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When I worked for the Extension service in Ohio, the responsibilities of my job, very much like they are here, were focused primarily on education related to agriculture and horticulture production. Back there, more than 90 percent (I’m guessing) of the agriculture cropping system consisted of a corn and soybean roation with occasionally some winter wheat thrown into the mix. When I got here and saw how much more diversified our cropping systems are, I was hoping that we would avoid some of the problems experienced by producers to our East. L...
The Sidney ARS and MSU Extension Dryland Field Day will be held Friday, June 24, from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., with lunch provided courtesy of the Richland County Extension Office. The day will begin at the EARC farm site located 4.4 miles north of Sidney off MT Hwy 16; the turnoff is across from Hi-Line Trucking and in the event of rain, the location will be at the Richland County Extension Conference Room, located at 1501 N. Central Ave. EARC stops include a Weed Identification Exercise...
On Thursday, June 23, the Froid Research Farm Field Day is at 1 p.m. The Froid Research Farm is located 8 miles north of Culbertson on MT Hwy 16 and private application points are available for those in attendance. Topics and demonstrations include a Field Soil Sampling demonstration given by Roosevelt County Extension Agent Jeff Chilson out of Culbertson, Marestail ID and Control presented by Richland County Extension agent Tim Fine out of Sidney, Common Vetch in Lentils presented by Daniels...
Area producers have two opportunities to learn more about dryland agricultural research underway in this area as well as demonstrations of a cross-slot drill and a new subsurface irrigation system at two annual dryland field days to be held on June 23 and 24. The Froid Research Farm Field Day is on June 23 and the joint Sidney ARS/MSU Eastern Agricultural Research Center dryland field day is set for June 24. Details for both events are as follows: Froid Field Day – June 23 The 2016 Froid Research Farm Field Day is June 23, from 1-5 p.m., and i...
The MonDak area is home to a unique “research triangle” featuring three agricultural research facilities in Sidney, MT and Williston, ND that regularly share the results of their work with producers through annual summer field days. This year, the group’s field days are scheduled as follows: The 2016 Froid Research Farm Field Day will be held Thursday, June 23rd, from 1:00pm until 5:00pm mountain time at the farm site located eight miles north of Culbertson, MT on MT Hwy 16. In addition to a tou...
The MonDak area is home to a unique "research triangle" featuring three agricultural research facilities in Sidney, MT and Williston, ND that regularly share the results of their work with producers through annual summer field days. This year, the group's field days are scheduled as follows: The 2016 Froid Research Farm Field Day will be held Thursday, June 23rd, from 1:00pm until 5:00pm mountain time at the farm site located eight miles north of Culbertson, MT on MT Hwy 16. In addition to a...
Montana: Due to the heat and drought during the flowering period, pea yield is low in some areas of Montana,” states Chengci Chen, Ph.D. of EARC, Montana State University. “Some farmers only received 20-30 bu/ac yields, except for those who seeded very early and escaped the stress. Lentils did relatively better than peas. There is some Ascochyta disease pressure on chickpea. For a successful Chickpea crop. Fungicides do not control the Ascochyta blight if the varieties don’t have some level...
Despite over a decade of study of over 150 alternatives multiple times, millions of dollars spent by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation and other entities and a determination of the best possible solution to ensure the survival of the pallid sturgeon in the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, a lawsuit filed by the Defenders of Wildlife and Natural Resources Defense Council threatens to derail the entire process and put the survival of the fish and the communities along the rivers in jeopardy. An administrative court hearing...
Despite over a decade of study of over 150 alternatives multiple times, millions of dollars spent by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation and other entities and a determination of the best possible solution to ensure the survival of the pallid sturgeon in the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, a lawsuit filed by the Defenders of Wildlife and Natural Resources Defense Council threatens to derail the entire process and put the survival of the fish and the communities along the rivers in jeopardy. An administrative court hearing...
The Williston Research Center Field Days will be held Thurday, July 9th and Friday, July 10th. The MSU - EARC/Extension’s 35th Annual Field Day will take place July 14th in Sidney....
The EARC/WREC advisory board meeting will start at 8 am. Refreshments and registration for pesticide application credits at 9 am till 9:30 am. Dr. Chengci Chen, MSU/MAES EARC Superintendent, will then welcome all guests and start the tour at 9:30 am. Mr. Russ Fullmer, Agronomist at Sidney Sugars, Inc., Sidney, MT will present Sugarbeet Variety Trial at 9:50 am. Dr. Jerry Bergman, Director & Professor of Agronomy at NDSU-Williston Research Extension Center, Williston, ND will follow with Safflower at 10:10 am. Dr. Prashant Jha, Assistant...
Agriculture production requires a lot of energy to produce results. With over 90% of that energy coming from oil, coal, and natural gas, energy usage costs ag producers a lot of money over the course of a typical year. Fortunately, farmers and ranchers have grown quite savvy in the art of reducing production costs in all areas, including the use of energy. They change production practices when needed, switch crop varieties that have proven themselves as good or better than older varieties in yield, and they use more energy efficient methods in...
Please join Dr. Chengci Chen, Professor of Agronomy and new Superintendent of the Eastern Agricultural Research Center as he’ll be presenting on pulse crop production in Montana, pulse crop variety evaluation for yield performance, and starch and protein contents. Sherry Turner, Research Associate at EARC will follow with a presentation on a chickpea fungicide trial and selecting disease resistant chickpea varieties for Eastern Montana....
Agriculture production requires a lot of energy to produce results. With over 90% of that energy coming from oil, coal, and natural gas, energy usage costs ag producers a lot of money over the course of a typical year. Fortunately, farmers and ranchers have grown quite savvy in the art of reducing production costs in all areas, including the use of energy. They change production practices when needed, switch crop varieties that have proven themselves as good or better than older varieties in yield, and they use more energy efficient methods in...
A “drone 101 workshop” with flight demonstrations; discussion of a new on-farm energy audit program and a unique rainfall simulator demonstration are among the activities to be featured at this year’s annual Froid Research Farm Field Day set for Thursday afternoon, June 25. But that’s not all, by far. Tour goers will also meet the new Superintendent at Montana State University’s Eastern Agricultural Research Center in Sidney, Dr. Chengci Chen, who will not only discuss his current research and plans for the Sidney facility, but also give a pr...
A “drone 101 workshop” with flight demonstrations; on-farm energy audits; rainfall simulations; wheat stem sawfly, Canada thistle, cover crops and more are among the featured topics at the Sidney Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) 2015 Dryland Field Day set for Friday morning, June 19. And that’s not all! The day will also include a new software demonstration that allows ranchers to tag their alfalfa bales with a unique Relative Feed Value calculated for that specific bale. The half-day event is co-hosted by the USDA-ARS Northern Plains...
This is the second year the community garden has been a reality in Sidney. After expressed interest in the project from participants of a community conference, local Commissioners got the ball rolling and asked Tim Fine of the MSU Extension Office to head up the venture. The Eastern Ag Research Center (EARC) donated land for the community garden from one of their former research fields and the layout was modeled after a community garden in Miles City, MT. "It's a good project and it has been...
Montana State University officials announced this that Chengci Chen, professor of cropping systems for the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) and MSU College of Agriculture, has been appointed the new superintendent of the Eastern Agricultural Research Center (EARC) in Sidney. As superintendent, Chen will be responsible for management of the center’s irrigated and dryland farming research profile, including research on sugar beets, barley, durum, winter and spring wheat, oil seeds and pulse crops, including peas, lentils and c...
After thirty exceptional years of serving the area agricultural community, the Eastern Agricultural Research Center's (EARC) superintendent and agronomist Dr. Joyce Eckhoff, will retire from the MSU university system, effective May 15. She and her husband will move from the area to begin their retirement years in Dayton, Washington. Throughout her three decades at the EARC Eckhoff never lost her enthusiasm for the work at hand and she dedicated herself to providing outstanding science and...
Montana State University officials announced this week that Chengci Chen, professor of cropping systems for the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) and MSU College of Agriculture, has been appointed the new superintendent of the Eastern Agricultural Research Center (EARC) in Sidney. As superintendent, Chen will be responsible for management of the center's irrigated and dryland farming research profile, including research on sugar beets, barley, durum, winter and spring wheat, oil...
On Saturday, January 17 at 11:30 am, Tim Fine and Stephanie Ridl, MSU Extension Agents, will present "All about trees." Fine states, "Although it is not present in Richland County at this time, in all likelihood we will be dealing with Emerald Ash Borer in the future and the demise of ash trees that comes with it. To try and help prepare for this destructive pest should it come, the City of Sidney is making a concentrated effort to diversify the species of trees that currently grow in and...
Farmers have a multitude of variables to consider when planting their crops. For example, they must decide what to plant and when, what and how much fertilizer to use if any, what kind of tillage to use if any, and when and how much water to apply if irrigating. The carry-over effects of previous crops and their residues, the impacts of microorganisms in the soil, likely disease and insect pest pressures, equipment needs and, of course, the weather can make decisions to move to new management...
The Eastern Ag Research Center held their annual field day July 24 in Sidney. Pictured is Dr. Jamie Sherman, MSU Associate Research Professor speaking about the MSU Spring Wheat breeding program....
As was feared, the Orange Wheat Blossom Midge has been found in Richland County. Pheromone traps that were placed in fields by staff at the EARC have been capturing an increasing number of this potentially serious wheat pest. The photograph below shows a trap taken from a field in Richland County. If you are a wheat producer, it is imperative that you scout your fields for the pest. A recommended method for scouting is to go into your field at dusk as the midge adults (if there are any present)...
