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The Sidney Sugars Incorporated factory has served the Sidney area since 1925, providing an outlet for farmers to grow and sell sugarbeets. In 2002, American Crystal bought the Sidney factory from Holly Sugar and the Sidney factory became part of the American Crystal Company and took the name Sidney Sugars. Sidney Sugars operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of American Crystal Sugar Company. Each year Sidney Sugars contracts sugarbeet acres with area growers. Not only does this allow producers to grow a high value crop but it also provides empl...
Sidney Sugars Incorporated held its Top Ten Growers award luncheon last Wednesday, Jan. 16. The luncheon is held annually in order to congratulate the growers that brought in the best crop. Despite it being a rather dry growing season, this year’s harvest was a success. Although planting doesn’t usually happen until about the third week of April, a lot of the growers chose to plant earlier. Due to the dry conditions, those seeds did not germinate and start growing until they received moisture. I...
13 Acres or More Grower Acres TPA Sugar % Quality Rating 6J Farms Inc 363 35.9 18.28 36.09 David Hoffman 410 34.6 18.18 35.27 Haidle Farms Inc 426 31.8 19.31 35.08 Ivan & Todd Cayko 333 32.7 18.17 34.35 Justin & Anita Karst 395 32.2 18.12 34.03 50 - 246 Acres Grower Acres TPA Sugar % Quality Rating James & Tim Karst 179 38.2 18.12 37.15 Tibbetts Wheatland LLC 118 30.7 19.33 34.61 Darren & Delite Dukart 140 32.8 18.23 34.49 Sean Welty 95 31.4 18.61 34.16 Russell Dige 214 32.3 18.13 34.15 Receiving Station Quality Ratings Station TPA Sugar%...
Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation, a Montana not-for-profit organization with a mission to ensure the continuance of quality local healthcare, will hold its annual fundraiser on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. The fundraiser will be a dinner party with a slight twist. Join us as we meet characters such as Fanny Dango, Digger Deep, Nasty Nate, Wyatt Burb, Messy James and town hero, Squint Leastwood. It will be a fun evening featuring lots of laughs, good food and drinks, and an incredible chance to raise money for a great cause....
Collaborative efforts of many have formed the new Eastern MT Impact Coalition to address regional planning needs for growth directly related to energy resource development throughout a 16 county area of Eastern Montana. The Coalition is comprised of 4 economic development regions; Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC), Richland Economic Development (RED), Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation (EPEDC) and Southeast Montana Development Corporation (SEMDC). The US Economic Development Administration recently awarded the...
Collaborative efforts of many have formed the new Eastern MT Impact Coalition to address regional planning needs for growth directly related to energy resource development throughout a 16 county area of Eastern Montana. The Coalition is comprised of 4 economic development regions; Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC), Richland Economic Development (RED), Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation (EPEDC) and Southeast Montana Development Corporation (SEMDC). The US Economic Development Administration recently awarded the...
Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation, a Montana not-for-profit organization with a mission to ensure the continuance of quality local healthcare, announced it will hold its annual fundraiser on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. The fundraiser will be a dinner party with a slight twist. Join us as we meet characters such as Fanny Dango, Digger Deep, Nasty Nate, Wyatt Burb, Messy James and town hero, Squint Leastwood. It will be a fun evening featuring lots of laughs, good food and drinks, and an incredible chance to raise money for a...
Laurie Averill may be more comfortable around pizza dough and toppings after being in the food industry for 24 years while owning MeTooPizza, in Culbertson, but over the past few months she has been developing and refining her newfound interests and talents as a barista and new business owner of Frackin’ Java, a drive through coffee house providing Culbertson residents and passersby with that much needed cup of eye opening, morning mud. Averill sold her pizza restaurant in July in the hopes of h...
Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation, a Montana not-for-profit organization with a mission to ensure the continuance of quality local healthcare, announced it will hold its annual fundraiser on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. The fundraiser will be a dinner party with a slight twist. Join us as we meet characters such as Fanny Dango, Digger Deep, Nasty Nate, Wyatt Burb, Messy James and town hero, Squint Leastwood. It will be a fun evening featuring lots of laughs, good food and drinks, and an incredible chance to raise money for a...
With warmer than usual temperatures and drought like conditions, the LaBatte family, like many area farmers, have spent the past few months managing their crops and fields while keeping watchful eyes on what Mother Nature might be planning. With the harvest season well underway for most, the LaBattes are busy moving their crops to the local elevators while waiting to see how their sunflower crops fare once they are harvested this November. “In the end, it all comes down to moisture and market p...
This is a news release that is promoted across the United States to Honor Military Veterans and their families for a FREE Senior Safe Driving 4 hour Course for the month of November only. You only need to send or bring a copy of your Drivers License and if an AARP member a copy of your membership card to register by Nov. 9, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at the Wolf Point Senior Citizens Center in Wolf Point, MT. Also anybody who is over 55 years of age that needs or wants to take the class can also join with a payment of $12.00 for AARP members and $14.00...
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...
With the worst of the summer heat behind us and the cooler fall temperatures offering a mild reprieve before the winter weather settles in, now is the time to begin preparing lawns and gardens for next year’s growing season. Several simple tasks will help ensure your lawn’s health and garden’s beauty is revived come spring. “It’s that time of year when the leaves are turning different colors because they lack moisture and the days are getting shorter. This is a great time to take advantage of go...
On any given day there are between 800 and 1,000 diapers drying on clotheslines outside one of four orphanages in Haiti. In assorted colors of cotton, the tiny hourglass shaped bottom coverings blow and dry throughout the night. The next day they are folded and reused. The story of how they got there, blowing in the warm, tropical, Haitian wind is one of selflessness and inspiration that starts close to home. The diapers are handmade and donated by Ramona Ross of Culbertson. With a love for sewi...
The Culbertson FFA Alumni has partnered with Border Steel & Recycling for a fundraising effort. In tough economic times, people want to give to organizations but sometimes it is not feasible in their pocketbook. Now, farmers, ranchers, agricultural businesses, oilfield companies, welding shops or any other business or individual can donate scrap metal, aluminum cans and other recycleables to the Culbertson FFA Alumni. It is an easy way for people to donate all or a portion of their scrap to the program and at the same time, clean out fence...
The Culbertson FFA Alumni has partnered with Border Steel & Recycling for a fundraising effort. In tough economic times, people want to give to organizations but sometimes it is not feasible in their pocketbook. Now, farmers, ranchers, agricultural businesses, oilfield companies, welding shops or any other business or individual can donate scrap metal, aluminum cans and other recycleables to the Culbertson FFA Alumni. It is an easy way for people to donate all or a portion of their scrap to the...
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is holding the final informational meeting on the Culbertson Corridor Planning Study on Thursday, August 16, 2012, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Town Hall, 210 Broadway, Culbertson, MT. The purpose of the meeting is to present the Draft Study, answer questions, and solicit input from the public. Community participation is a very important part of the process, attendance is welcomed and encouraged. Comments may be submitted at the toll free comment line (1-800-714-7296), in...
There are lots to learn this coming week at two ag research Field Day events planned in Froid and Sidney June 28th and 29th. The back-to-back events include discussions on crop weed herbicide resistance; spring- and fall-seeded cover crops; new oilseed variety studies, wheat stem sawfly management and yield loss, Russian olive removal and revegetation, and more, including a plastic pesticide container recycling opportunity for tour participants. Free meals and pesticide points are also provided. Agronomist Jeff Stachler, a weed science...
Recycling was the theme at this year’s Tri County Sewing Camp. Thirteen area sewing students and fifteen adults from surrounding counties gathered on Thursday at the Roosevelt County Complex to create unique sewing items. “The recycled items are nice and inexpensive products to learn on. There isn’t a lot of cost involved, and they can give them as gifts or keep them for themselves,” Leslie McMillen, Richland County 4-H sewing leader, said. Students created recycled animal food hand bags. T...
Eleven Cub Scouts from Pack 293, Culbertson, attended the Scouting Day Camp at Cut Bluff, East of Williston, June 9th....
Producers interested in recycling their plastic pesticide containers will have an opportunity to do so at two back-to-back field days set for June 28th and 29th at Froid and Sidney. A specially equipped, pesticide container recycling truck from the Montana Department of Agriculture will be on hand at both events to recycle cleaned containers from tour participants. On hand to demonstrate the portable unit will be Recycling Technician Ron Ahlgren from the Montana Department of Agriculture. As...
The Northern Plains Agricultural Research Service is helping host two dryland field days highlighting research being conducted at farmsites near Froid and Sidney on Thursday and Friday, June 28th and 29th.This year’s lineup for the two tours includes several shared speakers, demonstration studies and other festivities, so if you have to miss one event, you can still catch much of the information at the other. Field Day Talks: Headlining both events is North Dakota State University Professor Jeff Stachler, who will discuss herbicide r...
Each spring finds Culbertson playing host to the Saddle Club’s Frontier Days. With the help of the Chamber of Commerce, two full days of western hospitality and fun includes rodeos in the Saddle Club’s unique tiered rodeo grounds, a parade on Saturday, a barn dance, and concessions on the grounds. Contact Luke Anderson for rodeo info @ 406-787-5860....
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials said today that aquatic invasive species inspection stations and roving inspection crews have begun to operate across the state at key border crossing sites, along major highways, and on heavily used water bodies beginning this week. By law boaters must stop at AIS inspection stations for a brief interview and inspection. Boaters are urged to inspect, clean and dry boats, trailers and gear exposed to the water to ensure they don’t carry organisms from one water body to another, whether they plan to t...
