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In the spirit of Co-op Month, Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Association (LYREA) will be holding its annual coat and food drive through the entire month of October. With the increases in the price of food and necessities, there is an overwhelming need for help. It’s a great time of the year to clean out your closets and find any winter gear such as hats, gloves, scarves, mittens, boots, snowsuits, or coats that are no longer used. You may also drop off any monetary donations (please make checks payable to Richland County Food Bank), n...
Bishop Ryan’s defense proved to be too much for Watford City as the Wolves fell to the Lions 40-6 in Friday night’s match up on their home field. Above: Derrike Hayden #89 attempts to catch against a Ryan defender. (Photo by Kathy Taylor)...
Eagle Foundation (formerly known as the Sidney Community Education Foundation) and the family Resource Center have teamed together to sponsor the fourth annual Kids First! Carnival this Fall. Both groups focus on children, families, and education, so it is a perfect partnership and an appropriate activity on which to coordinate our efforts. The carnival will be held Saturday, October 26, from 10-2 at the Richland County Fairgrounds. We have invited any groups from around the area that work with the youth in any way to sponsor a booth. These gro...
Warren Froelich retired from serving the public as Williams County Extension agent the end of August. He started his career June 5, 1967 as a trainee in Jamestown, spent several years in various locations in North Dakota, and ended up in Williston in March of 1981. Reflecting on his years, Froelich said the biggest changes have come in agriculture, not in what extension does. “Extension still serves in a diverse capacity, serving the needs of its clientele. The primary objectives of the staff of the Williams County Extension office has been f...
Amanda Radke, blogger, author, Ag advocate and fifth-generation rancher from Mitchell, SD., will be the guest speaker on January 9th, 2014 at the Ag Days banquet in Sidney, MT. Radke grew up on her family’s purebred Limousin cattle operation in SD and is currently active in the day to day operations along side her husband Tyler and her parents. She became active in advocacy for the U.S. beef industry at a young age and continued her passion at South Dakota State University, where she obtained a...
The annual sugar beet harvest began this next week beginning with Culbertson, Savage and the factory yard on Monday, September 30; Sugar Valley and Pleasantview on Tuesday, October 1 and Powder River on October 2. The factory started processing beets on October 1. According to Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugars agricultural manager, if the weather is still too warm, there will be a controlled harvest to begin with, then it will be “full bore, as quickly as we can”. Sidney Sugars will have daily harvest reports on 660 KEYZ beginning September 30. The...
Nine businesses will receive Family Business Day awards at the 2013 Montana State University Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship State Farm Insurance Family Business Day, set for Friday, Oct. 11, at the Holiday Inn in Bozeman. The 2013 Family Business Day award winners are: Steamboat Dry Goods of Wolf Point in the very small business category (fewer than 10 employees); Buffalo Restoration of Bozeman in the small business category (10-30 employees); Spika Welding and Manufacturing of Lewistown in the medium business category...
Warren Froelich retired from serving the public as Williams County Extension agent the end of August. He started his career June 5, 1967 as a trainee in Jamestown, spent several years in various locations in North Dakota, and ended up in Williston in March of 1981. Reflecting on his years, Froelich said the biggest changes have come in agriculture, not in what extension does. “Extension still serves in a diverse capacity, serving the needs of its clientele. The primary objectives of the staff o...
This year there will be a Livestock Judging contest in conjunction with National 4-H Week. Livestock judging is a process where youth evaluate a class of either market or breeding animals based on the desired traits of that species. The contest will be held on October 12 at the Richland County Fairgrounds. The contest is open to all 4-H and FFA members who wish to participate. The registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. and the contest at 9:00 a.m. If there are any questions please contact the Richland County Extension Office at...
On Friday the Washington Department of Agriculture verified that a farmer’s alfalfa seeds indeed contain genetically engineered (GE) material. The farmer had never purchased genetically engineered seeds and the source for the contamination is still unknown. After the GE wheat contamination in Oregon this spring, an additional contamination case is raising major concerns for farmers whose export markets refuse to buy any GE crops due to customer resistance. “We are very concerned about another contamination of genetically engineered crops in...
The American Farm Bureau Federation today responded to the inflammatory tactics of three environmental activist organizations who have asked to intervene in AFBF’s recent privacy lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency. AFBF’s suit in federal court in Minnesota seeks to protect farmers’ and ranchers’ personal information from disclosure by EPA under the Freedom of Information Act. While AFBF did not oppose the groups’ request to intervene in the case, it filed a response objecting to the false accusations about poultry and lives...
Barley is a term that many of us correlate, depending on its use, with food, feed or drink; barley malt being the most widely used form world wide. It is part of the grass family and one of the most popular cereal crops. While grown in many regions, barley is a tender grain that must be handled with care, especially to earn improved malting qualities. That means more taste variances for us to sample at the local pub and the enhanced benefit of food production that comes from the genetic research...
Ag Days is undergoing a transformation to keep the area’s premier Ag event fresh and exciting for exhibitors and the public. The traditional two day show is being condensed into one day, Thursday, January 9, 2014. Organizers plan to kick off the day with the Chamber breakfast and then go right into the educational sessions which will focus on agronomic topics and livestock production. There will also be a tour, whether actual or virtual. The Richland County Fair Event Center will be filled with exhibitors from a wide area featuring the best i...
Often called the “mother grain,” quinoa has been used for food for at least 5,000 years. While at a nutrition conference, I tasted a delicious salad made with a grainlike food called quinoa (pronounced “keen-wah”) mixed with fresh vegetables. I decided to make a similar salad at home. Making the recipe, however, required a bit of a scavenger hunt at the grocery store, and the ingredients became a conversation piece. “Where do you suppose I’d find the quinoa?” I asked my husband as we meandered around a grocery store on our weekly grocery shopp...
MSU Extension will be holding again the Solid Finances series with topics ranging from identity theft, retirement planning to credit scores, long term care insurance and many more. Solid Finances is a free, webinar-based financial education series.This year, 16 sessions will be offered from September 2013 through April 2014. Not only is this series convenient to participate in, but also effective. Past viewers reported that the webinar-series provided them with knowledge and confidence to tackle...
Montana State University College of Agriculture experts will be co-hosting a seminar on the use of sensor-based technologies for precision agriculture on Oct. 24 at the Best Western Plus Heritage Inn in Great Falls. The seminar is organized as part of a project to educate and train wheat producers on how sensor-based technologies can increase the efficiency and profitability of their farm operations. Precision sensors enable farmers to develop crop-specific and site-specific nitrogen fertilizing recommendations to increase nitrogen use...
Dr. Jacobs of the Interlaken Centre, Waconia, MN was at Williston Saddlery mid August treating a Great Dane and a barrel racing horse using the ancient practice of acupuncture. The Interlaken Centre is probably the oldest veterinary practice devoted solely to acupuncture according to Dr. Jacobs. It was opened in 1983 by Dr. Ralph Johnson, a pioneer in animal acupuncture. Johnson was excited about the fact that he could heal an animal instead of just providing a “band aid”. Johnson’s son Blake jo...
The Montana Farmers Union (MFU) 88th Annual Meeting and Convention will be held October 18-19, 2013 in Great Falls at the Heritage Inn. “We have a great line-up of speakers this year who will educate our members on wide-ranging topics,” said MFU President Alan Merrill. “Information critical to Montanans will be offered throughout the convention.” The ACA – What you Need to Know about Health Care Implementation On Friday, October 18, beginning at 4:00 PM a panel of experts on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Montana will conv...
The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center (MCHF & WHC) is seeking nominations for the 2014 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame induction round. Every year, the MCHF & WHC honors living and historical figures that have made notable contributions to Montana’s western heritage. “We really want to encourage people from across Montana to get involved and help us identify those in their communities who are most deserving of inclusion in the Hall of Fame,” said Christy Stensland, executive director of the MCHF & WHC. “Nominations are open to...
Register now for the Young Ag Leadership Conference (YALC), set to take place October 11-13 at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. The YALC is a collaborative effort between nine of Montana’s agricultural organizations, offering attendees a chance to discuss current ag issues, take part in various workshops, meet with industry leaders and network with fellow young people who live Montana agriculture. Anyone aged 18-40 and interested or involved in any facet of agriculture is encouraged to attend. The conference is put together by a committee of r...
A conference hosted by Montana State University Extension and the MSU Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics – billed “Montana Agriculture in 2014: Prospects for Growth, Future Challenges and the Role of Cooperatives” and scheduled for Oct. 25 in Bozeman – will feature experts on agricultural policy, the Montana economy and livestock and grain markets. The conference, which is part of MSU’s Celebrate Agriculture weekend, will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Procrastinator Theater in MSU’s Strand Union Building. The program is...
Andy Carda of Lambert was the winner of the Sidney FFA 75th Birthday Drawing held during the Richland County Fair. Visitors to the Sidney FFA Chapter’s fair display “75 Years of Sidney FFA” signed up for the drawing. “Lucky”, Andy is presented with a gift certificate by chapter president Emily Schaff. The gift certificate was donated by Cross Petroleum of Sidney for $75 worth of gasoline or oil. The FFA chapter salutes Cross Petroleum, other businesses or individuals who assist this year’s celebration depicting Sidney FFAs 75 Years of youth dev...
