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Richland County Ag Days has provisionally confirmed that Chad Prather will provide the entertainment for the banquet on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Prather's website, watchchad.com, provided the following information. Chad Prather is a student of living life to the fullest. Never one to shy away from adventure or a new experience he faces the world with a smile. Chad is an adopted Texan that calls the Fort Worth (not Dallas!) area home. Although he grew up in Augusta, GA he migrated to Texas in...
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to notify the public and seek comments on a proposal to resurface about 0.65 miles of Secondary Highway 327 (Clinton Street and 5th Avenue), through the town of Bainville. The project begins at the intersection with U.S. Highway 2 at reference post 0.0 and extends south for 0.65 miles, ending on 5th Avenue approximately 0.1 miles east of the intersection of Clinton Street and 5th Avenue at reference post 0.65. Proposed work includes a mill and overlay of the existing plant mix...
Kraig and Brett Balcer are the new owners of The Depot family restaurant. Brett Balcer was leaving the oilfield and the brothers, both Sidney natives, had been talking about getting into the restaurant business for a while, having spent their summers helping out with a family owned restaurant in Glendive, MT. They knew the previous owners of The Depot, and knew that there was an opportunity for them to purchase the business, which became a sure thing in the spring of 2016. “We got a good package...
Each spring, the North Dakota League of Cities sponsors a statewide Mayor for a Day essay contest for third and seventh grade students. The contest encourages young people to think about public service and future community leadership. Essays must address why the student feels their community is great and what they would do to improve their city if they were mayor for a day. Mayor for a Day Essay contest winners receive a $150 cash prize, have their essays featured in CITYScan, participate in an award presentation at the North Dakota Capitol on...
Richland County Health Department is announcing our county winner in the 2016 MT TeenVax Challenge! The Montana Immunization Program and RCHD are very pleased with the response to this first challenge. Statewide, there were 319 entries in 44 counties. Winners were selected randomly. Out of the 31 entries in Richland County, Parker Syth was the lucky name drawn to receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card. Congratulations! The MT TeenVax Challenge is a multi-year campaign to provide education, resources,...
Each spring, the North Dakota League of Cities sponsors a statewide Mayor for a Day essay contest for third and seventh grade students. The contest encourages young people to think about public service and future community leadership. Essays must address why the student feels their community is great and what they would do to improve their city if they were mayor for a day. Mayor for a Day Essay contest winners receive a $150 cash prize, have their essays featured in CITYScan, participate in an award presentation at the North Dakota Capitol on...
The Williston Area Recreation Center (WARC) is just days away from reaching our 1,000,000th visitor! Since our March 2014 opening, almost 1,000,000 people have passed by the front desk at the WARC to use facilities, participate in recreational programs, and attend events. We are excited to announce a special promotion to commemorate this milestone. The 1,000,000th visitor to the WARC will receive a free one-year membership to the ARC! We encourage all members and non-members to come to the ARC this week for their chance to win! The Williston...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that starting March 20, 2017, organic producers and handlers will be able to visit over 2,100 USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices to apply for federal reimbursement to assist with the cost of receiving and maintaining organic or transitional certification. “USDA reimburses organic producers up to 75 percent of the cost of organic certification, but only about half of the nation’s organic operations currently participate in the program,” said FSA Administrator Val Dolcini. “Starting Ma...
The Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture’s Sports and Rec Committee announced that NFL Play Off Books are now available at the Chamber Office & Reynolds Market. Winners receive $50 for play-off games, $75 for NFC & AFC championship games and a “Staycation” package for the Superbowl. The “Staycation” package includes a one night stay at Best Western Golden Prairie Inn or Richland Inn & Suites and a gift card to the Tap House. Winners are determined by the score at the end of the game. Proceeds from NFL books are used to fund bask...
With the big game season recently concluded, Block Management Program Administrative Assistant Bea Sturtz sits at her desk, busily counting thousands of hunter permission slips. The slips are turned in by landowners participating in the program that opens 2,290,000 acres in southeastern Montana to hunting. Slips will keep filtering in until after spring turkey season, when Sturtz will have a final tally. Last year, nearly 45,000 hunters accessed Block Management Areas in Montana Fish, Wildlife...
The North Dakota Department of Commerce announced workforce enhancement grants for Williston State College (WSC) totaling $230,000. Workforce enhancement grants enable two-year colleges to apply for funds to help create or enhance training programs that address workforce needs of North Dakota’s private-sector employers. Projects require a dollar-for-dollar match of all state money with private funds. WSC received this grant to develop a “Safe P” training program and a “Well Sharp” training program. The Safe P training includes safety training f...
Montana State University Extension agents, staff and supporters from across Montana recently received awards during Extension’s annual conference at MSU in Bozeman. Laurie Lautt, MSU Extension agent in Big Horn County, received the 2016 Silver Buffalo Award in recognition of 37 years of exceptional service. The award, given by Montana’s Joint Council of Extension Professionals, is MSU Extension’s highest honor. Lautt has directly reached more than 800 participants through food preservation education. The Big Horn County commissioners, in their...
Dynneson Ranch is a 4th generation farm and ranch in Sidney. We operate a custom, backgrounding feedlot along with a cow-calf ranch, and farm both dryland and irrigated cropland. In 1906, Dennis Dynneson, who was only a teenager at the time, began his own farming and ranching career on the current farmstead in the Brorson community. He raised Hereford cattle along with wheat, flax, barley, oats and other small grains. In 1961, Sherman Dynneson returned to farm and took over the operation with...
Stroh Herefords and Stroh Hereford Ranch will be holding their 27th annual production sale on Thursday, February 2nd at 1:00pm mountain time at the ranch, located 1.5 miles east of the Killdeer roundabout on Highway 200 and 5 miles west of Dunn Center, ND. Tony Stroh established Stroh Herefords in 1950 and owns it with his wife Leona. Stroh Hereford Ranch is owned by their youngest son Mike and his wife Dawn along with their sons Lucas and Matthew Stroh. Fifty-one coming two-year-old bulls, ten...
Best Angus & Quarter Horses started as a 4-H and FFA project in 1987 with the purchase of a heifer from the placement pen at McCumber Angus Ranch. Many of the cows in the herd are descendants of the original heifer, Rosetta 622 of McCumber. Best Angus grew slowly focusing on quality. Pete and Vawnita Best worked together in building their business; Vawnita worked as a meat inspector and Pete worked as an Agricultural Lender. The Best’s continued to keep top heifers as replacements and i...
The Early Morning Red Angus Ranch, located twelve miles south of Tioga, ND, will be marketing 32 yearling Red Angus bulls, eight two-year old bulls, and yearling Red Angus heifers at Sitting Bull in Williston, ND Friday, April 28th at 1:00 pm central time. Owner and operator Carl Frisinger bought the ranch in 1965; having grown up in a ranching family, Frisinger grew up raising Herefords. However, when they became hard to sell, he bought six Red Angus Cows from the Leland Drought Reduction Sale...
Begger’s Diamond V Ranch is a family owned ranch that has its fourth generation living on it. The ranch is a diversified outfit that has been in the seedstock business for 42 years; in 1975 they calved their first Simmental cattle. Bill and Bob were young and ambitious, just out of school, and looking to improve their ranch income. They decided that in order for the ranch to be able to support three families, they needed to put more value in their operation. They saw right away the value of black solid patterned Simmental cattle, so they b...
Rambur Charolais is located just south of Sidney, MT and was founded more than 30 years ago by Howard Rambur. When he started in the ranching industry, Howard wanted to work with a breed of cattle distinctly different from any other breeds in eastern Montana, so he chose the Charolais. The Charolais, at the time, was a relatively new breed to the area and was still able to retain its full French heritage. Even though the breed grew quite large as adults, Howard had a goal to modify the Charolais to not only suit his customers, but also to...
"I found a supreme parking spot!" my husband noted as he arrived at the mall with our younger daughter. She nodded and grinned. Then she began eyeing the food court for a snack. Parking a distance from your destination is a common recommendation for increasing your physical activity. Winter tends to push that recommendation out of people's thoughts, and my family was no exception. I was drinking coffee with our older daughter after an afternoon of last-minute holiday shopping. The mall was swarm...
Gartner-Denowh Angus Ranch (GDAR) is located just on the outskirts of Sidney, MT, a close-knit family run ranch that focuses on raising efficient and functional cattle bred for the commercial cattle operation. GDAR began in 1957 when Joe Gartner and Russel Denowh bought 20 head of registered Angus cows from a dispersion sale in Montana. In 1974, Russ and his son, Micky, bought out Joe Gartner but kept the commercial name. At this time, they were calving about 150 cows and selling around 60 bulls...
Leland Red Angus will be having their annual production sale on March 10th at 1pm at the ranch located in SW McKenzie County, 35 mile SE of Sidney in the Squaw Gap Community. The Leland’s have been raising registered Red Angus for 50 years. The ranch is operated by Melvin and Luella Leland and their son and daughter-in-law Todd and Carla Leland. Homesteaded in 1911 by Melvin Leland’s father, Leland Red Angus breeds over 500 registered Red Angus females per year and will market 185 bulls and 65...
Regency Acres will be marketing approximately 100 bulls and 30 heifers at the Sidney Livestock Sale Friday, April 14th beginning at 1:00pm. Regency Acres, located eight miles Southeast of Lambert, MT, is owned and operated by Russ and Jill Thiessen along with their daughter Téa and son Tyler. Thiessen’s family has been in the cattle business since moving to the area in the 1890s; Russ Thiessen’s grandfather established the registered herd in 1957. Formerly the Thiessen Angus Ranch, it was chan...
Montana State University, in conjunction with the University of Wyoming, will host a malt barley and sugarbeet symposium Jan. 10-11 at the Big Horn Resort in Billings. The first day of the event will focus on barley production, precision agriculture techniques, reducing tilling practices and farming business issues. The keynote speaker will be Wade Malchow, sourcing manager for barley, malt and elevator operations with MillerCoors. The second day will focus on sugarbeet production, with Luther...
February will be here before we know it. Mark the second weekend in February (February 10 & 11th) on your calendars for the Glendive Agri-Trade Expo (GATE) as we celebrate the 39th year of this exceptional agricultural tradeshow at the Eastern Plains Event Center (EPEC) in Glendive. Every year, vendors from surrounding states and Canada convene in Glendive to showcase their products and get up close and personal with area residents. Northern AgNetwork and KXGN will again be on hand for interviews and live broadcasts during the show. This is a...
Three miles east of White Earth, ND, you can find Feiring Angus Ranch. Doug and Ceylon Feiring own Feiring Angus Ranch, along with sons, Brett and Brady, and daughter Shambre. One of their major philosophies is, “To never overstock pastures with more animals than the land can handle.” Generation after generation of Feiring Angus have all received the same lecture. Feiring Angus does not use popular genetics in their breeding program, for they believe that cattle should adapt to mother nat...
