EVENTS CALENDAR
2025
Feb. 1-2 -The Choctaw Nation Livestock Show, Bryan County Fairgrounds, Durant, Oklahoma
Feb. 18 – Raising Dairy Sheep for Exceptional Milk Webinar presented by the Food Animal Concerns Trust. 1 p.m. EST
March 3 – Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Organic Commodities and Livestock Conference, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro
March 4-5 – Indiana Small Farm Conference, Hendricks County Fairgrounds, Danville
March 6-9 – American Shire Horse Association Annual Meeting and Education Day, Mt. Hope Ohio
March 11 – Federal Funding for Small Farmers Webinar, Presented by Food Animal Concerns Trust, 3 p.m. EST
March 21-23 – American Checkered Giant Rabbit Club Annual Show, Bloomington, Illinois
March 24 – Upselling Those Hard-to-Move Cuts, Tips from a Butcher Webinar. Presented by Food Animal Concerns Trust, 1 p.m. EST
March 25-27 – Regenerative Agriculture Summit North America, Chicago, Illinois
March 29-30 – American Poultry Association Semi-Annual Meet, Wapakoneta, Ohio
April 4-6 – National Silver Fox Rabbit Show, Stark County Fairgrounds, Canton, Ohio
April 26 – American Belgian Hare Club National Show, Alexandria Mega Shelter, Alexandria, Louisiana
May 3-4 – Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, Maryland
May 8-10 – National Lincoln Sheep Sale, Darke County Fairgrounds, Greenville, Ohio
May 18-24 – International Heritage Breeds Week
June 4-5 World Pork Expo, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines
June 6-7 – National American Oxford Sheep Association Annual Meeting and Sale, Springfield, Illinois
June 18-21 National Milking Shorthorn Convention, Manchester, Iowa
June 19-21 American Dexter Cattle Association National Dexter Expo, Mayes County Fairgrounds, Pryor, Oklahoma
July 8-12 National Guernsey Convention Bellingham, Washington
July 11-18 American Dairy Goat Association National Show, Grand Island, Nebraska
Aug. 14 National Belgian Horse Show, Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, Indiana
Sept. 5-6 Ozarks Homesteading Expo. Marshfield, Missouri. The Livestock Conservancy’s Jeannette Beranger is among speakers for the event.
Sept. 5-7 Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival, Jefferson County Fair Park, Jefferson, Wisconsin
Sept. 14 Belted Galloway Society Annual Meeting, Mautston, Wisconsin. For information, email executivedirector.bgs@gmail.com
Sept. 30-Oct. 3 World Dairy Expo, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Sept. 30-Oct. 3 World Dairy Expo, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Oct. 1-5 World Clydesdale Show, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Illinois
Oct. 16-19 New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, New York
Oct. 25-26 Cochins International 2025 Western National Meet, Hutchinson, Minnesota
Oct. 29-Nov. 1 National FFA Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana
Nov. 1-2 2025 – American Poultry Association Annual Meet, Heart of the Ozarks Poultry Association, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Nov. 6-20 – North American International Livestock Exposition, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Nov. 14-19 – American Rabbit Breeders Association National Convention and Show, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis
Nov. 22 – Cochins International 2025 Eastern National Meet, Ruther Glen, Virginia
Have an event you’d like to add? Email Les O’Dell