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January 23rd was the Star struck Invitational in Mandan, ND, where Sidney Gymnastics club (SGC) beat Bismarck for the first time since Coaches Pat & Jan McWilliams took over the program. The other teams present were Bismarck Gymnastics, Northern Pacific Gymnastics (Miles City), and Dakota Star Gymnastics (Mandan). Two gym-scoring records were set with Ella Jordan 9.65 on balance beam and Kylie Schoepp 9.60 on the vault. SGC placed first at 110.650, with Bismarck 2nd 110.100 and Dakota Star 3rd 108.350. SGC Level 3 Team Competitors included Maky...
The Sidney Sugars Top Ten luncheon was held on Wed., Jan. 20, 2016 at the Elks Lodge in Sidney. A year in review, Agriculture Manager Duane Peters congratulated beet growers on their very successful year and discussed some of the challenges growers overcame in different areas. It was dry in the North, requiring lots of irrigation and hailstorms came through the same area as much as three times. Late May frosts required a few areas to have to replant as did springtail parasites, and damaging...
On Thursday, January 21st, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation held a public scoping meeting at the Dawson County High School in Glendive, MT to gather public opinion and answer questions about the alternatives being studied as part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Intake Diversion Dam fish passage project. The EIS is being developed to better determine how fish passage, especially that of the endangered pallid sturgeon, can be improved with continued...
Norby Inc. was honored to join Sidney Sugar's exclusive 20/20 Club during the annual Top 10 luncheon held last Wednesday. Rocky Norby started farming with his dad Richard in 1974 and enjoyed that partnership until 1997. Rocky's wife Lori joined the family in 1979. In 1993, Norbys started growing sugar beets along the Missouri River near Culbertson, and rented out their Sidney ground. Matt Stedman started farming with Norby in 2011. "I'm excited for it," he said. "I love what I do." This year,...
During the top ten beet grower dinner, Nollmeyer Farms was recognized as the top grower in the 50-312 acres category. Del and Kim Nollmeyer, who farm north of Savage, averaged 40.07 ton per acre, 19.25 percent sugar, which resulted in a 35.28 rating on a 263-acre crop. Del Nollmeyer grew up farming, started out by renting farmland from his father when he was still in high school. In 1989, he began farming on his own, and his wife Kim credits the quality of their crops to her husband's...
Tibbetts Agland was recognized as the top grower with more than 313 acres during the Top Ten Beet Growers meeting. Their Sugar percentage was 19.27 with 37.34 tons per acre and a 34.21 rating. Brothers Cody, Brock, and Todd Tibbetts grew up farming and ranching and six years ago they began growing sugar beets as Roundup Ready Beets made the crop much less management intensive. This made it possible to grow sugar beets in addition to growing feed crops and raising cattle. The family farm, located...
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering additional funding through its Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to target specific resource concerns in Montana in 2016: On-Farm Energy, Organic, Seasonal High Tunnel, Prairie Pothole Wetland and Grassland Retention, Honey Bee Pollinators, Big Horn Irrigation Improvement, and Drought in the Missouri Headwaters Basin. While NRCS accepts applications for EQIP on a continuous basis, NRCS has set a deadline of Feb. 19, 2016, to apply for 2016 initiatives funding....
Upcoming trainings hosted by the Montana Food and Agriculture Development Center Network (FADC) will help Montana food-based businesses and providers institute best practices, comply with existing safety ordinances, and prepare their business for the new updates mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act. The trainings will cover a variety of food safety and food business topics and be held in locations around Montana. Trainings Include: Wholesale Success— Great Falls; Feb. 8, On Farm Food Safety Training— Bozeman, Feb. 11-12; Ronan, Feb...
5 - 312 Acres Grower Acres TPA Sugar% Quality Rating Nollmeyer Farms 263 40.07 19.25 35.28 DKS Farms Inc 78 39.82 19.21 35.14 L. Schmierer Farms Inc 83 39.55 19.15 34.97 Conradsen Bros Inc 225 40.79 18.51 34.83 Tveit Land & Cattle Co 130 41.04 18.25 34.67 313 Acres or More Grower Acres TPA Sugar% Quality Rating Tibbett’s Agland LLC 472 37.34 19.27 34.21 Triple C Farms Inc 399 37.88 18.75 33.90 Rice & Sons Inc 360 33.05 19.97 33.19 Triple H Farms 394 34.47 19.35 33.14 McPherson Farms Inc 413 34.65 19.17 33.03 20/20 Club Induction Grower A...
The Montana Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for an estimated $1.3 million in federal funding available through the Specialty Crop Block Grant (SCBG) program. Montana’s SCBG program benefits projects solely enhancing the competitiveness of Montana specialty crops. Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, peas, lentils, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. A list of crops commonly considered Montana specific is available on the program’s website. “The growth in Montana’s Specialty Crop Block G...
This year Haidle Farms, owned by Ryan Haidle, received the 20/20 award for Top 10 Beet Growers. The 20/20 reward is given to beet farmers that produce 20 Tons Per Acre(TPA) of beets with a 20+% sugar outage. Haidle Farms managed to produce 31.28 TPA with 20.08% sugar yield on 489 acres. "We were very lucky with nutrient soil and great weather this year," said Ryan, when asked how he achieved this year's harvest. Haidle Farms is a family run operation which Ryan Haidle manages with his brother...
Dee Ann Sifuentes of Sidney Sugars has been an employee since September of 1977. When Sifuentes first started at the factory, she began at the beet end of things. Her duties included overseeing the beets coming in as well as extracting the juice. "When I first started working for Sidney Sugars 38 years ago, there were only 7-8 women that worked here. Now there are 61 female employees at the factory out of the 251 that are employed here," said Dee Ann when asked about changes in the factory over...
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Montana State University (MSU) Extension today announced seven Farm Bill informational meetings in communities across Montana. USDA and MSU Extension are conducting the meetings to inform Montana producers about important changes to the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill). NAP coverage provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occurs due to natural...
The MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show, which was formerly held in January, has been moved to March 3rd and 4th in 2016. The two-day trade show will hold educational sessions at the Richland County Event Center featuring the latest and greatest information and developments for Agricultural producers such as GMOs, livestock, and horticulture. It will begin at 9:00am on March 3rd with the Sidney Sugar's Growers Meeting taking place that afternoon; this is the first year that Ag Days and the Growers...
Welcome from the 2016 National Hard Wheat Show. Through the years, the Wheat Show has brought prospective and exciting new ideas to the region's producers. This year promises nothing less! First let me give a shout out to the people and organizations who make this event possible. Take a few minutes to look through the list of sponsors and remember to personally thank them for their help. You will also find a list of the board and committee members. Give them your thanks also. Last but not least,...
Edward Usset serves as a Grain Marketing Economist for the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota, the developers of FINPACK software and a variety of educational programs. Working with his colleagues at CFFM and in extension, Ed developed the award winning "Winning the Game" series of workshops. In addition, he manages Commodity Challenge, an online marketing education game that uses real-time cash and futures data. He teaches "Commodity Markets" at the University....
Reporter, weatherman, photographer and speaker Cliff Naylor will be speaking during the lunch hour on Wednesday, February 3rd. During his career, Naylor has won over 25 broadcast television awards for sports reporting, news reporting, feature and documentary reporting, news and sports photography. "A large portion of my job is feature reporting. I love traveling across the state finding unique and interesting stories in rural North Dakota for my weekly "Off the Beaten Path" series which airs...
Jack Feenstra will be speaking at the February Williston Wheat Show and his passion is agriculture and lifelong learning. He is familiar with all facets of farming. From Dryland agriculture to irrigation, from feedlot to subsistence farming in Central Africa. Jack and his wife Annemarie run a crop consulting business called Chinook Crop Care Ltd. The business specializes in environmental compliance for large feedlots, dairies and hog enterprises. They maximize the financial return on crops by...
Join Elston Denzil Solberg, Canadian Director of Agri- Knowledge of Agri-Trend Inc. at the Wheat Show in Williston, ND, Wed., Feb. 3, as he shares his knowledge and expertise on the 7Rs of Successful Crops – Think Balance, Balance, Balance at 2:30 p.m., 3:20 p.m. and 4:25 p.m. Solberg has over 25 years of research expertise to Agri-Trend, through his work as Head Cereal Specialist and Research Agronomist with Alberta Agriculture. As an accomplished speaker and Head of The Agri-Knowledge D...
During the February Wheat Show in Williston, you can see Christ Augustin who works as an Area Extension Specialist/Soil Health at North Central Research Extension Center in Minot, ND. Christ Augustin grew up near the town of Crystal, ND where he worked on the family farm. It was here that Chris gained his love of agriculture and respect of the land while helping out with small grains, sugar beets and potatoes. After high school, he went on to college at NDSU where he earned his B.S. and M.S. in...
John Pulasky will be at this year's Williston Wheat show discussing El Nino and the price of chicken. This seminar will be about how severe weather can alter history. Pulasky comes from a heavy agricultural backround that included memberships in 4-H and FFA. Through these programs he has developed dedicated stewardship of Montana's resources and way of life. He has working relationships with diverse county, state and federal agencies and associations; including serving as a supervisor with the...
Edwin Haugen, CLU and FIC at Thrivent Financial in Minot, ND, will be very busy at this year's Wheat Show in Williston, ND. He will be discussing topics such as tax issues, oil and mineral production areas, subsidy issues, partnership and corporation issues, farm and children and tax saving issues. Another topic he is excited to share is charitable options. "This has been an area that is often neglected in the Ag Industry, but is something that can benefit both these charities and the farmer as...
On Thursday, February 4 at 10:30am take the journey from procrastination to destination with professional speaker V.J. Smith. Published author, V.J. Smith, has been a professional speaker for almost two decades. He has spoken to audiences throughout the United States and Canada. Drawing on teachable moments encountered while working at a Fortune 100 company and a mid-size university, he peppers his speeches with anecdotes and stories to keep audiences fully engaged and motivated. He is genuine,...
During the top ten beet grower dinner, Nollmeyer Farms was recognized as the top grower in the 50-312 acres category. Del and Kim Nollmeyer, who farm north of Savage, averaged 40.07 ton per acre, 19.25 percent sugar, which resulted in a 35.28 rating on a 263-acre crop. Del Nollmeyer grew up farming, started out by renting farmland from his father when he was still in high school. In 1989, he began farming on his own, and his wife Kim credits the quality of their crops to her husband’s c...
