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Sidney, MT – MSU Extension Richland County and Parenting Montana are offering Active Parenting Classes. The school years of your child’s life can present many different changes and challenges, for you as a parent and your child. Active Parenting is a program created by Dr. Michael Popkin who is a parenting expert. The Active Parenting 4th Edition program is a six-session class designed to help parents learn about a variety of items such as teaching responsibility, encouraging school success, how to defuse power struggles, and much more. Cla...
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and an opportune time to increase awareness about the disease through social media, fundraising, screening events and by wearing pink at local sporting events. Statistics indicate that about one in eight U.S. women will develop breast cancer over the course of their lifetime. Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. In 2019, estimates predict about 30% of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancers. Early detection is the key to...
CHI St. Alexius Health Williston Medical Center identified a need for expanded orthopedic services and how purchasing a second orthopedic surgery bed would directly impact patients of this community immediately. September 9, 2019, ONEOK Community Investments granted the CHI St. Alexius Health Williston Foundation $15,000 toward this project. Purchasing a second orthopedic surgery bed would make a significant, positive impact on our patients and our staff. Currently, we utilize our orthopedic...
Ghouls and goblins galore, Halloween is a night of celebration for people of all ages. Whether young trick-or-treaters, or adult partygoers, Halloween is a time for friends and family to enjoy candy, costumes, and a night of make believe. Save the nightmares for the horror films, don’t engage in drunk driving. Each year, thousands of trick-or-treaters flock to the streets on Halloween night. Thousands of others head to local bars and restaurants to also partake in the merry-making. Don’t put yourself or another at risk by choosing to drink and...
Richland Economic Development Corp is pleased to announce that the Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) committee has awarded its seventeenth loan for the expansion of a business in Savage. Troy and Trent Prevost were approved for a loan to purchase Miller's Garbage Service from Jim and Rebecca Miller. Troy and Trent completed an application in partnership with his lead lender, Neil McWalter, of Merchants Bank of Fairview, and presented this project to the RLF committee for review. The funding request was...
As of Friday, October 18, Sidney Sugars agricultural manager Duane Peters estimated beet harvest at a third complete with some growers at 10% and others at 50%. The biggest factor in the disparity is the type of soil with the heavier ground retaining more moisture. "We've made good strides this week," Peters said. Frost shut down harvest Sunday and Monday to let the beets heal before heading into storage. With no damaged beets, the piles will hold in the long term and beets will process well....
Agriculture is the backbone of the MonDak region and it's time to celebrate this year's harvest with The Roundup's 16th annual Harvest Festival October 23 through November 2. Make It With Sugar Whip up your tastiest creations Friday, October 25 and bring them to Reese & Ray's IGA between 9 and 10 a.m. for a chance to win a $50 prize from Pifer's General Store, Cooks On Main, Johnson Hardware & Furniture, Ranger Lounge, Home Comforts or Barrett Pharmacy. Cooks also receive a bag of sugar for...
Scott Staffanson began farming in 1984 when he and his dad rented a farm. Thirty-five years later, he still carries on the farming tradition. This time he farms where his grandfather, Jesse Staffanson, homesteaded, which is located just five miles south of Sidney, Montana. The Staffansons farm around 265 acres and maintain a cow-calf operation. "We have a 140-acre pivot, and we flood irrigate 125 acres. We were fortunate we did not have any small grains this year," stated Scott. Scott now shares...
The Roundup held its 16th annual beet decorating contest last week and, as usual, the kids did an amazing job of turning a sugar beet into something fun. Special thanks go to Tim Neu and his staff at Super Valu for hosting the event and Powder Keg for providing $20, $15 and $10 gift cards, which excited both the kids and their parents....
Montana Farm Bureau members attending the organization’s 100th Annual Convention November 11-14 in Billings will have the opportunity to attend a variety of informative workshops. Those workshops will cover current topics of interest to farmers and ranchers including employment, rural broadband, mental health, estate planning, social media marketing and leadership. Bob Milligan, professor emeritus, Cornell University, is offering two separate workshops: one on hiring farm and ranch employees; the other concerning interpersonal relationships w...
Helena, MT – The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) has received a verified petition from 25 Montana oilseed growers to create an advisory committee. MDA will hold a listening session to receive additional grower input regarding the proposal in Great Falls on December 3. Meeting information is provided below. Oilseed Listening Session: December 3, 2019 – Great Falls, MT; 10 a.m. – Heritage Inn, Room 201 (1700 Fox Farm Rd.) Growers will have the opportunity to learn about the process for creating a commodity advisory committee and provide...
After being delayed a couple of weeks due to excess moisture, sugar beet harvest started in the afternoon of Monday, October 7 at the Scott Buxbaum farm north of Fairview. As both a grower and president of the Montana Dakota Beet Growers Association, Buxbaum talked about the harvest and negotiations with Sidney Sugars during a short break from digging last Wednesday morning. Harvest has been sporadic with a couple of days of digging, followed by a shutdown caused by slippery conditions at the...
Washington – Agricultural producers now can enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs – two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) safety net programs – for the 2020 crop year. Meanwhile, producers who enrolled farms for the 2018 crop year have started receiving more than $1.5 billion for covered commodities for which payments were triggered under such programs. “These two programs provide income support to help producers manage the ups and downs in revenues and prices,” said Richard Fordyce, Administr...
This year's harvest has been difficult for farmers all across the MonDak area. This is due to continuous rainfall plaguing farmers' attempts at combining. This type of weather puts a big damper on harvest and causes sprout damage, quality/yield loss, and an overall delay in harvest, which has the farmers paying more than they are earning. Just for the month of September Williston, North Dakota received so much rain that it is now their wettest September on record. Although rain seems to be a...
Everybody has a job in mind when they think of what they would love to be doing. For Dave and April Hunt, the beet harvest is one job they love. After their kids were grown, the couple downsized, got an RV and became full time "RV'ers." "It's just our lives," April said happily. The couple said they take jobs here and there while on the road and just try to live life to the fullest and as positively as possible. Like so many others, during their stay in Sidney the couple has taken up camp at...
Bozeman – Farmers and ranchers in Montana are often intimately aware of the dangers posed by noxious weeds, but the general public's knowledge of invasive species has also increased due to education and outreach efforts over the past 25 years, according to a recent survey. The survey follows up an initial survey done in 1994, which determined the level of public knowledge at the time in order to gauge education needs. The 2019 survey was administered by Eric Raile of the Montana State U...
This article is going to take a bit of a more serious tone than I usually write about but there is something that I’ve been thinking about focusing on for some time and this year it seems as though the time is right. It is a fairly well known fact (at least I guess it’s a fact but I’m not sure that there are actually studies that can prove it) that farmers and ranchers are a resilient bunch. By the nature of the job, one has to be in order to survive. A farmer and/or rancher wakes up every morning and generally speaking, the first thoug...
BOZEMAN, Montana – October 17, 2019 - USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in partnership with Montana State University (MSU) today announced the schedule of 23 informational Farm Bill meetings across Montana in October and early November 2019. USDA and MSU are conducting the meetings to inform Montana agricultural producers about FSA's Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs authorized by the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills. Attendees can learn about program changes and ARC or PLC election and enrollment options. The m...
Funeral services for Lillian Vojacek, 89, of Savage, is at 10 a.m., Wednesday, October 30 at First Lutheran Church in Savage, with Pastor Tim Tharp officiating. Interment will be in the Riverview Cemetery, Savage, MT under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Visitation is on Tuesday, October 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour before services at the church. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to First Lutheran Church building fund or a charity of one’s choice. Remembrances, condolences and p...
Memorial services for Darrell C. Goebel, 86, of Billings, MT formerly of Sidney, MT are at 1 p.m., Saturday, October 26 at Pella Lutheran Church, Sidney with Pastor Audrey Rydbom officiating. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Darrell passed away on Monday, October 21 in Billings, MT....
She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings. Mass of the Christian Burial for Alyx Hurley, 25 of Glendale, AZ formerly of Fairview, MT are at 11 a.m., Friday, October 25 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Jim O'Neil as presider. Family and close friends are invited to a Vigil Service beginning with a Rosary on Thursday, October 24 at 6 p.m. at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in...
