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Stockman Asset Management (SAM), an independent Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and leading provider of integrated wealth management solutions based in Billings has acquired Peak Investment Management, Ltd. (Peak). Peak is also an RIA firm based in Missoula. The two firms, with the combination of their “client-first” philosophies, investment products, wealth management services, tenured portfolio managers and back-office operations, now offer their services on a larger scale with convenient locations in Helena, Missoula, Conrad and Bil...
Recap on the 2016 Disease Survey This summer the Williston Research Extension Center started a scouting program with support from the Northern Pulse Growers Association (NPGA). The support by the NPGA provided funds for a full time crop scout, Adam Carlson NDSU student, to survey fields in Williams, Divide, Mountrail, McKenzie, and Burke. The program was for peas and lentils, which was successful at detecting several diseases this summer and determining their distribution across the region....
ONEOK presented a $4,000 check to four Close Up school groups on Tuesday, Sept. 27th at ONEOK offices south of Sidney. The donation was made to support Close Up participants from Sidney, Williston, Watford City, and Killdeer high schools. Close Up was founded in 1971, and is a non-profit, non-partisan citizenship education organization whose mission is to inform, inspire, and engage young people for a lifetime of civic participation in a democratic government. Students are taken on a week long...
Alec Lovegren runs the ball toward a 21-7 Sidney victory over the Laurel Locomotives. The Eagles will be celebrating Homecoming this Friday when the Billings Central Rams come to town. (Picture by Kathy Johnson.)...
Tickets are still available for the Eighth Annual Oktoberfest at the MonDak Heritage Center in Sidney, Montana. Presented by The MonDak Heritage Center and Northeastern Arts Network, this year’s event is Friday, October 7, 7:00 pm. Proceeds will provide funding for the continuing presentation of Live Music at the MonDak Heritage Center and area schools by MDHC and NAN. This year’s celebration features music from John Roberts Y Pan Blanco. John began playing the piano at the age of 5 while living on an isolated ranch in Southeastern Montana. The...
Kiwanis fruit will be available for pickup this weekend at Johnson Hardware’s warehouse, 204 3rd Ave. NE from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday and 11 am to 4 pm on Sunday. Fruit may also be picked up at Johnson Hardware and Furniture, Central Ave., Sidney....
The Sidney Kiwanis Club held its installation of officers last Thursday. Pictured back row, L to R, are board member Bill Vander Weele, 2nd vice president Bryce Baker, board members Keith Bostrom, Leslie Messer and Gary Schoepp. Front row, L to R, are treasurer Tami Christensen, 1st vice president Brian McGinnis, president Jamie Larson and secretary Cheryl Moran. Not pictured are board members Jennifer Blekestad and Leif Anderson....
The Roundup will be sponsoring Harvest Days, Oct. 19th – 28th, as a way to celebrate and honor those in the agricultural industry. Stop by participating businesses to enter for a chance to win $500 in gift certificates, and while there, take a minute to admire some local talent. Richland County Boys & Girls Club members and students in the MonDak Heritage Center’s Wednesday afternoon enrichment classes will be entering fall and harvest related artwork for a chance to win six weeks of enr...
A new herbicide tolerant trait for sugarbeet seed will be on the market in the next seven to ten years. KWS SAAT SE and Monsanto Company have partnered in the last year to develop a trait for beet seed that is tolerant to herbicides containing the active ingredients of glyphosate, glufosinate, and dicamba. Having a range of herbicides to use allows farmers to combat weeds that may become resistant to Roundup. The Monsanto Company produces a variety of fruit, vegetable, and crop seeds that...
Three Richland County ranchers have been elected to be delegates at the 133rd annual American Angus Association Convention of Delegates. Dale Vitt, Chad Denowh, and Michael Denowh will be three of the 17 delegates that represent the state of Montana. The Convention of Delegates is part of the 2016 Angus Convention, which is being held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 5th – 7th. The American Angus Association is the largest beef breed organization, serving more than 2...
With 4-H sign-ups right around the corner, what better way to inform people about the organization than to talk to someone who has been and continues to be involved? Seth Prevost has been a member of the 3 Buttes 4-H Club for eight years and has taken on projects such as breeding beef, steers, lambs, woodworking, cooking, speech and demonstration, and small grains. Prevost initially decided to join because his brothers and sisters had been involved with 4-H, but also because he’s always liked a...
Montana State University’s College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station will honor the state and university’s agricultural legacy during the annual Celebrate Agriculture weekend, set for Nov. 10-12 on the MSU campus. The annual event is open to the public. MSU Vice President of Agriculture Charles Boyer said the event has a meaningful history that mirrors the state’s cornerstone agricultural industry. “As Montana’s flagship land-grant university, with its roots in agriculture, our successes today wouldn’t be what they a...
FBNews, the online/digital newsletter of the American Farm Bureau Federation, this week began posting responses from the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees on a range of issues that concern farmers and ranchers the most. AFBF asked Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump the same questions. Both candidates explained their positions on biotechnology, trade, immigration reform, regulatory reform, food safety and more. “The fact that the candidates took the time in the middle of this very competitive e...
October 2nd – 8th is National 4-H Week, and this provides an excellent opportunity to learn more about the largest out-of-school youth development program in Montana. 4-H is an Extension program that gives kids the chance to learn-by-doing in a positive environment with adult mentors to guide them. It is unique in that members direct their own 4-H path, choosing what projects they become involved in based on interest and skill. While rural involvement is huge, 4-H isn’t just for those fam...
On Sunday, Aug. 21, phones started ringing. David Haverkamp placed a call to Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) stating that they had noticed water bubbling out of the ground partway down the 45' – 50' embankment that served as the main irrigation canal's outside wall. A ditch rider was sent out, who first called Project Manager James Brower, and when he didn't answer, called the watermaster, Pat Micheletto. Micheletto then called Brower to tell him that the canal had breached. The 7...
The 2016 MSU Pest Management Tour is designed as a last chance opportunity for private applicators to obtain recertification credits before the January 1deadline in PAT region 4 (eastern MT). Each program will offer 3 private applicator recertification credits for attending either the morning or afternoon sessions. A private applicator may also wish to attend both sessions to accumulate 6 recertification credits. Commercial/government applicator credits will also be offered. Day 3 – Wednesday October 5th Sidney: Extension Office, 1499 N. C...
A new Montana State University Extension bulletin, Soil Nutrient Management for Canola, offers suggested soil nutrient management practices based on regional research. The key to nutrient management for optimal canola yield is to select the right fertilizer source, the right rate, the right placement and the right timing for an operation, known as the “4R” concept, according to Clain Jones, co-author and Extension soil fertility specialist in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University. “These are u...
Glendive, MT is home to a new pulse crop receiving and transportation facility, established by ITC International Inc. Based out of Canada, ITC International Inc. provides a diverse range of pulse crop products to 20 – 25 markets, and partnered with the Montana Department of Agriculture and Mid-Rivers' Community Resource Specialist Kathy McLane, to establish the pulse crop facility which opened August 8, 2016. Additionally, they worked closely with MSU Extension, BNSF Railway, and local p...
