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F.T. Reynolds Co. completed another quarter of the Friends of Reynolds (FOR) program and recently handed out our quarterly give back checks! Each quarter Reynolds Market stores donate a percentage back of the total purchases made by the supporters of each FOR organization. This last quarter $3,160 was given back to the FOR member organizations from the Sidney store. Receiving checks this quarter are, from left, Melissa Boyer with Foundation for Community Care, Craig Price with Lonsdale United Me...
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....
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...
BOZEMAN – The Montana State University College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station will host the 20th annual Celebrate Agriculture weekend Nov. 1 and 2 on the MSU campus. The event will include an agricultural economics conference, an ice cream social and a celebratory Saturday morning event preceding the weekend's home football game against Southern Utah. The Celebrate Agriculture event is held each fall in honor of alumni, students and Montana's agricultural community t...
A Memorial Service for Daniel Jay Hoffman, 56, of Alice, ND was held at 1 p.m., Friday, October 4 at Bethel Community Church in Culbertson with Pastor Brandon Marschner officiating. Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home is caring for the family. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Daniel “Bug” passed away on Saturday, September 28 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND....
Although Sidney’s businesses have faced the challenge of having a couple of larger stores close their doors in the last few years, at least some store owners note that the area is experiencing an uptick. “It seems like our community has done an excellent job of bouncing back to a degree,” Bill Vander Weele, executive director of the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, said. “It certainly did hurt losing the Shopko stores, but some of Sidney’s stores have stepped up and expanded...
A Memorial Service for Daniel Jay Hoffman, 56, of Alice, ND is at 1 p.m., Friday, October 4 at Bethel Community Church in Culbertson with Pastor Brandon Marschner officiating. Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home is caring for the family. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Daniel “Bug” passed away on Saturday, September 28 at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND....
Growers and Sidney Sugars are keeping an anxious eye on the weather forecast as they gear up for this year's harvest. As of Monday, the start date for harvest has not yet been determined due to the forecasted rain again for the end of the week. Our hope is to begin harvest this coming weekend. This year's crop may not break records but it looks very good according to Sidney Sugars general manager David Garland. While the beets could have used some warmer weather late in the season, root samples taken September 5 showed projected tonnage of 31.4...
While you might not run into any outlaws, train robbers or cattle rustlers at this year’s 5th annual Wild West Fall Fest fundraiser, you can bet you’ll be in the company of some of the community’s most charitable and giving community folks. This year’s annual event is being hosted by the Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation and is taking place October 5 at the Culbertson Saddle Club, in Culbertson. The doors open at 6 p.m. Attendees will have a chance at winning as much as $1,000 in cash as well as a number of other prizes includi...
Carol Joan Anklam Self, 83, of Poteau, OK (Gilmore area) passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2019 in Poteau. Carol was born October 29, 1935 in Culbertson, Montana to Edward A. “Nute” & Dora (Marcinkowski) Anklam. Carol was a talented artist, crafter & quilter. She was never happy if she was idle; proudly involved for many years with Camp Fire girls, PTC, Band Boosters while living in Eunice, LA. She loved showing her grandchildren silly food tricks. Her favorite pastimes included hummingbird watching, sewing, quilting, crafts of all kinds, rea...
While you might not run into any outlaws, train robbers or cattle rustlers at this year’s 5th annual Wild West Fall Fest fundraiser, you can bet you’ll be in the company of some of the community’s most charitable and giving community folks. This year’s annual event is being hosted by the Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation and is taking place October 5 at the Culbertson Saddle Club, in Culbertson. The doors open at 6 p.m. Attendees will have a chance at winning as much as $1,000 in cash as well as a number of other prizes includi...
Culbertson, MT - A portion of highway running through the town of Culbertson could receive a face-lift under a Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) plan to upgrade a key segment of US-2. MDT is in the early stages of design for a project to rehabilitate approximately 1.3 miles of highway through town with the goal of improving safety, pedestrian accessibility and roadway conditions along the route. Improvements would begin at Diamond Creek crossing west of town and extend east to meet ongoing road construction east of town. Members of...
Billings, MT – The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) last week released an update to proposed rules guiding the disposal of radioactive oil waste in Montana. Among the proposed changes is a quadrupling of Montana’s radioactivity concentration limit for materials entering waste facilities. The limit has been raised from 50 to 200 picocuries per gram of radium-226 and radium-228. North Dakota’s radioactivity limit is 50 picocuries per gram. “This increase to Montana’s radioactivity limit is unacceptable,” declared Laurel Claw...
Adequate nitrogen is essential for optimum growth and development of sugarbeets and is known to be the most important nutrient in sugarbeet production. However, excessive uptake of nitrogen can stimulate excessive canopy growth and reduce sugar content in sugarbeet roots. To combat this issue, researchers at the Montana State University Eastern Agricultural Research Center, Dr.Chengci Chen, Superintendent and Cropping Systems Agronomist, and Dr.Apurba Sutradhar, Postdoctoral Research Associate,...
Richland Federal Credit Union (RFCU) of Sidney and Culbertson began at a Farmers Union Oil Company meeting back in 1939. Fifty founding members saw a need for a local credit union in Sidney and the Richland County Cooperators Credit Union was chartered in accordance with the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934. RFCU will be celebrating their 80th anniversary on August 2. The foundation of RFCU was built around the Farmers Union Oil Company principles. The field of membership needed a common bond....
Artist Holly Nickoloff knows the Sunrise Festival of the Arts in Sidney is a special time for vendors and area residents alike. After all, the owner of True North Crafts by Holly in Culbertson grew up in Sidney. July 13 will mark the second time that Nickoloff is a vendor during the annual event held at Veterans Memorial Park. "It was probably one of my best shows," Nickoloff said of her time at the Sunrise Festival in 2017. "The Arts in the Park was something I always looked forward to growing...
Farmers and ranchers wage a continuous battle with weeds in their crops and pastures, battles that have grown fiercer with new weed species popping up and the development of herbicide resistance in existing weeds. Knowing your enemy is key for combating resistance and preventing introduction of new species and area producers have an opportunity to brush up on their weed skills at the 2019 Froid Research Farm Field Day on Thursday, June 27, from 1-5 p.m. The day's program features discussions on...
Pesticide credits have been awarded for upcoming field days in Sidney and Froid on June 20 and June 27 respectively. First up is the joint dryland field day with MSU’s Eastern Ag Research Center and USDA’s Northern Plains Ag Research Lab at their adjoining research farms near Sidney on Thursday morning, June 20th, from 9 am to 12:30 pm. The event has been awarded 2 private and commercial pesticide credits. Featured tour talks include a special weed identification workshop, along with an update on winter and spring cereal variety trials usi...
Austin Knudsen, a resident of Culbertson, Montana, a former speaker of the Montana House of Representatives and fifth generation Montanan is running for state Attorney General. The Roundup spoke with Knudsen about his ambition for the office and why he feels that he's the best candidate for the job. Knudsen, who is currently the Roosevelt County Attorney, told the Roundup, "I'm running for office because Christie and I have given it lots of thought and lots of prayer, and we're looking at the...
Farmers and ranchers wage a continuous battle with weeds in their crops and pastures, battles that are often compounded by the arrival of new weed species and the development of herbicide resistance in existing weeds. Knowing your enemy is a key component for combating resistance and preventing introduction of new weed species. Producers will have two opportunities to hone their identification skills at field days being conducted later this month in Sidney and Froid, along with learning about other dryland research underway in this area. The...
Somer Reidle, Agriculturalist: Somer Reidle began her career as Sidney Sugars newest agriculturalist on May 28. The Bainville High School graduate earned her bachelor's degree in Ag Business from MSU Bozeman this spring and applied for the position at the urging of an area grower. Reidle will oversee the Sidney and Culbertson growing areas. She said that she has lots of learning to do but wants to be able to become a good asset for the farmers and help them any way she can. She will spend the...
Helena, Mont. – Governor Steve Bullock has signed House Bill 656, a bill sponsored by House District 35 Representative Joel Krautter (R-Sidney), to return more oil and gas tax revenue to eastern Montana cities and towns. Sidney Mayor Rick Norby was on hand for the bill signing and said, "This has been one of my proudest moments as Mayor and I am so thankful for the work of Representative Krautter." In signing the bill Governor Bullock stated that, "When eastern Montana does well, all of M...
Lucas Oelkers, a senior at Culbertson High School, was elected the 2019-2020 1st Vice President of the Montana State FFA Organization on Saturday, April 6 at the Montana FFA State Convention. Oelkers has been a member of the Culbertson FFA Chapter for the past four years. He comes from a long line of FFA alumni, starting with his grandfather, Russell Oelkers, who was a charter member of the Culbertson FFA Chapter back in 1938. "Growing up, I always knew about FFA, but there was not really any...
On Friday, May 10 from 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. you will have the chance to view a wide variety of art done by some talented artists at the first ever Northwinds Art Festival. This art festival will have many creative mediums of art including acrylics, carvings, jewelry, oils, pottery and watercolors. The creators of the Northwinds Art Festival are artists, Leith DeWeese, Connie Tveten and Larry and LeAnn Ochsner. Thanks to them the Festival gives art enthusiasts a...
