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The Friends of Fort Union Trading Post and the National Park Service are offering a $1,000 Fort Union Fellowship for 2012. This annual fellowship is intended to support a qualified researcher wishing to explore and produce an article or monograph on an aspect of Fort Union trading post history, broadly defined. The fellowship is open to all applicants, students are encouraged to apply. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site commemorates a brief period of peaceful coexistence between Northern Plains Indians and Euro-Americans at the most...
Fairview area rancher, educator and self-defined “grass farmer” Wayne Berry, will share insights into his holistic management approach to ranching on Friday, Feb. 3, as part of the USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory’s (NPARL) 2012 BrownBagger seminar series. The one-hour session begins at noon and is open to the public. Wayne’s talk is entitled “What I’ve learned since 1955” and describes the many tools and strategies he’s experimented with over the past five decades to accomplish his and his family’s goals of enjoying...
It isn’t too late to get your tickets for Celebrating Chocolate—but it will be soon. The event is Saturday, February 4th. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $20 for MonDak members, $25 for non-members. Join at the time of purchase to take advantage of the reduced ticket price. If you can’t make it by the museum during business hours, we’ll be happy to take your ticket order over the phone at 433-3500. Celebrating Chocolate is a wonderful event, this year featuring the music of Charlie Denison, a silent auction and of course, lots of chocola...
The Sidney Eagles High School Speech and Drama headed to Polson last Wednesday to compete in the Class A State Competition. The top 24 competitors in each category went head to head in three rounds on Friday and two more on Saturday. Then the field was cut to 16 for semi finals, with the top 8 competing in the Finals. The Eagles had six students make it to finals. The Speech Medalists for Extemporaneous Speaking-Kalen Hance, 3rd; Memorized Public Address-Tori Hill, 5th; Drama Medalists for...
Funeral service for Stella Ash, 89, Sidney, MT is at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 at Lonsdale United Methodist Church with Pastor Vicki Waddington officiating. Cremation will follow the services. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Stella died on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 at the Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility....
Dickinson State University held its first ever Winter Commencement exercises on Friday, Dec. 16. The university graduated 150 students from 12 states and 8 foreign countries. Graduating from Sidney were: Anya Chamberlain, graduated with a Bachelor of Science; Rochelle Franzen, graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Darren Roth graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science. The Commencement’s keynote address was given by Dr. D.C. Coston, Dickinson State University president. Comments were also made by Dr. Terry Hjelmstad, North Dakota S...
The following Montana State University Billings undergraduate students excelled academically during the 2011 fall session and have been named to the Dean’s List. The Dean’s List is an honor roll of undergraduate students who earn 12 or more credits which are not of a Pass/No Pass nature and who earn a grade point average of 3.50 or better. Asterisk (*) = 4.00 GPA Ross Thornton, Lambert; Hilary Gourneau* and Ashley Laurie, Poplar; Janelle Buxbaum, Amanda Lorenz, Jessica Minow and Cindy Staffanson, all of Sidney....
The 59th Annual Hard Spring Wheat Show Committee has scheduled two speakers to discuss commodity market issues. Mike Krueger, The Money Farm founder and president, along with Jim Peterson, North Dakota Wheat Commission marketing director, will discuss key issues in the global market during this year’s Wheat Show proceedings. Both men will speak on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 7 at the Williston Airport International Inn. Peterson will begin the market discussions at 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. He w...
This year’s 59th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show will once again offer an outstanding informative event that will provide important, timely information to area Ag producers. This year’s educational portion of the show, scheduled for Feb. 7-8 at the Williston Airport International Inn, will offer attendees information and updates on a wide variety of topics, including market information, precision farming, soil health and ecology, cropping practices, and best management practices. Peo...
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 region has experienced excessive moisture the past few years, and in some cases this has led to salinity problems in farm fields. Water flows from high spots and pools in lower areas, leaving behind a salty residue and often a very high water table level. To address these subsurface drainage issues, the 59th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show Committee has asked Tom Scherer, NDSU Extension ag engineer, to discuss the use of perforated pipe to control salinity and the water table i...
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...
Sidney Sugars Incorporated held its annual Top Ten Grower award luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 18 to honor those growers who brought in an outstanding crop. Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugars agriculture manager, congratulated the top ten growers and pointed out that they, along with the rest of the Valley, faced a lot of challenges this year. “Last year, we came off a bad winter to start the growing season,” Fullmer noted at the luncheon. “We had a huge amount of snow, then spring came and it rained and...
13 Acres or More Grower Acres TPA Sugar % Brei N Quality Rating 6J Farms Inc. 280 33.6 17.46 29 33.95 Payette Farm Inc. 351 29.5 18.20 25 32.70 Country Lane Farms Inc. 436 29.5 17.97 27 32.43 Justin & Anita Karst 460 29.3 17.45 28 31.84 Scott & Donna Flynn 430 27.7 18.08 24 31.71 50 - 246 Acres Grower Acres TPA Sugar % Brei N Quality Rating Tveit Land & Cattle Co. 130 31.9 18.24 34 33.85 Gary & Duane Lapp 63 29.1 18.45 24 32.75 James Bieber 66 31.2 17.32 25 32.68 KAR Inc. 200 30.0 17.91 25 32.67 Allen & Carol Lachenmaier 202 27.8 17.95 18...
6J Farms, Terry and Vicky Cayko, along with essential help from Toby Miller and Cayko families Jacquelyn and Chris Free and Jessica Cayko and her two boys, East Fairview, have earned top spot this year in the 246+ acre category of Sidney Sugars Incorporated’s annual top ten recognition awards. Cayko, who has farmed all his life, has been in the Top Ten six times, and has earned top spot twice. Cayko admits the year looked dismal at the start, but as the season progressed, his crop responded t...
Top five growers (50-246 acres) are front row (L to R): 1st - Tveit Land and Cattle Co. (Nolan and Larry Tveit Jr.), Fairview and Culbertson; 2nd - Gary and Duane Lapp, Miles City; 3rd - James Bieber, Fairview; 4th - KAR Inc. (Miles Knudsen), Culbertson; 5th - Carol and Allen Lachenmaier, Miles City. Top five growers (greater than 246 acres) are back row (L to R): 1st - 6J Farms (Terry Cayko and Toby Miller), East Fairview; 2nd-Payette Farms Inc. (Kent and Jantz Payette), Fairview; 3r d -...
The Tveit Land and Cattle Company, Culbertson and Fairview, has earned top honors this year in the Sidney Sugars Incorporated annual Top Ten growers list. Brothers Larry and Nolan Tveit brought in an outstanding sugarbeet crop this year which earned them the number 1 ranking in the 50-246 acre category. The Tveits, farming together since they both graduated from high school, have an irrigated farm in Culbertson and a dryland farm between Sidney and Culbertson. With the exception of a two-year hi...
North Dakotans know the toll the oilfield traffic has taken on state roadways. To a lesser extent, people realize that the weather conditions North Dakota has experienced the last few years also have contributed to serious road problems within the state. To address disasters as they relate to the ag community, with an emphasis on the road conditions rural North Dakota must deal with, the 59thAnnual National Hard Spring Wheat Show Committee has asked Greg Wilz, North Dakota Homeland Security dire...
After serving the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) for 17 years, Manager Jerry Nypen will retire effective Feb. 17 to pursue other interests. “I’ve been at this type of work for nearly 40 years, and I decided it was time to try other things,” Nypen remarks. “When you work for wages, there’s no reason to do the same thing your entire life.” Nypen began his duties with LYIP in January 1995, bringing with him 21 years of prior experience gained from different irrigation districts. “I man...
After serving 38 years as agronomist, plant breeder, and director of the Montana State University’s Eastern Agricultural Research Center (EARC), Sidney, Dr. Jerry Bergman has retired from the MSU university system effective Dec. 31. Bergman has accepted a permanent position with the Williston Research Extension Center (WREC) as director of the facility, a position he has held on a part time basis for the past 18 years. Bergman began his duties with WREC on Jan. 1 and will oversee dryland and i...
Richland County Conservation District is currently taking applications for their conservation cost share program. The program is in its second year with funding for the program provided by the Richland County Commissioners. In 2011, landowners were able to improve irrigation systems, drill water wells for livestock, install stockwater tanks, fences and pipelines and plant trees with this program. The District is targeting landowners that would like to implement conservation practices but they never rank well with the NRCS EQIP program due to...
In recognition of National Agriculture week (National Agriculture Day March 8, 2012), WIFE (Montana Women Involved in Farm Economics) invites Montana’s school children to express their ideas on farm life by participating in WIFE’s 26th statewide calendar art contest. Winning entries grades K-8 will be awarded a cash prize at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place levels in each grade’s division. Winners whose pictures are used will also receive a calendar. All entries are to be done horizontally on 8 ½ x 11” white paper with dark, black lead pencil o...
We all remember West Nile, a virus passed to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes. Because this disease was new to the human population, we did not have antibodies for it. Some people caught the virus and never knew it as their bodies could handle it; others became mildly ill, and a few people who caught the virus became quite sick. A handful of people died from this disease. Well, it is now the turn of our canine companions to go through the same process. Canine influenza is spreading...
In one of my columns early last summer I mentioned there was an effort by some parents to organize a 4-H youth group which would focus its studies and activities around horses. I am happy to report such a group has been formally organized. Currently, it involves approximately a dozen young, enthusiastic boys and girls who reside in areas from Ray to Williston. Judging from the first two meetings, the young members are very eager to learn about the care and training of horses. As with any youth...
Boys never grow up; their toys just get bigger and more expensive. Or so says Dave Vanek, Billings, who delights in acquiring old tractors and then restoring these antiques to working condition. Vanek recently sold one of his three restored ‘toys’, a 1912 Case Steam Traction Engine, to Jerry Satra, Crane. “I bought this Case Steam Traction Engine (tractor) in 1987 from a family estate sale near Medicine Hat, Alberta,” Vanek remarks of the tractor now in Crane. “I restored it in 1989 and took...
