EVENTS CALENDAR

2025

Feb. 1-2 -The Choctaw Nation Livestock Show, Bryan County Fairgrounds, Durant, Oklahoma

Feb. 18Raising 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 4-5Indiana Small Farm Conference, Hendricks County Fairgrounds, Danville

March 6-9American Shire Horse Association Annual Meeting and Education Day, Mt. Hope Ohio

March 11Federal 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 24Upselling Those Hard-to-Move Cuts, Tips from a Butcher Webinar. Presented by Food Animal Concerns Trust, 1 p.m. EST

March 25-27Regenerative Agriculture Summit North America, Chicago, Illinois

March 29-30 – American Poultry Association Semi-Annual Meet, Wapakoneta, Ohio

April 4-6National Silver Fox Rabbit Show, Stark County Fairgrounds, Canton, Ohio

April 26American 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 8-10National 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 6-7National 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. 6-20North 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