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North Dakota State University’s Extension Service veterinarian urges people to protect themselves and their animals against rabies. Rabies is a fatal viral infection that kills an estimated 35,000-50,000 people and millions of animals around the world each year, according to NDSU Extension veterinarian Charlie Stoltenow. The most common way to get rabies is from a bite of an animal with the disease. Infection through fresh wounds or mucous membranes is less likely but possible, Stoltenow says. Recently, a bat with rabies was reported in M...
The Richland County, McKenzie County and Williams County Extension offices will once again offer the Bovine Connection, scheduled this year for Dec. 1-2 at the Extension office in Sidney. “We have the dates set, but we do not have the agenda finalized yet,” says Richland County Extension Agent Tim Fine. “This two-day event held every second year for beef cattle producers and associated Ag businesses alternates every second year between Sidney, Williston and Watford City. This year it’s Sidney...
For most homeowners weed control in lawns is normally done in the spring as the dandelions begin to appear. Although spring application of herbicides probably catches us in a better mood, fall applications are really quite effective, especially if a systemic product is used. I say this with a bit of hesitation because the most common herbicide used (2,4-D) is not translocated throughout the plants vascular system, including roots. The herbicide, 2,4-D, is simply a contact product which kills onl...
With all the flooding regional people have seen over the course of the past several months, protecting our precious water from contamination can become a major concern. Even without flooding issues, preserving the quality and the availability of our groundwater is of paramount importance to everyone. Considering 95% of all available fresh water comes from aquifers, and surface water bodies are connected to groundwater, good stewardship makes sense. Jon Reiten, Montana Bureau of Mines and...
It’s been a disappointing crop year for everyone. Yields are down, and in many cases quality also is not up to usual standards. Overall, this will not be a banner year for anyone, sugarbeet growers included. “Our last root sample taken last month was 16 tons, and last year at the same time it was 24 tons,” says Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugars agricultural manager. “We’re expecting a 22-23 tons per acre crop, which is definitely not a record crop year.” He adds, “Other crops didn’t do so well eith...
Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, the Clantons and the famous shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona territory lives on in legend and myth and has defined our perceptions of the American West. The legend makes a great story and wonderful movies, but most of what we think we know about the famous shootout, the Earps, the Clantons, and Tombstone itself isn’t true. The shootout didn’t even occur at the OK Corral, incidentally. In his very readable, interesting book, The Last Gunfight: The Rea...
Gearing up to finish last minute fall chores can mean digging in new fence posts, trenching in a water line, moving a bush or shrub using a backhoe, installing a sprinkler system, or any one of a dozen tasks that mean digging a hole of one sort or another. Both Montana and North Dakota law states that any kind of digging requires location of underground utilities prior to taking that first shovelful of earth. This includes people using any type of tool, equipment, or explosive while grading, tre...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that it has no intention to propose new regulations governing the transport of agricultural products. The agency also released guidance designed to make sure states clearly understand the common sense exemptions that allow farmers, their employees, and their families to accomplish their day-to-day work and transport their products to market. After hearing from concerned farmers earlier this year, FMCSA initiated this review to make sure s...
Severe drought in the southern U.S., coupled with extreme wet conditions in the upper Midwest, is creating situations in which North Dakota veterinarians and livestock owners may see health problems not normally found in the state. “There is unprecedented movement of cattle across the country,” says North Dakota State University Extension Service Veterinarian Charlie Stoltenow. “Livestock owners may see signs in their cattle that they have not seen before. If they do, they should contact their veterinarian right away and have the animal exami...
Twelve food processors and importers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are at Northern Crops Institute (NCI) to learn more about the use and marketing of dry pea-based ingredients in food products. The course is co-sponsored by USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council. “USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council (USADPLC) is pleased to once again team up with Northern Crops Institute in order to educate food processors and distributors on the uses of pea flour and pea fractionates in processed foods,” says Pete Klaiber, USADPLC Dir...
Pesticide experts will go on tour Oct. 3-7 to help Eastern Montanans renew their private pesticide applicator licenses before the end of the year. Private citizens who wish to purchase, use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides on land they own, rent or lease need a private applicator license. Private applicators in Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Treasure, Valley and Wibaux counties need to recertify by the end of 2011, said Cecil...
