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The Sidney FFA Varsity Mechanics team of (L-R) Ethan Chamberlain, Duran Vigesaa, Jimmy Topp and Travis Obergfell (far right) receive a first place plaque from the Career Development event host Culbertson FFA President Ty Handy. Nine various skills/aptitude areas were tested of 33 students from nine schools. This Sidney FFA team continued tradition by winning this mechanical event for the ninth year in a row. Sidney FFA members also placed individually with Topp placing first, Chamberlain...
A few weeks ago I wrote about corn being one of the most profitable crops for northwest North Dakota according to the recently released 2013 crop budget of North Dakota State University. Then Rick Bieber of Trail City, South Dakota spoke during the Wheat Show explaining how corn and the crops worked so well in his no-till cropping system. He gave corn a lot of credit for his farm’s profitability. Also, about this time, I received research reports of Williston and Minot and found two-year d...
Target Logistics held a ribbon cutting Feb. 21 at their new Watford City location. Pictured, cneter, (L-R) are Target Logistics Vice President Travis Kelly, McKenzie County Commissioners Chair Ronald A. Anderson and Watford City Chamber of Commerce President Kristen Bolken. (Photo by Roger Riveland)...
Montana Farmers Union (MFU) President Alan Merrill and 15 MFU members will travel to the National Farmers Union convention in being held March 2-5, 2013, Springfield, MA. The group includes seven delegates who will help shape the direction of the organization’s national public policy. Delegates include Brett Dailey, Jordan, MFU board representative; Erik Somerfeld, Power, MFU board representative; Terry Anvik, Fairview; Doug Crabtree, Helena; Will Downs, Molt; and Sarah Eisenzimer, Lincoln, youth delegate. Other MFU members joining President M...
As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction today netted $11,433,090 in revenues from the sale of 25 Federal leases, totaling 2,831.38 acres, in North Dakota. The quarterly sale took place at the BLM’s Montana State Office in Billings. The highest single-parcel bid was $1,596,000 submitted by Slawson Exploration Company, Inc. of Wichita, Kan., for an 80-acre parcel located in Mountrail county. This sam...
Junior High students from East Fairview, Alexander, Johnson Corners Christian Academy and Watford City competed in MATHCOUNTS, the annual nationwide math program for junior high school students on February 12th, according to Carol Kieson, McKenzie County Superintendent of Schools, local program coordinator. The MATHCOUNTS program aims to help improve student interest and ability in mathematic. They have targeted junior high students, who are at a crucial stage in sustaining and developing math...
