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The Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture held a ribbon cutting Monday morning for Fink Family Chiropractic in the Village Square Mall....
In the 7th Grade football game against Stanley, the Wolves defeated the Blue Jays 20-6. The Blue Jays held the Wolves scoreless with a score of 29-0 in Friday night’s last regular season home game....
Local Hunters Jim Zueger and Blake Olson hunted elk in Canada September 12-16 east of Lloydminster by Turtleford. The elk pictured above weighed approximately 1,100 lbs. each and both are considered to be in the 390 class. Olson was able to set up this hunting trip by searching online for guide services. “ You can get a hunting guide through an outfitter book or other ways would be word of mouth, talking about hunting with other hunters about where to go, then keep inquiring about it,” Ols...
Pictured is Camden Berka age 14 hunting pheasants and deer in Sidney Montana fall of 2011. Berka is a freshman at Sidney High School....
Sidney native Jim Miller has returned to Richland County as the game warden for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The Sidney High School graduate brings a wealth of experience with him having been stationed in Missoula, Glendive, Forsyth, West Yellowstone, Livingston and Gardiner. His transfer to Richland County was effective July 1. Miller will also be responsible for parts of McCone County and will help out statewide wherever he is needed. Miller’s main focus will be to work on and maintain landowner/sportsman relationships. He wishes to b...
With many Montana counties operating under emergency fire restrictions, hunters need to know that some private landowners and Block Management Area cooperators may be reluctant to offer hunting access until weather conditions improve. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks urges hunters to check in with the nearest regional FWP office before making final plans. Meanwhile, all hunters must be prepared to prevent wildfire statewide. "Hunters have a responsibility to be fire conscious," said Ron Aasheim, FWP spokesman in Helena. "It is a matter of human...
Kaleb Jimison poses with this nice 4x4, 150 class whitetail. It was shot opening day of bow season on an island in the Yellowstone River near Sidney....
Montana's outdoor crime-stopper help line, TIP-MONT, has a new online option to report poachers and other hunting-season violators. Now alert citizens can report poaching and violations of hunting regulations by going to the FWP website at fwp.mt.gov. Click "TIP-MONT" to use the online report form. "TIP-MONT online is best used to report observations that might help solve a violation that has already occurred," said Brian Shinn, FWP's TIP-MONT coordinator. "The TIP-MONT toll-free number-1-800-TIP-MONT or 1-800-847-6668-is the best way to...
This time of year, it's often hard to tell who's more "birdy"-hunters or their dogs. And now, with the advent of Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters opening gates for up to 17,000 acres of walk-in game bird hunting, it's clearly a tossup. Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters is a pilot program that targets productive game bird habitats enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program for access and habitat protection. Landowners receive payment for allowing walk-in hunting for game birds during fall seasons on tracts of up to 160 acres of CRP and, in...
Most of Montana's upland game bird hunting seasons are underway, but many experienced hunters-and their trusty retrievers and pointers- are hoping for good shooting and cooler days ahead. In most areas of Montana, Montana wing-shooters should find the state rather accommodating with fair to good game bird populations and some pockets of very good hunting potential. Montana's upland game bird hunting seasons generally run through Jan. 1, 2013. The exception is the sage grouse season, which closes Nov. 1. Montana's pheasant season opens Oct. 6...
There sure is a lot of gray hair. I just attended a recent habitat dedication with my family and the first thing my boys stated when we got into the car was, "Wow, everyone is so old!" Of course to them, 30 is old, but the boys are right, besides my wife and I only one other couple was there that was under the age of 50. I work with many conservation and hunting organizations throughout Montana and unfortuantely, I see a lot of gray hair and very few people under 40. Recently, as reported in the...
Beet harvest 2012 began last week, starting with Culbertson on Thursday, followed by Sugar Valley and the factory on Friday. South station openings were delayed due to excessive heat. Plans are to have those open by mid week. All stations were closed over the weekend. Staggering the start dates gives Sidney Sugars’ staff the opportunity to make sure each station is running properly especially with all the new workers each year. The factory needs a couple of stations open in order to start p...
The Montana Farm Bureau has expressed strong dismay that S. 3412, the Middle Class Tax Cut Act, passed recently in a 51-48 vote. The state’s largest agricultural organization noted that if anything, the legislation isn’t going to help, but harm, family business and especially family farms and ranches. The bill did not include any extension for the estate tax rate, meaning in 2013, the death tax will increase from 35 percent to 55 percent, and the estate tax deduction will decrease from $5 million to $1 million with no spousal transfer. “Mo...
The Montana Make It With Wool contest is coming up soon! The contest’s objectives are: to promote the beauty and versatility of wool fabric and yarns, encourage personal creativity, recognize creative skills and develop life skills. Make plans now to enter this exciting contest. The District 5 contest will be held in Sidney, MT on Thursday, October 18. The contest is open to everyone living in District 5 and includes the categories: Pre-Teen – 12 and under, Juniors – 17-24, Adults age 25 and older, Made for Others (any age), Wearable Acces...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has designated an additional four counties in North Dakota as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the recent drought. Benson, Billings, Eddy and Ramsey Counties were added to the list of disaster designated counties. The complete list of primary natural disaster areas includes Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bowman, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Griggs, Logan, Lamoure, McIntosh, Nelson, Ransom, Ramsey, Slope, Steele, Stutsman, and Traill. In addition, farmers...
MSU Extension and the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics will offer a conference entitled "Agriculture 2012: A Changing Landscape" from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 in Bozeman. The conference will provide agricultural business leaders, bankers, producers, and others in agriculture with information from experts on agricultural policy, livestock and grain markets, and the Montana economy, addressing current issues facing Montana agricultural producers. The speakers are: George Haynes on the status of Montana and U.S. agricult...
If you or someone you know is experiencing issues with low vision, consider some ways to help yourself or that person with food preparation. “Mom, I can read the sign across the street!” my 9-year-old daughter exclaimed as she stepped outside wearing her purple-framed glasses for the first time. A few weeks prior to that day, she came home from school with a note after a vision screening. We needed to make an appointment with an optometrist. She wasn’t able to see 20/20 and was having trouble reading the whiteboard at school. Both my husba...
Josie Evenson started her duties as Richland County Extension agent in charge of 4-H on Wednesday, September 5. Although this is her first professional position, she brings extensive experience with 4-H having interned at both the State and Lake County 4-H offices the past five years. Evenson received her Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Education with an emphasis on extension from MSU. Evenson is excited to be in Sidney and is looking forward to meeting everyone involved with 4-H....
Registration is now open for the Young Ag Leadership Conference (YALC), set to take place October 5-7 at the Holiday Inn & Convention center in Great Falls, MT. The YALC is a collaborative effort between eight 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 ages 18-40 and interested or involved in any facet of agriculture is encouraged to attend. The conference i...
(ARA) - Deer are beautiful, graceful animals, we cannot deny it. But when it comes to where deer decide to dine, most of us just don't want them outside our windows foraging through our foliage. Their beauty and grace comes with the destruction - even devastation - of our well-cared-for and often expensive landscaped yards and gardens. If you think your yard is out of the woods since summer's over, think again. Deer damage can actually get worse in fall and winter. We know deer can do extensive...
Montana’s growing biofuels industry is vital to our state economy, our energy independence and our nation’s security. But the growth of this industry is threatened by efforts to undermine or eliminate the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “We’ve seen Montana-grown and Montana-produced biofuels power commercial and military jets, trains and commuter buses,” said Chris Christiaens, legislative and project specialist for the Montana Farmers Union. “We are just at the beginning stages of exploring Montana’s potential in this area, which is enormous. B...
As cows and bulls are rounded up for fall sorting, some are sorted for sale, so it is very important to remember that cull cows and bulls are market beef and should be treated as such. Market groups need to be sorted and appropriately presented to the market. This summer, the “Executive Summary: The 2011 National Beef Quality Audit” was released by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. This audit provides a cross-sectional review of the entire beef business. It confirms that the beef industry has been responsive to previous audits and has...
My old friend CJ Hadley, long-time publisher of Range Magazine has done another great service to our industry by publishing her newest Special Report, this one on sage grouse. It’s an insert in her Summer edition of Range Magazine and highlights the most recent attempt by environmental extremists to use the Endangered Species Act as a club to whack Westerners over the head and steal their land. According to Carolyn Dufurrena, the lead author of CJ’s Special Report, “FWS says that to protect the sage grouse from extinction, the minimum effec...
On Oct. 1, the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) will release Big Sky Boots: Working Seasons of a Montana Cowboy, a coffee table photography book featuring the work of MSGA's multimedia outreach specialist, Lauren Chase. Chase has spent the past year and a half gathering photographs for the book, traveling in sunshine and snow to ranches across Montana. The book takes the reader on a journey through a year in the life of Montana's cowboys-through calving, branding, and shipping, and everything in between. Six ranchers and cowboys from...
While much of the plains wheat was spared from the extreme heat and drought plaguing the late-season crops, the winter wheat area of South Dakota is quite dry going into seeding, and other areas also are short on moisture. Protecting winter wheat from competition for scarce moisture, and using tools that can save time, will be essential this fall. The winter wheat planted on so many of the prevent-plant acres after the floods of 2011 beat the heat of 2012 and yielded well, says Chad Effertz, herbicide development manager for Arysta...
