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Each day many people face personal challenges which may seem overwhelming to them. In the midst of these challenges is often adversity and hardship. Do you ever wonder why it is that some people seem to handle their challenges “better” than others? Or why some people can look at the positive aspects of what might, to others, look like a negative situation? It might surprise you to know that some sources state that we are all born with an amazing strength to keep positive during difficult times. This inner strength, however, can become hid...
The American Red Cross, through its strong network of volunteers, donors and partners, is always there in times of need. If you want to turn compassion into action, volunteer and make a difference every day! Please stop by the Red Cross educational booth at the Richland County Event Center during the Community Health Fair on March 12th and 13th. Important information will be available about the Red Cross and Red Cross disaster action teams. Local Red Cross volunteers will be happy to explain how things work at Red Cross and what’s expected o...
Have you made any plans for March 12 or 13? No? Then drop by at Richland County’s Event Center for the 2013 Richland County Health Fair. This year’s Health Fair will bring about information, activities, fun and food! Is there a better combination? The theme of the upcoming fair is Farm-to-Table and couldn’t come at a better time. Consuming ‘real’ foods, such as unprocessed fruits, vegetables, meats and milk provides us with carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals we need for a healthy d...
TOPS Club, Inc. is the original, nonprofit, weight-loss support and wellness education organization. Our program is scientifically proven and has helped millions over the last 60+ years. TOPS promotes successful, affordable weight management with a hands-on pounds-off® approach that combines: 1. healthy eating 2. regular physical activity 3. wellness information 4. awards and recognition 5. support from others at weekly chapter meetings The Sidney chapter meets every Thursday from 5-6, at Crestwood. Weigh-in is 5-5:30 with the meeting following...
This year at the Richland County Health Fair the Injury Prevention Team will be distributing information regarding personal safety in our community. The team will have handouts that will guild the community in how to make small changes in your lifestyle to keep you safer. They will also have handouts for customized safety tips for older adults. The Injury Prevention Team will also be teaming up with law enforcement to help bring awareness of the dangers of “Distracted Driving”. Last year the...
Yes, we are all told we need to get more exercise, right? The list of reasons that we can find as to why we don’t exercise is long. On that list is sometimes that exercise is boring, not fun, or too hard. For the people in the Sidney area, this is no longer true. A dynamic, exciting, exhilarating and effective fitness system has hit us. It is ZUMBA. The ZUMBA program is a Latin-inspired, dance-fitness class that incorporates Latin and international music and dance movements, creating the f...
Learn about the behind the scenes investigational work of a disease that is occurring in Montana. Stop by the Richland County Health department booth during the Community Health Fair on March 12 th & March 13th to learn the clues about illness prevention!...
With the oil boom people are seeing many changes, some positive and some negative. When it comes to the agricultural community, there are many concerns regarding the land. The McKenzie County Soil Conservation District and the Natural Resources Conservation Service are actively trying to address the many concerns and issues that are being seen. They have had a few public input sessions to find out what the main concerns are. They have done prior sessions regarding other topics, but this time...
The 27th Annual KUMV-TV Farm & Ranch Show will be held March 12th and 13th at the Raymond Family Community Center in Williston, ND. With over 30,000 square feet of indoor exhibit space, there will be about 70 different exhibitors. So you can expect to see the latest in agricultural technology and equipment, along with all areas of farming. The exhibit will be open Tuesday from 9 am until 6 pm and Wednesday from 9 am until 5 pm. The Cattlewomen will once again be in charge of concessions,...
Area farmers and ranchers will learn how to save the family farm for the next generation at a farm and ranch meeting hosted by Rocky Mountain College, March 20, 2013, from 7:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon, in the Great Room of Prescott Hall. “The speakers at this meeting are addressing issues that are very important to farmers and ranchers in Montana and Wyoming. The topics are relevant to our everyday lives,” said Sam’s Club Manager and landowner Cody Mitchell, who is also a sponsor for the event. Dr. Marsha Goetting will speak about the legal implica...
Researchers, extension personnel and local growers gathered together to discuss the latest information regarding Pulse crops at the MonDak Pulse Day which was held Feb. 20th. Many discussions were held covering various topics concerning Pulse crops including: weed control, diseases, management, dry bean production and soil quality and health. One of the featured speakers was Dr. Rosalind Bueckert. Dr. Bueckert is a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the Plant Science Department who f...
University of Montana scientists, including Regents Professor of Ecology Steve Running, recently published the cover story for the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on satellite-based drought monitoring. The group, including Qiaozhen Mu, Maosheng Zhao, John Kimball and Running, all from UM, and Nathan McDowell from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, developed a satellite-sensed global drought severity index. Accurate mapping and monitoring of drought severity worldwide is needed as water becomes a more valuable and scarce...
Four members and leaders of Richland County 4-H program participated in the 14th bi-annual 4-H legislative breakfast in Helena, Mt on January 22nd. They were Holly Bouchard and Sierra Osborne of the Richland Rockets 4-H club, Taylor Schepens of the Brorson Farmhands 4-H club, and leader Kathy Helmuth of the Lambert Hi-Liters 4-H Club. The Breakfast is sponsored by the Montanans for 4-H, an all-volunteer group of concerned citizens. The 4-H legislative breakfast is one of the best-attended in Helena. This year, a majority of egislators attended...
The Montana Farm Bureau wants to remind all producers, their families and employees that Agricultural Safety Awareness Week is slated for March 3-9. This year’s theme “Agricultural Safety: Your Best Investment,” emphasizes that farmers need to make safety a priority as they prepare to plant crops. Making safety a priority on the farm and ranch can save both lives and resources by preventing accidents, injuries and lost time, according to Gene Surber, co-coordinator of the Montana Ag Safety Program. “It cannot be over emphasized how importa...
The state Agriculture and Game and Fish departments have launched a cooperative project to connect coyote hunters and trappers with landowners who would like to reduce coyote populations in their area. Called the “Coyote Catalog,” the project creates an online database similar to what the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has used for the past several years to match deer hunters with farmers/ranchers who wanted to reduce deer populations on their land. Registration Landowners can sign up via the North Dakota Department of Agr...
The MonDak Stockgrowers Association and the Foundation for Community Care held a Cattlemen’s Ball on Feb. 23 at the Richland Co. Fair Event Center. The event preliminarily grossed over $33,000 to be donated to the Foundation for Community Care and the American Heart Association. Above Staci Miller from the Foundation for Community Care speaks to attendees....
A Bozeman biofuels start-up is partnering with Montana State University in an effort to turn a fungus discovered in the highly acidic hot springs of Yellowstone National Park into sustainable energy. The discovery a fungus pulled from a geyser basin in 2009 and now dubbed MK7 came from research allowed under a permit MSU has on file with the National Park Service. MSU filed a patent on MK7. Funded by a Small Business Innovation and Research grant from the National Science Foundation, Mark Kozubal and his start-up company, Sustainable Bioproduct...
Ranching resilience will be the focus of this year’s Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum in Bozeman. The conference will begin in the afternoon of Tuesday, April 9, and run through the morning of Wednesday, April 10, at the GranTree Inn, 1325 N. 7th Avenue. Jude Capper, a sustainability consultant and adjunct professor of animal sciences at Washington State University, will give the keynote address, speaking on “How Do We Maintain U.S. Beef Production Sustainability and Resilience Moving Toward 2050?” Other conference speakers will...
Private Applicator Certification Sessions are being offered for people needing to be certified or recertified as a private pesticide applicator. Those purchasing and/or applying “restricted use” pesticides for private use are required to have a private applicator’s license. There is a $25 charge to be certified for 3 years in both the general and fumigation categories. The upcoming sessions will be held as follows: March 6th Alexander City Hall beginning at 9:30 am CT, March 12th at Cartw...
The 30th annual KATQ Northeast Montana Farm Expo will be held in Plentywood at the Sheridan County Civic Center March 15th and 16th. The hours are 9-5 on Friday and 9-4 on Saturday. Fifty vendors from the northern plains states as well as Saskatchewan and Alberta will exhibit their products. Starting out the activities will be a Farm and Ranch Appreciation Breakfast Friday morning from 7:00-8:30. Tickets for this event are free, but there is a limited number and attendees must pick up their free tickets from KATQ studios, 112 3rd Ave....
Signup for Farm Service Agency’s Direct and Counter Cyclical Program and the Average Crop Revenue Election Program during the 2013 crop year began on February 19, 2013. The signup deadline for the 2013 ACRE program is June 3 and signup for the DCP program is August 2, 2013. Producers have a new election opportunity for the ACRE or DCP program. Farms enrolled in ACRE at the end of the 2012 crop year are allowed to make a new election between ACRE or DCP in 2013. Producers who choose to participate in either the revenue-based ACRE safety net o...
The farm management team at North Dakota State University has released its projected crop budgets for 2013. The budgets for each crop are in a pamphlet form which includes spring wheat, durum, malting barley, corn grain, oil sunflowers, canola, flax, field peas, oats, lentils, yellow mustard, safflower, buckwheat, millet, chickpeas, winter wheat, and rye. Except for oats, all the budgets listed for northwest North Dakota show positive returns to labor and management. Corn, yellow mustard, chickp...
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...
Aaron Krauter, State Executive Director of North Dakota’s USDA Farm Service Agency reminds producers to purchase FSA’s Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program coverage for non-insurable crops. “Crop insurance is an important risk management tool for farmers, but it’s not available for all crops. That’s why NAP is so important,” said Krauter. NAP is a federally funded program that provides coverage to producers for non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occurs due to natural disasters. Crops eligible fo...
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 placing second, Obergfell placing sixth, and Duran...
