Upcoming meeting for agri marketers.FEBRUARY FEB. 6-9: Cattle Industry Annual Convention & Trade Show, Denver. Contact 303/694-0305 or visit beef.org. FEB. 7-11: National Cotton Council Annual Meeting, Dallas. Contact Ellen Carpenter at 901/274-9030 or visit cotton.org. FEB. 12-14: World Ag Expo The World Ag Expo is the world's largest agricultural exposition. Each year it is held in Tulare, California, in the United States during the second week of February. Prior to its 2001 rename, the event was titled "California Farm Equipment Show and International Exposition. , Tulare, Calif. Visit www.worldagexpo.com. FEB. 20-21: International Crop Expo, East Grand Forks Grand Forks, city (1990 pop. 49,425), seat of Grand Forks co., E N.Dak., at the confluence of the Red and the Red Lake rivers; inc. 1881. In a spring wheat, livestock, and farm area, the city has grain elevators, state-operated flour mills, and plants that process , N.D. Contact Duane Preston at 218/773-3633. FEB. 21-23: Commodity Classic, Nashville, Tenn. Visit www.commodityclassic.com. FEB. 27-MAR. 1: Renewable Fuels Association The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is an American lobbying organization which promotes policies, regulations, and research and development initiatives that will lead to the increased production and use of ethanol fuel. Annual National Ethanol Conference, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif. Contact 800/567-6411 or visit www.ethanolrfa.org. FEB. 27-MAR. 1: BioSquare 2002, Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland. Contact Tom Voigt at 760/930-0500 or visit www.ebdgroup.com/biosquare. FEB. 28-MAR.4: National Pork Board Pork Forum, Denver. Contact 515/223-2600. MARCH MAR. 2-5: Annual Business Conference & Partners Program, Dallas. Visit www.fdi.org. MAR. 4-8: American Seed Trade Association Management Academy Seminar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Contact 765/494-4247 or visit www.agecon.purdue.edu/cab. MAR. 6-7: Strategic Customer Relationship Management Seminar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Contact 765/494-4247. MAR. 7-8: 32nd Soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been Seed and 57th Corn & Sorghum sorghum, tall, coarse annual (Sorghum vulgare) of the family Gramineae (grass family), somewhat similar in appearance to corn (but having the grain in a panicle rather than an ear) and used for much the same purposes. Conference, Chicago. Contact 888/890-7333. MAR. 8-9: National Dairy Herd Improvement Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, Ky. Contact 614/890-3630 or visit dhia.org. Send announcements for trade meetings and marketing-related seminars or conferences to: News Editor, Agri Marketing, 11701 Borman Drive, #300, St. Louis, MO 63146, FAX: 314/569-1083, e-mail:khedger@agrimarketing.com |
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