tree Farm, Caldwell County, Mo. The tour will be near Polo, Mo., about 50 miles northeast of Kansas City. See results of timber stand improvement; success and failure of black walnut and various oak species establishment due to soil types; and practice pruning. For more information, contact Harlan Palm, palmh@missouri.edu

Oct. 8-9, 2010: Doniphan Timberfest, Doniphan, Mo. Logger competitions, draft horse pull, forestry equipment demonstrations, old tyme forest camp and much more! For more information, contact the Ripley County Chamber of Commerce at 573-996-2212.

Oct. 16, 2010: Eighth Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast, New Franklin, Mo. Details can be found at www.centerforagroforestry.org; or contact Julie Rhoads at Rhoadsj@missouri.edu or 573-882-3234.