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Longtime durum growers contemplating adding hard red spring wheat to their crop rotation could be surprised and a little over-whelmed by the long list of varieties to select from. In fact, yield trials of North Dakota State University have included close to 50 varieties. Besides those developed at NDSU and the state universities of Montana, South Dakota, and Minnesota many of the varieties hail from private industry. Many of the varieties have a fit for the drier climate of western North Dakota...
Williams County Over the past year or two I have given considerable attention to the importance of soil quality as it relates to crop production. A quick definition of soil quality is the maintenance or improvement of soil organic matter (SOM). For our area, most cropland is in need of SOM improvement. Improving SOM in this semi-arid of northwest North Dakota should become an important goal of crop producers simply because of its ability to hold more water with higher levels. More water almost...
Variety identification testing is a certification requirement of the North Dakota Seed Department for spring wheat, field pea and barley. This test must be completed prior to the sale of seed. According to Jeff Prischmann, Diagnostic Lab Manager, spring wheat certification samples are tested using wheat seed protein and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Seed proteins are extracted and tested to differentiate spring wheat varieties from each other based on a specific seed protein...
Some wildlife management areas in southwestern North Dakota now have the same camping restrictions adopted earlier this spring on similar public lands along Lake Sakakawea. The State Game and Fish Department has now included the following WMAs where overnight camping is prohibited on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except holidays: North Lemmon Lake in Adams County; Bull Creek in Billings County; Alkali Creek and Spring Creek in Bowman County; Killdeer Mountains in Dunn County; Camels Hump Lake in Golden Valley County; Indian Creek in Hettinger...
Lower Yellowstone Electric has been in Sidney since 1937, bringing member owners reliable electricity for nearly 75 years. Times may have changed but the service hasn’t. Lower Yellowstone formed to distribute electricity to rural people at the lowest possible cost. This commitment has been in existence since Lower Yellowstone was formed. Being established in 1937 made Lower Yellowstone Electric the first electric cooperative in Montana. This came just two years after President Franklin R...
Oil production in McKenzie County has certainly been a mixed blessing of job creation and tax revenues, balanced by strained infrastructure and quality of life challenges. One of those challenges has involved the accelerated construction of homes, businesses, and other buildings. The county is required to adhere to state building codes which are essential to protecting the long-term safety and welfare of the people of McKenzie County. It is also an important part of insuring that buildings maintain their value and usefulness long into the...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds outdoor recreationists who celebrate the Fourth of July along the Missouri River or any other heavily-used recreational area to keep it clean by packing out all trash, including fireworks. Nancy Boldt, water safety coordinator, said litter is already accumulating along the shorelines of the Missouri River. “People are excited to be able to enjoy the river again after not being able to use it last year due to the flood, but it is really disappointing to see shorelines littered with bottles, cans...
North Dakota’s fall turkey season is set with 4,145 licenses available to hunters, a decrease of 10 percent from last year. Stan Kohn, upland game management supervisor for the state Game and Fish Department, said harvest and population data from hunting units in the southwest and in some units in the central part of the state indicate poor production and chick recruitment from 2008-2011. “Even though last winter was beneficial to our turkey population, we don’t know what turkey production will be like, and the number of breeding adult birds...
North Dakota county fair season is about to get its jump start. For some reason several counties in the northwest are usually the first to have their fairs. Williams County is one of those. The fair in Williams County is actually known as the Upper Missouri Valley Fair (UMVF). I can only assume that its early founders speculated the UMV Fair could involve people beyond the boundaries of Williams County. To some extent, that has become a reality as several of the events involve youth from many...
The McKenzie County 4-H Horse Show will run on Tuesday, June 19 at the McKenzie County Fairgrounds in Watford City. The show begins at 9 a.m. All 4-H members in McKenzie, Williams, Divide, Mountrail, Dunn, Golden Valley, Stark-Billings and Richland (Montana) counties are invited to attend. 2012 classes include halter showmanship, western horsemanship, trail, western riding, reining, pole bending, barrel racing, goat tying, ranch horse, and western pleasure classes, with classes in each event held for 11 years and under, 12 through 14 years,...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that it will accept 3.9 million acres offered nationwide under Farm Service Agency’s 43rd Conservation Reserve Program general signup. In North Dakota, 190 thousand acres were accepted into CRP. “2,017 out of 3,513 CRP offers were accepted, which is right around 57% percent,” North Dakota State Executive Director Aaron Krauter said. “County offices across North Dakota are preparing written notifications to everybody who submitted offers. Please give the offices a few days to process those n...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is implementing camping restrictions effective immediately on some wildlife management areas in western North Dakota and along Lake Sakakawea. Overnight camping is now prohibited on the following WMAs: Antelope Creek, Big Oxbow, Lewis and Clark, Neu’s Point, Ochs Point, Overlook, Sullivan and Tobacco Garden in McKenzie County; Van Hook in Mountrail County; and Hofflund and Trenton in Williams County. The following WMAs are closed to camping on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but open to camping T...
The 2012 North Dakota Weed Control Guide lists several new herbicides for weed control in small grains. One of them is Axial Star. Like Axial XL and Axial TBC, it contains pinoxaden and a safener in addition to fluroxypyr (Starane). As a post emergent herbicide it will give good weed control on several grassy weeds, some broadleaf weeds and kochia. The Axial line of herbicides is marketed by Syngenta. Bayer Crop Science has released a new product called Huskie Complete. It contains the same herb...
The North Dakota Field Office of USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service conducts an annual survey of farmers and ranchers to obtain average rental rates and the value of rental land in their localities. Approximately 4,600 North Dakota agricultural producers were sampled for this survey conducted Jan. 17-Feb. 2, 2012. More than 2,950 reports were collected with almost 2,150 containing positive data. We recently received a copy of the survey report and will share it upon request. It a...
Joe Victor, Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) business development specialist, recently informed me that MGEX and DTN have partnered in an effort to conduct two informative webinars that will address market outlook for spring wheat and durum along with weather forecasts for the spring wheat growing areas of the U.S. and Canada. The webinars are scheduled for March 29 and April 4. On March 29, Victor will address both spring wheat and durum wheat markets, their similarities, proteinbasis spreads...
Federal and multi-state law enforcement officers have recovered a body believed to be that of missing Sherry Arnold, 43, of Sidney. Authorities said Wednesday they believe the physical remains recovered are that of the missing Sidney school teacher who disappeared Jan. 7 during a morning run. An FBI team started to recover the body in early morning hours on Wednesday east of Williston. The body was flown to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Montana Wednesday where it will be examined and po...
Because of a new federal mandate, outreach services through the Williston Council for the Aging, Inc. (service which had been provided by Karen Froysland and Coreen Nehring, Williams County; Judy Jacobson, McKenzie County; and Lisa Fredrickson, Divide County) ended Dec. 31, 2011. The Council and other entities were not interested in contracting for the new service Aging & Disability Resource Link (ADRL) Options Counseling. NW Human Service Center’s Aging Services Unit is offering ADRL Options Counseling as of Feb. 1, 2012. Eligible consumers a...
The body of a man found near Bainville has been identified and one man is in custody. Charles Bowman Bowen, 46, Florida, has been arrested and charged with negligent homicide for the death of Brian Doyle, 49, also of Florida. Doyle’s death was discovered after a call was placed on Jan. 20, to the Roosevelt County Dispatch Center reporting that a male body had been discovered in a ditch off U.S. Highway 2. Area law enforcement spent several days processing the scene and transported the body to t...
Authorities are repeating a request for landowners in eastern Montana and western North Dakota to search their properties for signs of missing Sidney teacher and alleged kidnapping victim Sherry Arnold. Arnold disappeared Jan. 7 from Sidney and is presumed dead. Her body has not been recovered. The FBI is asking property owners to check for disturbed soil and matted grass on vacant farmsteads or along shelter belts, which are lines of trees that protect farmland from wind. The agency says Arnold’s body may be buried in a shelter belt with m...
This year’s 59th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show will once again offer an outstanding informative event that will provide important, timely information to area Ag producers. This year’s educational portion of the show, scheduled for Feb. 7-8 at the Williston Airport International Inn, will offer attendees information and updates on a wide variety of topics, including market information, precision farming, soil health and ecology, cropping practices, and best management practices. Peo...
The Wheat Show committee has invited Dr. Danny Klinefelter, Texas A&M University and Texas AgriLife Extension economist, to serve as one of three keynote speakers for this year’s 59th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show, scheduled for Feb. 6-8 at the Airport International Inn, Williston. Klinefelter will deliver two presentations on Tuesday, Feb. 7 beginning at 9 a.m. and through these discussions will present new ideas, stimulate thought and provide attendees with useful information to t...
This year’s 59th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show will once again offer an outstanding informative event that will provide important, timely information to area Ag producers. This year’s educational portion of the show, scheduled for Feb. 7-8 at the Williston Airport International Inn, will offer attendees information and updates on a wide variety of topics, including market information, precision farming, soil health and ecology, cropping practices, and best management practices. Peo...
The FBI is asking land owners in North Dakota and Montana to help find the body of missing Sidney teacher Sherry Arnold. Williston Police Chief Jim Lokken, along with Sidney Police Chief Frank DiFonzo and Williams County Sheriff Scott Busching, held a press conference Monday at the Williams County Law Enforcement Center, Williston. Chief Lokken began with thanking the public in the efforts to find Sherry Arnold. “They have been, from the beginning, a very important component to this i...
The following statement was read by Sidney Police Chief Frank DiFonzo at a press conference held at the Richland County Justice Center on Jan. 13, 2012. Statement presented by Frank DiFonzo, Sidney Police Chief I would like to make a brief statement regarding the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Sherry Arnold. Because this investigation is rapidly moving forward we are not able to provide any details of the case at this time. We will not be taking take any questions at the...
This year’s 59th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show will once again offer an outstanding informative event that will provide important, timely information to area Ag producers. This year’s educational portion of the show, scheduled for Feb. 7-8 at the Williston Airport International Inn, will offer attendees information and updates on a wide variety of topics, including market information, precision farming, soil health and ecology, cropping practices, and best management practices. Peo...
