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With the oil boom people are seeing many changes, some positive and some negative. When it comes to the agricultural community, there are many concerns regarding the land. The McKenzie County Soil Conservation District and the Natural Resources Conservation Service are actively trying to address the many concerns and issues that are being seen. They have had a few public input sessions to find out what the main concerns are. They have done prior sessions regarding other topics, but this time...
The 27th Annual KUMV-TV Farm & Ranch Show will be held March 12th and 13th at the Raymond Family Community Center in Williston, ND. With over 30,000 square feet of indoor exhibit space, there will be about 70 different exhibitors. So you can expect to see the latest in agricultural technology and equipment, along with all areas of farming. The exhibit will be open Tuesday from 9 am until 6 pm and Wednesday from 9 am until 5 pm. The Cattlewomen will once again be in charge of concessions,...
Area farmers and ranchers will learn how to save the family farm for the next generation at a farm and ranch meeting hosted by Rocky Mountain College, March 20, 2013, from 7:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon, in the Great Room of Prescott Hall. “The speakers at this meeting are addressing issues that are very important to farmers and ranchers in Montana and Wyoming. The topics are relevant to our everyday lives,” said Sam’s Club Manager and landowner Cody Mitchell, who is also a sponsor for the event. Dr. Marsha Goetting will speak about the legal implica...
Researchers, extension personnel and local growers gathered together to discuss the latest information regarding Pulse crops at the MonDak Pulse Day which was held Feb. 20th. Many discussions were held covering various topics concerning Pulse crops including: weed control, diseases, management, dry bean production and soil quality and health. One of the featured speakers was Dr. Rosalind Bueckert. Dr. Bueckert is a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the Plant Science Department who f...
University of Montana scientists, including Regents Professor of Ecology Steve Running, recently published the cover story for the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on satellite-based drought monitoring. The group, including Qiaozhen Mu, Maosheng Zhao, John Kimball and Running, all from UM, and Nathan McDowell from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, developed a satellite-sensed global drought severity index. Accurate mapping and monitoring of drought severity worldwide is needed as water becomes a more valuable and scarce...
Four members and leaders of Richland County 4-H program participated in the 14th bi-annual 4-H legislative breakfast in Helena, Mt on January 22nd. They were Holly Bouchard and Sierra Osborne of the Richland Rockets 4-H club, Taylor Schepens of the Brorson Farmhands 4-H club, and leader Kathy Helmuth of the Lambert Hi-Liters 4-H Club. The Breakfast is sponsored by the Montanans for 4-H, an all-volunteer group of concerned citizens. The 4-H legislative breakfast is one of the best-attended in Helena. This year, a majority of egislators attended...
The Montana Farm Bureau wants to remind all producers, their families and employees that Agricultural Safety Awareness Week is slated for March 3-9. This year’s theme “Agricultural Safety: Your Best Investment,” emphasizes that farmers need to make safety a priority as they prepare to plant crops. Making safety a priority on the farm and ranch can save both lives and resources by preventing accidents, injuries and lost time, according to Gene Surber, co-coordinator of the Montana Ag Safety Program. “It cannot be over emphasized how importa...
The state Agriculture and Game and Fish departments have launched a cooperative project to connect coyote hunters and trappers with landowners who would like to reduce coyote populations in their area. Called the “Coyote Catalog,” the project creates an online database similar to what the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has used for the past several years to match deer hunters with farmers/ranchers who wanted to reduce deer populations on their land. Registration Landowners can sign up via the North Dakota Department of Agr...
The MonDak Stockgrowers Association and the Foundation for Community Care held a Cattlemen’s Ball on Feb. 23 at the Richland Co. Fair Event Center. The event preliminarily grossed over $33,000 to be donated to the Foundation for Community Care and the American Heart Association. Above Staci Miller from the Foundation for Community Care speaks to attendees....
A Bozeman biofuels start-up is partnering with Montana State University in an effort to turn a fungus discovered in the highly acidic hot springs of Yellowstone National Park into sustainable energy. The discovery a fungus pulled from a geyser basin in 2009 and now dubbed MK7 came from research allowed under a permit MSU has on file with the National Park Service. MSU filed a patent on MK7. Funded by a Small Business Innovation and Research grant from the National Science Foundation, Mark Kozubal and his start-up company, Sustainable Bioproduct...
Ranching resilience will be the focus of this year’s Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum in Bozeman. The conference will begin in the afternoon of Tuesday, April 9, and run through the morning of Wednesday, April 10, at the GranTree Inn, 1325 N. 7th Avenue. Jude Capper, a sustainability consultant and adjunct professor of animal sciences at Washington State University, will give the keynote address, speaking on “How Do We Maintain U.S. Beef Production Sustainability and Resilience Moving Toward 2050?” Other conference speakers will...
Private Applicator Certification Sessions are being offered for people needing to be certified or recertified as a private pesticide applicator. Those purchasing and/or applying “restricted use” pesticides for private use are required to have a private applicator’s license. There is a $25 charge to be certified for 3 years in both the general and fumigation categories. The upcoming sessions will be held as follows: March 6th Alexander City Hall beginning at 9:30 am CT, March 12th at Cartw...
The 30th annual KATQ Northeast Montana Farm Expo will be held in Plentywood at the Sheridan County Civic Center March 15th and 16th. The hours are 9-5 on Friday and 9-4 on Saturday. Fifty vendors from the northern plains states as well as Saskatchewan and Alberta will exhibit their products. Starting out the activities will be a Farm and Ranch Appreciation Breakfast Friday morning from 7:00-8:30. Tickets for this event are free, but there is a limited number and attendees must pick up their free tickets from KATQ studios, 112 3rd Ave....
Signup for Farm Service Agency’s Direct and Counter Cyclical Program and the Average Crop Revenue Election Program during the 2013 crop year began on February 19, 2013. The signup deadline for the 2013 ACRE program is June 3 and signup for the DCP program is August 2, 2013. Producers have a new election opportunity for the ACRE or DCP program. Farms enrolled in ACRE at the end of the 2012 crop year are allowed to make a new election between ACRE or DCP in 2013. Producers who choose to participate in either the revenue-based ACRE safety net o...
The farm management team at North Dakota State University has released its projected crop budgets for 2013. The budgets for each crop are in a pamphlet form which includes spring wheat, durum, malting barley, corn grain, oil sunflowers, canola, flax, field peas, oats, lentils, yellow mustard, safflower, buckwheat, millet, chickpeas, winter wheat, and rye. Except for oats, all the budgets listed for northwest North Dakota show positive returns to labor and management. Corn, yellow mustard, chickp...
A few weeks ago I wrote about corn being one of the most profitable crops for northwest North Dakota according to the recently released 2013 crop budget of North Dakota State University. Then Rick Bieber of Trail City, South Dakota spoke during the Wheat Show explaining how corn and the crops worked so well in his no-till cropping system. He gave corn a lot of credit for his farm’s profitability. Also, about this time, I received research reports of Williston and Minot and found two-year d...
Aaron Krauter, State Executive Director of North Dakota’s USDA Farm Service Agency reminds producers to purchase FSA’s Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program coverage for non-insurable crops. “Crop insurance is an important risk management tool for farmers, but it’s not available for all crops. That’s why NAP is so important,” said Krauter. NAP is a federally funded program that provides coverage to producers for non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occurs due to natural disasters. Crops eligible fo...
The Sidney FFA Varsity Mechanics team of (L-R) Ethan Chamberlain, Duran Vigesaa, Jimmy Topp and Travis Obergfell (far right) receive a first place plaque from the Career Development event host Culbertson FFA President Ty Handy. Nine various skills/aptitude areas were tested of 33 students from nine schools. This Sidney FFA team continued tradition by winning this mechanical event for the ninth year in a row. Sidney FFA members also placed individually with Topp placing first, Chamberlain placing second, Obergfell placing sixth, and Duran...
Ryan Taylor, fourth-generation rancher, writer, father, husband, and state senator, will be the guest speaker and entertainer at KATQ’s NE MT Ag Expo in Plentywood, MT. This year’s Expo will be held at the Sheridan County Civic Center on March 15-16. Taylor, who writes about real life ranch stories in his ‘Cowboy Logic’ books, brings his books to life as he gives his presentation with some rope tricks. Taylor ranches near Towner, ND with his wife, Nikki, and their three children, on the family...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced at the National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), beginning May 20 and ending on June 14. CRP has a 27-year legacy of protecting the nation’s natural resources through voluntary participation, while providing significant economic and environmental benefits to rural communities across the United States. Under Secretary Vilsack’s leadership, USDA has enrolled 11....
United Agronomy, LLC started doing business in Williston in the spring of 2005 as a satellite out of Berthold which was established in 2001. In 2011, they merged with Dakota Quality Grains agronomy division, allowing them to pick up offices in Parshall, Ross and New Town. The company employs 30-35 full time people, which includes 15-18 agronomists, plus seasonal workers as needed. United Agronomy offers retail sales of fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, seed, inoculants and more. They provide delivery of all products and custom...
Montana State University Extension and the Schutter Diagnostic Lab are offering new online courses covering plant anatomy and the diagnostic features of 32 state-listed noxious weeds. The free courses are offered to assist early detection of noxious weeds in Montana and provide pesticide applicator credits. The three-course series has been designed to assist with early detection and rapid response (EDRR) across Montana. The goal of EDRR is to recognize high priority plants and take action to manage them while populations are still small. Often...
Students from Williston State College’s Post-secondary Agriculture Student Organization (PAS) attended the ND State PAS Conference for the 26th straight year on January 23-25 in Minot. The event was held in conjunction with the Ag Expo. WSC PAS students competed in many different events, including but not limited to: the Mechanics contest, Ag Sales, Livestock Specialist, Soil Specialist, Crop Specialist, Equine Specialist, etc. The award highlights: Justin Jacobs took second place in Ag Sales i...
The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) is urging farmers and ranchers to ask members of the Senate Taxation Committee to remove agriculture land, also known as Class 3 property, from Senate Bill 4. SB 4 puts tax classes 3, 4 and 10 into a one-year reappraisal cycle instead of the current six year cycle. “It’s important to have a six-year reappraisal cycle with gradual phased-in increases because farmers and ranchers need to plan ahead for increases in their property taxes,” says MFBF Lobbyist Nicole Rolf. “If the other classes want the one...
A workshop for beginning beekeepers will be held Saturday, March 9, at Montana State University. The instructors will explain how to buy bees and equipment, establish a new beehive, register and maintain hives, prevent pests, and harvest honey and wax. They will also demonstrate candle-making. Participants will be able to taste various types of honey. Cost of the workshop is $25 per person, which includes lunch. A registration form is available at https://www.msuextension.org/Intranet/document/share/2013%20Spring%20Beekeeping%20 Workshop.pdf....
