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The Montana Farm Bureau is holding their annual Youth Speech Contest in conjunction with the Montana FFA State Convention, March 30 - April 2, 2016 at Montana State University in Bozeman. The contest is open to seventh, eighth and ninth grade students. Each speech must be two and a half to four minutes in length and demonstrate how science, technology, engineering and math are used by those who work in agriculture in one of the following careers: Crop production, livestock production, veterinary medicine, diesel mechanic, plant scientist and...
Montana State University Extension, in cooperation with Northwest Farm Credit Services, will host the Montana broadcast of the fifth annual Women in Agriculture Conference on Saturday, March 19. This one-day webinar is presented remotely by Washington State University Extension and takes place simultaneously at 31 locations throughout Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Alaska. The conference is interactive and was developed to empower women in agriculture to achieve goals and manage risk...
Landowners have until March 15 to submit applications to Fish, Wildlife, & Parks for enrollment in a new program called Unlocking Public Lands that may qualify a landowner for up to $3,000 in annual tax credits. Through this program, a landowner who enters into a contractual agreement with FWP to allow public recreational access across private land to reach a parcel of otherwise inaccessible state or federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or United States Forest Service (USFS) land is entitled to receive a $750 annual tax credit per contract,...
The importance of U.S. beef exports to the U.S. cattle markets has been well-documented. Beef exports on a value basis set a record high in 2014, and so did beef byproducts. Beef byproducts are less glamorous, so their importance sometimes gets overlooked by cattle producers. However, the value of byproducts, sometimes referred to as “offal or drop value,” also plays an important role in cattle prices. Beef byproducts include all edible and inedible items from harvested cattle that are not part of the dressed carcass. The hide is the most val...
Right now on the roads we are seeing dozens of grain trucks hauling to the elevators. Some might think that winter is a vacation for farmers, but that is not the case. Farmers are busy getting ready for the next growing season and still finishing up tasks from the previous. When on the roads, as always, drive cautiously around large vehicles. Grain trucks haul heavy loads and have a hard time stopping suddenly, unlike smaller vehicles. Farmers have to be cautious on the road and also while loadi...
Yesterday, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Commission unanimously approved funding for a Channel Migration Easement on the lower Yellowstone River in Richland County. The easement, which was developed by the Montana Land Reliance in cooperation with FWP and Montana Aquatic Resources Services (MARS), will use funds from Western Area Power Administration and passed through FWP to the Navratil family of Sidney. The project will benefit fisheries of the lower Yellowstone including the endangered pallid sturgeon by prohibiting armoring th...
Welcome from the 2016 National Hard Wheat Show. Through the years, the Wheat Show has brought prospective and exciting new ideas to the region's producers. This year promises nothing less! First let me give a shout out to the people and organizations who make this event possible. Take a few minutes to look through the list of sponsors and remember to personally thank them for their help. You will also find a list of the board and committee members. Give them your thanks also. Last but not least,...
Edward Usset serves as a Grain Marketing Economist for the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota, the developers of FINPACK software and a variety of educational programs. Working with his colleagues at CFFM and in extension, Ed developed the award winning "Winning the Game" series of workshops. In addition, he manages Commodity Challenge, an online marketing education game that uses real-time cash and futures data. He teaches "Commodity Markets" at the University....
Reporter, weatherman, photographer and speaker Cliff Naylor will be speaking during the lunch hour on Wednesday, February 3rd. During his career, Naylor has won over 25 broadcast television awards for sports reporting, news reporting, feature and documentary reporting, news and sports photography. "A large portion of my job is feature reporting. I love traveling across the state finding unique and interesting stories in rural North Dakota for my weekly "Off the Beaten Path" series which airs...
Jack Feenstra will be speaking at the February Williston Wheat Show and his passion is agriculture and lifelong learning. He is familiar with all facets of farming. From Dryland agriculture to irrigation, from feedlot to subsistence farming in Central Africa. Jack and his wife Annemarie run a crop consulting business called Chinook Crop Care Ltd. The business specializes in environmental compliance for large feedlots, dairies and hog enterprises. They maximize the financial return on crops by...
Join Elston Denzil Solberg, Canadian Director of Agri- Knowledge of Agri-Trend Inc. at the Wheat Show in Williston, ND, Wed., Feb. 3, as he shares his knowledge and expertise on the 7Rs of Successful Crops – Think Balance, Balance, Balance at 2:30 p.m., 3:20 p.m. and 4:25 p.m. Solberg has over 25 years of research expertise to Agri-Trend, through his work as Head Cereal Specialist and Research Agronomist with Alberta Agriculture. As an accomplished speaker and Head of The Agri-Knowledge D...
During the February Wheat Show in Williston, you can see Christ Augustin who works as an Area Extension Specialist/Soil Health at North Central Research Extension Center in Minot, ND. Christ Augustin grew up near the town of Crystal, ND where he worked on the family farm. It was here that Chris gained his love of agriculture and respect of the land while helping out with small grains, sugar beets and potatoes. After high school, he went on to college at NDSU where he earned his B.S. and M.S. in...
John Pulasky will be at this year's Williston Wheat show discussing El Nino and the price of chicken. This seminar will be about how severe weather can alter history. Pulasky comes from a heavy agricultural backround that included memberships in 4-H and FFA. Through these programs he has developed dedicated stewardship of Montana's resources and way of life. He has working relationships with diverse county, state and federal agencies and associations; including serving as a supervisor with the...
Edwin Haugen, CLU and FIC at Thrivent Financial in Minot, ND, will be very busy at this year's Wheat Show in Williston, ND. He will be discussing topics such as tax issues, oil and mineral production areas, subsidy issues, partnership and corporation issues, farm and children and tax saving issues. Another topic he is excited to share is charitable options. "This has been an area that is often neglected in the Ag Industry, but is something that can benefit both these charities and the farmer as...
On Thursday, February 4 at 10:30am take the journey from procrastination to destination with professional speaker V.J. Smith. Published author, V.J. Smith, has been a professional speaker for almost two decades. He has spoken to audiences throughout the United States and Canada. Drawing on teachable moments encountered while working at a Fortune 100 company and a mid-size university, he peppers his speeches with anecdotes and stories to keep audiences fully engaged and motivated. He is genuine,...
During the top ten beet grower dinner, Nollmeyer Farms was recognized as the top grower in the 50-312 acres category. Del and Kim Nollmeyer, who farm north of Savage, averaged 40.07 ton per acre, 19.25 percent sugar, which resulted in a 35.28 rating on a 263-acre crop. Del Nollmeyer grew up farming, started out by renting farmland from his father when he was still in high school. In 1989, he began farming on his own, and his wife Kim credits the quality of their crops to her husband’s c...
Tibbetts Agland was recognized as the top grower with more than 313 acres during the Top Ten Beet Growers meeting. Their Sugar percentage was 19.27 with 37.34 tons per acre and a 34.21 rating. Brothers Cody, Brock, and Todd Tibbetts grew up farming and ranching and six years ago they began growing sugar beets as Roundup Ready Beets made the crop much less management intensive. This made it possible to grow sugar beets in addition to growing feed crops and raising cattle. The family farm,...
On Thursday, January 21st, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation held a public scoping meeting at the Dawson County High School in Glendive, MT to gather public opinion and answer questions about the alternatives being studied as part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Intake Diversion Dam fish passage project. The EIS is being developed to better determine how fish passage, especially that of the endangered pallid sturgeon, can be improved with continued...
Join us at the 38th Annual GATE (Glendive Agri-Trade Expo) Fri. and Sat. Feb.12 & 13 at the EPEC in Glendive. Vendors are scheduled to come from a multi-state area to bring the newest and best products of interest to the agricultural and building community. Bring your neighbors and friends to this always enjoyable tradeshow. KXGN and Northern AgNetwork will be on hand for live broadcast. Friday’s lineup includes Rangeland & Cropland weed seminars from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. and will qualify for applicator points. A Saturday seminar will feature f...
Sidney resident Karli Johnson just returned from three days in Great Falls as part of REAL Montana (Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership). For Karli and other members of REAL Montana Class II, this was the third seminar in their two-year educational program. The focus of the seminar Jan. 14-16 was "Crop Production Economy & Issues". Class members heard from experts on Montana's role in domestic and global agricultural markets, rail transport, public policy, the Farm Bill, GMOs, and the...
The Sidney Sugars Top Ten luncheon was held on Wed., Jan. 20, 2016 at the Elks Lodge in Sidney. A year in review, Agriculture Manager Duane Peters congratulated beet growers on their very successful year and discussed some of the challenges growers overcame in different areas. It was dry in the North, requiring lots of irrigation and hailstorms came through the same area as much as three times. Late May frosts required a few areas to have to replant as did springtail parasites, and damaging...
Norby Inc. was honored to join Sidney Sugar’s exclusive 20/20 Club during the annual Top 10 luncheon held last Wednesday. Rocky Norby started farming with his dad Richard in 1974 and enjoyed that partnership until 1997. Rocky’s wife Lori joined the family in 1979. In 1993, Norbys started growing sugar beets along the Missouri River near Culbertson, and rented out their Sidney ground. Matt Stedman started farming with Norby in 2011. “I’m excited for it,” he said. “I love what I do.” This year, the Culbertson land produced 26.69 tons per acre and...
This year Haidle Farms, owned by Ryan Haidle, received the 20/20 award for Top 10 Beet Growers. The 20/20 reward is given to beet farmers that produce 20 Tons Per Acre(TPA) of beets with a 20+% sugar outage. Haidle Farms managed to produce 31.28 TPA with 20.08% sugar yield on 489 acres. “We were very lucky with nutrient soil and great weather this year,” said Ryan, when asked how he achieved this year’s harvest. Haidle Farms is a family run operation which Ryan Haidle manages with his broth...
Experts from the Montana State University Extension Service have identified glyphosate-resistant Conyza Canadensis, also known as marestail or horseweed, in northeast Montana. The discovery is concerning given how easily this species can disperse in the wind. According to Timothy Fine, Extension agent in Richland County, and Fabian Menalled, MSU professor and Extension specialist in cropland weeds, marestail with up to a five-fold increase in resistance to glyphosate, the active ingredient of Roundup and other herbicides, has recently been...
Nine years ago, a tiny orange bug quietly entered northwestern Montana and began demolishing spring wheat yields, costing producers millions of dollars. What was once a primary cash crop for Flathead and Lake counties quickly became an economic disaster and a major worry for area farmers. In 2007, most producers stopped growing spring wheat and turned to agricultural scientists at the Northwestern Agricultural Research Center, part of the Montana State University Montana Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES), for help. Nine years later, MAES...
