An equine nutrition and wellness seminar presented by Tribute Equine Nutrition and Central Connecticut Co-op will be held Tuesday, Oct. 4, 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. at Potts Performance Horses, 105, East Scantic Rd., East Windsor. Topics include equine nutrition, biosecurity, feeding the performance horse to balance nutrition and behavior. Thor Hyyppa, DVM, will talk about equine encephalitic diseases. For details call (860) 647-9384.

Landowners who hold open space, farmland or forest land interested in reducing their tax burden have until Oct. 31 to enroll in the state's Public Act 490 (PA 490) program which allows lands to be taxed at a lower rate.

Public Act 490 is Connecticut's law (Connecticut General Statutes Sections 12-107a through 107-f) that allows your farm, forest, or open space land to be assessed at its use value rather than its fair market or highest and best use value (as determined by the property's most recent “fair market value” revaluation) for purposes of local property taxation. Without the lower use value assessment, most landowners would have to sell the land because they would not be able to afford the property taxes on farm, forest, or open space land.

An information session on PA 490 will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 5, Connecticut Farm Bureau office, 775 Bloomfield Ave. Windsor. For information call (860) 768-1105.

Landowners interested in planting nut trees as a productive crop investment may be interested in “Introduction to Our Native Nut Producers” presented Sunday, Oct. 23, 1 to 3 p.m. in Vermont. Learn how to identify nut trees that include black walnuts, acorns, and hazelnuts. Fee is $10; space is limited. For details see www.elmoreroots.com or call (802) 888-3305.