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The Sidney High School FFA and AgEd students have begun Phase II of the Learning to Serve Grant, obtained through the USDA Rural Youth Development Program. This grant focuses on developing and applying leadership and classroom skills in youth who then use these newly learned skills to improve their own lives and the health of their rural communities. The grant partners the students with the county, the city, and ROI (Richland Opportunities, Inc.) to improve and enhance recycling efforts within R...
The Wheat Show committee has invited Dr. Danny Klinefelter, Texas A&M University and Texas AgriLife Extension economist, to serve as one of three keynote speakers for this year’s 59th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show, scheduled for Feb. 6-8 at the Airport International Inn, Williston. Klinefelter will deliver two presentations on Tuesday, Feb. 7 beginning at 9 a.m. and through these discussions will present new ideas, stimulate thought and provide attendees with useful information to t...
The 59th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show committee has identified soil health and quality as one of the essential issues farmers and ranchers will have to deal with in the coming years. To address soil quality, the committee has invited James Hoorman, Ohio State University assistant professor and Extension educator, as one of three keynote speakers. Hoorman will present three separate talks during the Wheat Show, scheduled for Feb. 6-8 at the Airport International Inn, Williston. Hoorman...
The MonDak Ag Days Committee is pleased to announce that Trent Loos, an extremely entertaining man who always give his audience their money’s worth, will serve as the Thursday night, Jan. 12 Ag Days after dinner speaker at their banquet to be held at the Richland County Fair Event Center. Tickets are now on sale at Stockman Bank and the Richland County Extension office for $30 each. Loos, a 6th generation rancher who cares about agriculture and passes this message along in an interesting m...
The Roundup has selected the Richland County Conservation District as one of this year’s Top Ten recipients because of the years of service the district has given to landowners within Richland County. The district has served landowners for the past seven decades, and the dedicated people who serve on the board and who administer the programs can take credit for the success of the district as it matured and changed through the years. These people care deeply about conservation, natural r...
The Roundup has selected the West Side playground equipment project as one of the top ten significant events in the community for 2011. The school, partnered with the community and the Sidney Community Education Foundation, all worked together to make this project a reality. The project began in 2009 with B&B Builders seeing a need, and then taking action to initiate a fundraising campaign to secure needed funds for the purchase of playground equipment for West Side Elementary School. “Over a y...
The Sidney High School FFA and AgEd students have begun Phase II of the Learning to Serve Grant, obtained through the USDA Rural Youth Development Program. This grant focuses on developing and applying leadership and classroom skills in youth who then use these newly learned skills to improve their own lives and the health of their rural communities. The grant partners the students with the county, city and ROI (Richland Opportunities, Inc.) to improve and enhance recycling efforts within...
Once upon a time in the early ‘80s, a young couple with three small children looked forward to Christmas with great trepidation. Father was out of work, Mother washed dishes at the Triangle, so the couple could barely make ends meet, never mind anticipating anything extra for Christmastime. Prospects for a bright, merry holiday looked extremely grim. Sure, they had a tree - a beat up mess salvaged from the dumpster that resembled a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Yep, they had decorations – hom...
Decorating a tree or trees at Christmastime has become a much-loved tradition for most of us. For many people of my generation, Christmas memories center around the tree and decorating its branches with cherished ornaments used year after year. Those ornaments came in all shapes and sizes, as the array of potential decorations for a tree were nearly limitless. Ornaments consisted of handcrafted items along with store bought ornaments of all colors and shapes. Decorations are limited only to...
The Richland County Conservation District has named Craig and Cel Iversen as this year’s Cooperators of the Year. For the past 15 years, the Iversens have worked diligently with the NRCS and the Richland County Conservation District to improve their land for cattle and for wildlife. They have accomplished this by drilling wells, laying pipeline, installing stock tanks, cross fencing, reseeding old cropland to grass and planting shelterbelts. “When we picked up this place 15 years ago, there wer...
This year’s Bovine Connection, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1-2 in the meeting room at the MSU EARC and Extension building, 1499 N. Central Ave., Sidney, promises to provide an interesting program, complete with a variety of pertinent information for cattlemen and agribusiness people. Committee members have worked hard to provide a quality program for those who attend. Richland County Extension Agent Tim Fine points out that people will certainly benefit by attending this year’s pro...
This year’s Bovine Connection, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1-2 in the meeting room at the MSU EARC and Extension building, 1499 N. Central Ave., Sidney, promises to provide an interesting program, complete with a variety of pertinent information for cattlemen and agribusiness people. Committee members have worked hard to provide a quality program for those who attend. Richland County Extension Agent Tim Fine points out that people will certainly benefit by attending this year’s pro...
Bovine Connection organizers have invited Steve Dittmer with the Agribusiness Freedom Foundation to speak at the Thursday, Dec. 1 session of the Bovine Connection, scheduled for the meeting room at the Extension office building on 1446 N. Central Ave. and also to present the address at the Thursday night banquet scheduled for the Sidney Country Club. Dittmer will discuss free marketing and the preservation of free market options. “We promote free market principles throughout the food c...
Difficulties in communicating with others can lead to problems and misunderstandings. Getting your message understood, dealing with people of a different generation, and effectively airing viewpoints can present challenges for many of us. Times change, fashions change and attitudes change from year to year and from generation to generation, sometimes making it difficult to bridge gaps. When four generations live and work together, it is critical to maintain good communications and understanding...
We all know that many urban folks really don’t understand production agriculture. We also know that many organizations and groups have made it their goal to target production agriculture. Fortunately, the Montana Beef Council, along with other beef organizations, seeks to educate consumers about beef and works to combat the misinformation put out by those who wish to undermine agriculture. Because of the negative information circulating about agriculture, and in efforts to learn more about h...
Bovine Connection organizers have included informational sessions on AI updates and Market updates as part of the Bovine Connection Program, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1-2 at the new Extension/EARC facility located on North Central Avenue. Willie Altenburg, Genex Cooperative associate vice president of beef marketing, will speak at noon, Friday, Dec. 2 and will discuss several aspects of A.I. techniques for beef cattle. “I’ll talk on synchronization systems and how they work whe...
While agricultural land continues to dwindle and water issues become increasingly critical, the population continues to explode at unprecedented rates. How to feed all these people on less and less land will become a huge challenge over the course of the next several decades. To address this issue, Bovine Connection organizers have invited Dr. Jon Seeger, Pfizer Animal Health technical services veterinarian, to discuss this looming problem. Seeger will talk at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1 in...
This year’s MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Jan. 12-13 at the Richland County Fair Event Center, has a good mix of educational sessions, trade show displays, and Ag in the Classroom, with something to interest everyone. The show will provide agricultural presentations dealing with a wide range of relevant information, and a trade show that highlights new ideas and technology within the field of agriculture. “I invite people to mark this year’s Ag Days on their...
The Ag Days Committee is pleased to announce that Trent Loos, passionate advocate for agriculture, will serve as the Thursday night, January 12 Ag Days after dinner speaker. Loos, a 6th generation rancher, began speaking out on behalf of agriculture in 2000 and uses radio, publications, the Internet, and public speaking engagements as tools to get the positive message and the truth out about agriculture and food production today. For his topic of discussion at the Sidney Ag Days, Loos will...
A willingness to learn coupled with dedication and practice can lead to huge personal satisfaction. Paulette Westrum, Williston, learned that fact in October when, after showing only four times, she won the beginner ranch reining class and took second in the green reining class held at the Saskatchewan Reining Horse Show, Moose Jaw. “Both these classes were for people just beginning in reining,” Westrum comments. “To enter in the ranch class, neither the horse nor the rider could have won more...
Profitability allows us to stay in business; while no profits mean the potential of losing the farm and ranch. To address the issues surrounding profits and loss, the Bovine Connection committee has invited Lee Leachman, Leachman Cattle Company of Colorado, to discuss the keys involved in remaining profitable. He will present his “Five Keys to Long Term Profitability” during a 2:15 p.m. presentation scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 1 at the new Extension/EARC facility, 1499 N. Central Ave., Sid...
Mineral supplements cost money. Do they work? Are there tricks that a rancher can use that will enable his cattle to better utilize mineral supplements? To answer these and other questions about the use of mineral supplements, the Bovine Connection committee has invited Dr. John Paterson, Montana State University beef extension specialist, to discuss cattle response in relation to mineral supplements. Paterson will speak at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the new Richland County Extension/EARC...
Those who attend both days of the Bovine Connection proceedings will receive a lot of pertinent information. What does it all mean and how does it all tie together? Bill Bowman, American Angus Association chief operating officer, will serve as the last speaker at the Bovine Connection and he will tie up all the loose ends and apply the information to the real world. Bowman will speak on Friday, Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. at the new Extension/EARC facility located at 1499 N. Central Ave., Sidney. “I’ll wra...
The Richland County Conservation District has named Craig and Cel Iversen as this year’s Cooperators of the Year. For the past 15 years, the Iversens have worked diligently with the NRCS and the Richland County Conservation District to improve their land for cattle and for wildlife. They have accomplished this by drilling wells, laying pipeline, installing stock tanks, cross fencing, reseeding old cropland to grass and planting shelterbelts. “When we picked up this place 15 years ago, there wer...
We all look forward to Thanksgiving Day, when the thoughts of turkey, mashed potatoes, wheat bread and butter, cranberries, and corn on the cob keep us salivating for weeks. Oh, and don’t forget the pumpkin pie to finish off a meal that causes the average American to eat a day and a half worth of calories, or an average of 4500 of these little heat units, in just a few short hours. Oh, and by the way, the Pilgrims did NOT eat any of the above for Thanksgiving Day; potatoes were a little known f...
