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McKenzie County Fairgrounds located in Watford City will be hosting a Livestock Showmanship Day on Wednesday, June 21st at 12:45 p.m. This event provides opportunities for 4-H members no matter what skill level. It entails hands-on learning with live animals to demonstrate proper showmanship, grooming/fitting skills, and informational facts on numerous animal species. If interested, preregistration is required. Everyone is welcome to attend and add to their knowledge of showmanship skills. For additional information about the events please...
Sierra Osborne, a senior at Sidney High School, writes for a national blog called Raised in a Barn. The blog has a mission to bridge the gap between producers and consumers of agriculture. Raised in a Barn is a blog that was established by Breanna Viles who is a college student from Oklahoma. Viles started the blog after seeing anti-agriculture posts and she was determined to start something that gave a voice to agriculture. So far, the blog has 40 representatives from over 20 different states....
Using estrus synchronization and artificial insemination to control breeding in cattle has several benefits, according to North Dakota State University livestock experts. "Artificial insemination (AI) offers the opportunity to use semen from high-accuracy, genetically superior sires at a fraction of the cost of purchasing a herd bull of similar genetics," says NDSU Extension Service beef cattle specialist Carl Dahlen. "In addition, using estrus synchronization and AI can increase the number of...
Fairview’s future farmers wrapped up the year with a chapter banquet on Monday, May 22nd at the Double Barrel in Fairview, MT. All members received their Greenhand Degree and pin, Chapter FFA Degree pin, and also their Chapter Officer pins. Chapter officer interviews were held May 5th and new officers for 2017-2018 were announced at the banquet. Serving as Fairview’s 2017-2018 FFA President is a junior at Fairview High School, Lexie Selting. Alex Young, a sophomore at Fairview High School, was elected 2017-2018 Vice President. Jaycie Rau, also...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees begins on Thursday, June 15, 2017. “County committees allow farmers and ranchers to make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally to best serve their needs,” said Acting FSA Administrator Chris Beyerhelm. “We strongly encourage all eligible producers to visit their local FSA office today to find out how to get involved in their county’s election. There’s an increasing need for...
Do you have a pasture(s) that is not performing? This sounds like some of the pasture around our ranch or some old CRP acres that are now in permanent pasture with water. So what do we do? You need to come and hear the great speaker we have coming to the open the gate workshop- rejuvenating soils, pastures, and profits in Wibaux, MT. Greg and Jan Judy of Clark, Missouri run a grazing operation on 1620 acres of leased/owned land. Greg and Jan went from being nearly bankrupt in 1999 to paying off a 200 acre farm and house in three years with cust...
About twenty people gathered at the Ullman Center at Dawson Community College at ten o’clock Friday, May 26, to take part in Senator Jon Tester’s Farm Bill Listening Tour. Beginning with the pledge of allegiance led by Tester, the session was led by the Senator and seven other panelists from various public and private agricultural agencies in Montana. Taking part in the session were Ben Thomas of the Montana Department of Agriculture, Kurt Voss and Justin Loch of Montana Farmer’s Union, Scott...
MSU Extension and Sidney FFA students held their "Ag In The Classroom" day April 27th at the Richland County Event Center. A range of agricultural topics were presented to Sidney area students....
Mandaree's Jace Johnson is making strides in his career as a team roper, and hasn't let his young age stop him. In March, Jace was the youngest winner ever of the National Team Roping Finals in Wickenburg, Arizona, taking home a trophy saddle, belt buckle, and $100,000, shared with his draw partner, Tyler Jiron. Despite having only three solid years of roping experience, Jace, who was 14 at the time of the Finals, teamed up with Jiron to rope four steers in just 40.53 seconds. Jace competed...
Do you have a pasture(s) that is not performing? This sounds like some of the pasture around our ranch or some old CRP acres that are now in permanent pasture with water. So what do we do? You need to come and hear the great speaker we have coming to the Open The Gate Workshop- Rejuvenating Soils, Pastures, and Profits in Wibaux MT. Greg and Jan Judy of Clark, Missouri run a grazing operation on 1620 acres of leased/owned land. Greg and Jan went from being nearly bankrupt in 1999 to paying off a 200 acre farm and house in three years with...
There are certain things that happen annually with my job that I really look forward to. One of those things is the delivery, grading, and bagging of wool at the annual wool pool. When I first moved here, I had no experience with this type of event but consider myself very fortunate to take part in it now. The Lower Yellowstone Wool Pool has been a great asset to area producers for many years. The sole purpose of the pool is to gather wool from area sheep producers in one central location, grade said wool, and then combine that wool with other...
In a crucial victory for the farmers and communities along the Yellowstone River, the preliminary injunction halting the construction of the concrete weir and fish bypass at Intake has been dissolved by U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris. Citing resolution of the concerns that led to the injunction, as well as precedent set by other projects, the judge granted the defendants' (Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project and Federal agencies) motion for partial dismissal and to dissolve the...
We have about a dozen bills still pending in the final week of Montana’s 65th Legislative Session, but as we review each piece of legislation Montana Farm Bureau members directed our lobbying team on, we’d say this session has been a win for Montana agriculture. This is certainly not an exhaustive list of 67 bills we worked on this session, but it is an overview of each one we tracked in this column over the past four months. Each of the following eight bills that became law this session was supported by Montana Farm Bureau members. Thanks to...
BOZEMAN -- Nine wild mustangs stepped foot onto Montana State University's Agricultural Research and Teaching Farm on Jan. 3. They came to MSU virtually untouched, hailing from Bureau of Land Management facilities in Burns, Oregon, then were adopted by the Montana nonprofit, Heroes and Horses, to ultimately be used for therapeutic mountain pack trips with combat veterans. Heroes and Horses is a program that uses horses and the remote wilderness to challenge and inspire combat veterans suffering...
BOZEMAN – Montana State University Assistant Professor of Rangeland Ecology Craig Carr has received the Range Science Education Council's 2017 Early Career Undergraduate Teaching award. Carr, who is also the MSU College of Agriculture's undergraduate range management team faculty adviser, received the award at the Society for Range Management's annual meeting, held in St. George, Utah, in February. "We're very proud of Dr. Carr and applaud his dedication and passion for teaching range m...
Montana State University College of Agriculture has received a $99,896 grant from the USDA Farm Service Agency to increase education and awareness of FSA programs to new and non-traditional agricultural producers over the next year. Shannon Arnold, project director and an associate professor in MSU’s Division of Agricultural Education, will manage the grant. She said that many people don’t realize they may qualify for a low interest rate loan through the FSA. And, some FSA farm programs have recently been expanded, some are new or improved, and...
The Richland County MSU Extension Office welcomes its new Family and Consumer Sciences agent, Carrie Krug. Krug, originally from Laurel, MT graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Consumer Sciences with an emphasis on teaching and a Special Education endorsement. She began her new position on Wednesday, March 1st. "I like it," said Krug, commenting on Sidney, "It'a a nice area." Krug became interested in Family and Consumer...
The Sidney Saddle Club will be hosting certified clinician Mitch Gassen in Sidney from April 28th to May 2nd. The Fundamentals clinic is part of the Clinton Anderson Clinician Academy, featuring in-depth instruction and exercises to build a foundation for effective communication between the horse and rider. The clinic is limited to 12 participants. Participants must be 18 years or older. The cost is $750 for three days; $850 for four days; and $1000 for five days, beginning Friday, April 28th....
Montana State University’s Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, or MAES, developed the wheat varieties that Montana farmers planted more than any other variety for the 2016 crop year, according to the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Montana Field Office. The statistics show that 5.28 million acres of wheat were planted in Montana last year, making it the third-highest state for planted wheat acres in the country. MAES-developed spring and winter wheat varieties accounted for 2.3 million of th...
In response to a request from Brian Haugen, Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) acting State Executive Director in North Dakota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 25 counties in North Dakota as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by multiple disasters that occurred in the 2016 crop year. Disaster Number 1: USDA has designated Adams, Billings, Emmons, Golden Valley, Grant, Sioux, Slope and Stark counties in North Dakota as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought that occurred from April 1, 2...
North Dakota farmers currently have the opportunity to enroll acreage in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) popular Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through an initiative that focuses specifically on wildlife – State Acres For Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE). The USDA-FSA SAFE initiative is a voluntary program available as part of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to address species of special concern. SAFE allows states to design CRP practices that maintain the program’s hallmark soil and water conserv...
On Friday, March 17, Alexander’s 4-H club hosted a steak fry at Alexander School’s lunchroom. The 4-H members served steak, corn, baked potatoes, dinner rolls, along with salad and coleslaw. The 4-H members have hosted a steak fry every year as a fundraiser for the club. This year the club sold approximately 100 steaks and raised $1,920. The club hopes to raise enough money to provide 4-H jackets for all the members. Andrina Turnquist, president of Alexander’s 4-H club, said,”Overall it was a good turnout. It was more successful compare...
On Saturday, March 18, the Annual Horse Owners Workshop was held at the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Ernie French Center located in Williston, North Dakota. The owners of Williston Saddlery, Bill and Karen Novak hosted the event this year. Attendants who brought a friend with them both received a free gift donated by the Williston Saddlery. There were also door prizes and refreshments provided by them as well. Neil McLeod, Brady Hannah, and Bill Novak were the speakers for the Annual Horse Owners Workshop. Neil McLeod is a horse...
The American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Pork Producers Council have closed the final chapter of their lawsuit challenging EPA’s release of farmer and rancher personal information, when a federal judge approved a settlement that secures the private information of thousands of livestock and poultry farmers in 36 states. “This lawsuit has won a major victory for personal privacy,” said American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall. “Months ago, we won a court decision that vindicates the rights of farmers and all Americans to...
A cow herd's nutrient requirements are greatest from immediately after calving through peak milk production. "Inadequate nutrition during this time may have immediate impacts in terms of lower calf birth weights, weak calves and/or increased death loss, and decreased milk production," says Janna Kincheloe, the North Dakota State University Extension Service's area livestock systems specialist at the Hettinger Research Extension Center. "However, the consequences of low body condition at calving...
