SPECIAL EVENT
Farm Bureau to host market webinar March 25 The Ogle County Farm Bureau will host a webinar based market outlook with AgriVisor Senior Analyst Dale Durchholz on Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m. Durchholz prepares and edits the “Cash Strategist” for the Illinois Farm Bureau Farm Week and Iowa Spokesman.
He speaks at many Farm Bureau and other agriculture meetings as well as contributing to RFD Illinois and WILL radio. Prior to joining AgriVisor, Durchholz had been a grain and livestock analyst for other companies including another producer market consulting firm and two Chicago broker-
age houses. At the latter, he headed their research operations. Members can participate in the webinar by accessing the it from their home computers. Anyone wishing to access the webinar will need to download specific software free from the Internet and use the webinar access code.
To find instructions for downloading the software and to access the webinar link go to the Ogle County Farm Bureau website at www.oglefb. org Members can access the webinar by going to the Ogle County Farm Bureau website at www.oglefb.org and clicking on the link for the webinar.
GARDENING WORKSHOP
Ready... Set... Grow 2019 Gardening Workshop March 23 Ready...Set...Grow... a gardening workshop, will be offered on Saturday, March 23 from 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon. Participants will join the Master Gardeners of Carroll, Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties in cooperation with Sauk Valley Community College Corporate & Community Services for this one-day event offering participants information about various aspects of home gardening. Elaina Brown, an outreach specialist with, University of Illinois Extension Agriculture and Natural
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Resources and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant will give the keynote presentation: The Shockingly Beautiful Way to Improve Water Quality. Brown will focus on how homeowners can use strategies such as nutrient loss reduction, green infrastructure, and sustainable lawn care practices to improve their lawns but also water quality in their area. Horticulture experts will lead 15 workshops and participants will choose three sessions to attend. Workshops will share information everyone can use-from the beginner to the most experienced gardener.
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Some of the topics are: What’s so Crazy About JUMPING Worms, Tricia Bethke, Forest Pest Outreach Coordinator; The Morton Arboretum, If You Plant it, They will come, Gardening for the Birds, Peggy Doty, U of I Extension Energy & Environmental Stewardship Educator; Yes You CAN, Home Food Preservation Update, Marilyn Cernus, U of I Extension Nutrition and Wellness Educator; Hydrangeas Demystified, Monica Putnam, Hidden Timber Gardens; Patterns and Rhythms of the Japanese Garden, Catherine Marsh, Anderson Japa-
nese Gardens; and Pass your Love of Gardening to the Next Generation, Nancy Wadsworth & Sherri Stauffer, Master Gardeners. A vendor show, door prizes, and a Master Gardener Help Desk can be visited throughout the day. The fee for this program is $45. Registrations will be accepted until March 18. The fee includes a Continental breakfast & buffet lunch, a welcome bag, and handouts from educational sessions. Sessions will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Call 815-7322191 for more information.
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