Events & Education
Upcoming Events
Sustainability Symposium
July 24
Union League Club of Chicago
Chicago, IL
ISA/Farm Journal Soybean College
July 25
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Corn College Campus
Heyworth, IL
ISA Board Meeting
July 30-August 1
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
Springfield, IL
56th Annual U of I Agronomy Day
August 16
Crop Sciences Research and Education Center
Champaign, IL
International Agronomy Day
August 27
7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
University of Illinois South Farms
Champaign, IL
Illinois Farm Families Events
Volunteers needed to support these activities and engage in conversations. Contact us to learn more.
Meet a Farmer Day
June 16
10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Children's Discovery Museum
Normal, IL
Farmers at the Zoo
June 30
10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, IL
Online Educational Courses
Grassroots Advocacy Training
A four-part interactive course that teaches basic skills and protocols for advocating farmer-friendly policy to elected officials. It is also designed to encourage more farmers to get actively involved in the political process by showing how easy it can be to participate and be successful in grassroots advocacy.
Weed Resistance Management Learning Center
A four-part interactive course that teaches farmers about the nature of weed resistance, management and the environment, agronomic factors and what the grower can do to implement WRM techniques to minimize development of resistant weed populations.
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