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Farm Stress Recently in North Dakota newspapers Inforum and the Bismarck Tribune, there have been some articles about farmer suicide rates. Farming and ranching is a high stress job, as there are many aspects that need to be managed at one time. According to the 2016 study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who work in farming, fishing and forestry were 3.4 times more likely than other American workers to die by suicide on the job. Sean Brotherson, NDSU Extension...
Calf diarrhea, more often referred to as “scours”, is a big topic with a basic problem; the loss of fluids and electrolytes from the calf. Most of these cases occur within the first 3 and 16 days of life. A variety of conditions may result from scours if steps are not taken to treat an animal, conditions such as; loss of fluids leading to low blood volume, electrolyte imbalance and acidosis, the animal essentially dies of shock. There are two forms of scours: those involving excess sec...
Region 4 Wrestling Results from Saturday, Feb. 10 in Bowman, ND. The top 4 place-winners qualify for state. Placing for the Watford City Wolves are 106# Tel Sorenson, 4th place; 126# Braedon Gumke, 2nd place; 132# Liam Shannon, 3rd place; 138# Beau Matson, 3rd place; 145# Antonio Garcia, 2nd place; 160# Hunter Schwartzenberger, 3rd place; 170# Joshua Duckworth, 5th place; 195# Connor Dennis, champion; 285# Jackson Faller, champion. Alexander Comets 182# Carlton Turnquist, 3rd place. Team Scores: 1st Bowman County 210; 2nd Hettinger-Scranton...
Greetings from the National Hard Spring Wheat Show! 2018 will mark the 65th Annual Hard Spring Wheat Show! The Wheat Show will be held at the Grand Williston Hotel and Conference Center from February 6-8. The Wheat Show is a great opportunity to learn more about wheat (spring, winter, durum, and other small grains). Farmers, ranchers or anyone else interested in learning more about wheat can attend. The first day of the Wheat Show, Feb. 6, is the 36th Annual Bread Fair. This is an event that teaches area 5th graders how to make bread. Each...
Greetings from the National Hard Spring Wheat Show! 2018 will mark the 65th Annual Hard Spring Wheat Show! The Wheat Show will be held at the Grand Williston Hotel and Conference Center from February 6-8. The Wheat Show is a great opportunity to learn more about wheat (spring, winter, durum, and other small grains). Farmers, ranchers or anyone else interested in learning more about wheat can attend. The first day of the Wheat Show, Feb. 6, is the 36th Annual Bread Fair. This is an event that teaches area 5th graders how to make bread. Each...
The success, dedication and hard work of outstanding agriculturists in 53 counties in North Dakota and nine counties in Minnesota were honored during the 44th annual Harvest Bowl program at North Dakota State University, on Nov. 10. Information on the outstanding agriculturists listed by county is available at http://bit.ly/2017HarvestBowlBios, and photos are available at http://bit.ly/2017HarvestBowlPhotos....
The Hard Spring Wheat Show is offering a $1,000 scholarship to graduating high school seniors from Richland, Williams, McKenzie, Divide, Mountrail, Burke, Sheridan, and Roosevelt Counties. The scholarship is designed to financially support students who will be pursuing a degree in an agricultural related field in the fall of 2018. To be eligible, students must have a high school GPA of 2.5 or higher. Students interested in applying for the scholarship must write a one-paged paper on the topic, “ What do you think is an important challenge facin...
The Hard Spring Wheat Show is offering a $1,000 scholarship to graduating high school seniors from Richland, Williams, McKenzie, Divide, Mountrail, Burke, Sheridan, and Roosevelt Counties. The scholarship is designed to financially support students who will be pursuing a degree in an agricultural related field in the fall of 2018. To be eligible, students must have a high school GPA of 2.5 or higher. Students interested in applying for the scholarship must write a one-paged paper on the topic, “ What do you think is an important challenge facin...
The Economic Development Association of North Dakota held its fall conference October 18-20 in Williston. On Wednesday, Dr. John Miller, president of Williston State College spoke about the college's scholarship program and how it helps drive enrollment. The foundation scholarship was founded in 2015 and included tuition, fees and books for Williams County graduates. In 2017, the college expanded the program to include tuition and fees for graduates in nine additional counties in North Dakota...
For the past 19 years, North Dakota State University has sustained an active Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Crop Scout Program. This has been made possible through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Program. In 1998, the NDSU IPM Survey only scouted for diseases of wheat in the southeastern part of North Dakota. Now, the IPM Survey has broadened its scouting efforts to all parts of the state and includes insect pests and diseases of f...
For the past 19 years, North Dakota State University has sustained an active Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Crop Scout Program. This has been made possible through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Program. In 1998, the NDSU IPM Survey only scouted for diseases of wheat in the southeastern part of North Dakota. Now, the IPM Survey has broadened its scouting efforts to all parts of the...
The Williams County Soil Conservation District building on the Williston Research Extension Center campus held its ribbon cutting on July 13 following the WREC Dryland Field Day....
The North Dakota State University Williston Research Extension Center (WREC) will showcase dryland agronomy and horticulture at its annual field day on July 13 and host an irrigation field day on July 14. The July 13 event begins with coffee and rolls at 8:30 a.m. CDT. The dryland crops tour starts at 9 a.m. Topics to be highlighted during the dryland crop tour are: * Durum wheat breeding and genetics * Foundation seed increase program overview * Interseeding demonstration plots * Northern...
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is a national trade association that represents different aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry. There are approximately 625 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents from all segments of the industry. They are producers, refiners, suppliers, marketers, pipeline operators and marine transporters, as well as service and supply companies that support the industry. The Mon-Dak chapter of API, which is...
Summer days are drawing near and so are fair time activities! On May 31st and June 1st starting at 9:00 am there will be a Les Vogt horsemanship clinic held at the Mckenzie County Fairgrounds in Watford City. Vogt is a very experienced and highly reputable clinician/horse trainer. Vogt has won 15 World Champion Reining and Working Cow Horse titles, as well as numerous other championships. He has done many lectures in the United States, Canada, Australia, and western Europe. Both professional and amateur students are encouraged to attend his...
High-quality Seed (part 2) Last week I wrote the first section with information from the NDSU publication Selecting High-quality Seed of Cereal Grains written by Joel Ransom, Cereal Crops Agronomist. This week I am going to continue off of last weeks information, and start with the continuation of the factors to be avoided when selecting grain. Dead seed can result from frost damage, sprouting or other weather damage, high moisture during storage or diseases. Molds or fungi, even when...
Body Condition Score There are several approaches and tools to help determine if the beef cow’s nutritional requirements and needs are being met. Some include testing feeds for nutritional content and visually evaluating cow appearance. A standardized scoring system has been developed to rate a cow’s visual appearance from 1 to 9 based on body fat and fleshiness. Higher scores equate to higher condition and weight cows, reflecting current and past nutrition has supported weight gain and bod...
Nutrition and Feeding of Beef Cattle Cattle are ruminants, the digestive system of cattle includes a large fluid filled rumen containing a large population of microbes. Microbes have the ability to break down fibrous components of roughages and initiate feed digestion. As feed passes from rumen to smaller stomach structures, the body absorbs the water and the animal’s digestive enzymes further break down feed for nutrient absorption. As calories define the energy in food we eat, and what is u...
Just when you think its not possible for Regional and Williams County Graduate (WCG) Scholarship recipients to receive anything else, the Williston State College Foundation provides another scholarship to offset the expense of housing. For the next three years beginning Fall 2017, students attending WSC as part of the Regional or WCG Scholarship can apply for the Regional County Housing Scholarship to receive $1,000 per semester to live in Frontier Hall. “Having these dollars allocated to help with the offset of education expenses from our d...
Annie’s Project Some women in the agriculture world have heard of Annie’s Project. So what is it? A program for empowering women in agriculture to be better business partners through networks and by managing and organizing critical information. Farm and ranch women are decision makers, so why Annie’s Project? This is a six-week course that is a discussion-based workshop bringing women together to learn from experts in production, financial management, human resources, marketing and the legal...
The Williston Area Builders Association is pleased to announce the hiring of their new Executive Officer, Mariah Bates. Mariah grew up in coastal New Hampshire until she graduated high school and left for college. She then attended college at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado where she received her Bachelors of Business Degree with a double major in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Mariah moved to Williston, North Dakota with her husband Pace in February of this year. Growing up in the construction industry around her father a...
Farm and Ranch Succession Planning Many people in our area are a part of a farm or ranch operation, it is a family business. Having a family business is difficult, no matter what form of business it is. On December 6th and 13th from 1:00p.m. to 4:30p.m. North Dakota State University Extension Service Williams County will be hosting Design Your Succession Plan. Attendance on both dates is required as it is a seven hour program. This will be at the Williston Research Extension Center. A great oppo...
Upcoming Programs Williams County Extension Service has a few programs coming up over the next few weeks. Bovine Connection, this program is starting back up! This was a great program put on by North Dakota State University Extension Service and Montana State University Extension Service, but had died out over the last five years. MSU Extension and NDSU Extension Service decided to bring this program back to the area. The day will be November 29th in Culbertson, MT. The time will start at...
Lunnen Real Estate Services, an industrial real estate development and brokerage company, along with their partners have acquired 83 acres adjoining the Dakota Access (Energy Transfer Partner's) crude oil gathering Trenton Terminal West of Williston in Williams County to add to their 1804 Industrial Park. This acquisition will expand the park to over 200 acres of heavy industrial land intended for crude oil storage and ancillary oil companies around the terminal. Matrix construction is nearing completion of the Trenton Terminal, which is a 30...
The WSC Foundation is proud to announce an expansion to the Regional County Scholarship to include Daniels, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan, and Valley counties in northeastern Montana. The Regional County Scholarship was established February 2016 with four counties in northwestern North Dakota: Burke, Divide, McKenzie, and Mountrail. “It has long been a goal of our Foundation to help our regional students,” stated Terry Olson, Executive Director of the WSC Foundation. “Eastern Montana is a great service area for WSC and we have a strong alumn...
