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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the authorization of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) for many Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) commodity, disaster, and conservation programs through 2013. FSA administers these programs. The extended programs include, among others: the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program (DCP), the Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE), and the Milk Income Loss Contract P...
The Airport International Inn in Williston will be hosting the 60th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show February 4th, 5th & 6th. This year’s show will be targeting a program which addresses the following: 1) providing relevant information relating to public policy, 2) Providing information offering substantial profit opportunities, 3) challenging the thought process of those involved in all levels of food production. This year’s show will offer several featured speakers including Jolene Bro...
There is still space in the MonDak Heritage Center’s workshops scheduled for Saturday, February 9th. The same workshop will be offered at 9am and again at 1pm. Marie Shirley Jones, from Red Lodge, will answer questions regarding her work which has been on exhibit at the MonDak this month, and will guide participants through several of her methods for dyeing and transfer work. She incorporates many artistic approaches into her unique and wonderful work. Come see her work for a preview of the workshop. Space is limited. Registration is $20. Q...
Jim Peterson, Marketing Director of the ND Wheat Commission out of Mandan, will be speaking on the Advantage of U.S. HRS and Durum in the World Market. Jim has been with the Wheat Commission for over 20 years and he assists with three major program areas: export marketing, trade policy and issues, and research/customer service. His goal is to optimize export and domestic sales opportunities for North Dakota grown wheat, and ensure North Dakota wheat meets the agronomic needs of producers and...
The entry deadline for this year’s Eat Smart. Play Hard. poster contest is March 15. North Dakota youth will have a chance to demonstrate their creativity and knowledge of heart health in this spring’s “Eat Smart. Play Hard.” poster contest. The contest is open to North Dakota youth ages 8 to 19 as of Sept. 1, 2012. Posters will be judged in two age divisions: preteen (ages 8 to 12) and teen (ages 13 to 19). The North Dakota State University Extension Service, NDSU Extension’s Center for 4-H Youth Development and the North Dakota Academy of Nut...
The three-session estate planning workshop is set for Feb. 7, 14 and 21. The North Dakota State University Extension Service is hosting a farm and ranch transition planning workshop at five locations Feb. 7, 14 and 21. The workshop will help farmers and ranchers: - Design an orderly and successful transition plan for their farm/ranch business - Choose the successor(s) best suited to continue the business into the future - Understand the transition plan’s financial impacts and tax consequences - Learn about the best tools and strategies to c...
Once every five years across the country, the Census of Agriculture is conducted. The 2012 Census will be mailed out in the middle of December with the return deadline of February 4th. The census is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. It looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures.The results of the census are used to make important policy and business decision across the nation. All answers are kept confidential. Past results and information...
Sidney Sugars Incorporated held its Top Ten Growers award luncheon Wednesday, Jan. 16. The luncheon is held annually in order to congratulate the growers that brought in the best crop. Despite it being a rather dry growing season, this year’s harvest was a success. Although planting doesn’t usually happen until about the third week of April, a lot of the growers chose to plant earlier. Due to the dry conditions, those seeds did not germinate and start growing until they received moisture. It was a difficult time with no rain, causing it to be...
The Richland County Fair Board has announced the concert line up for the 2013 Fair, as well as announcing a new carnival. North Star Amusements out of Cody, Wyoming will be the carnival this year playing all 4 days. The concert line-up, performing on Saturday, Aug. 3 is MONTGOMERY GENTRY with special guest Gloriana. With a new album, a new label and a renewed sense of musical purpose, Montgomery Gentry is back in full swing. These two Kentucky boys first broke into the national country scene in...
Three Farm Credit organizations announced more than a quarter of a million dollars in grants for projects that support Western North Dakota communities. St. Paul based AgriBank joined Farm Credit Services of Mandan and Farm Credit Services of North Dakota in announcing the first ever awards made under the Rural Community Grant Fund. The organizations started the fund to support infrastructure and development projects that benefit communities in Western North Dakota. Eleven grants totaling $266,984 were awarded to worthy community projects,...
A recently completed report on Montana’s brucellosis management plan (BMP) says the state is being proactive and responsive in its efforts to identify occurrences of the disease and prevent its spread in livestock and wildlife within and from the Designated Surveillance Area (DSA). Conducted by USDA’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service-Veterinary Services, the report was issued after a comprehensive review of brucellosis management plans in the three Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) states (Montana, Idaho and Wyoming). The goal was det...
Karst Farms, one of Sidney Sugars Top 10 growers in 2012, does not believe in waiting for it to rain. “The year started out dry. We had to irrigate our crop to get them to start,” stated James Karst, of Fairview, MT. Karst currently farms around 2000 acres with his sons, Tim and Ted, to whom he gives much of the credit for their success. “They know how to do everything. If I’m not around, I can count on them and know it’ll get done.” Karst also contributes a big part of their success to...
Terry Cayko and his right hand man of 4 years, Toby Miller, came in first place for the second year in a row in the Sidney Sugars Top Ten Growers of the year for 2012. Terry and his wife, Vicky, are the 3rd generation owners of 6J Farms in Fairview, MT. They are currently farming approximately 1100 acres and about 363 of those acres are sugar beets. Cayko knew going in to the year that the soil conditions were very dry, “We didn’t have much for sub-moisture,” commented Cayko. “As soon as the...
The Sidney Sugars Incorporated factory has served the Sidney area since 1925, providing an outlet for farmers to grow and sell sugarbeets. In 2002, American Crystal bought the Sidney factory from Holly Sugar and the Sidney factory became part of the American Crystal Company and took the name Sidney Sugars. Sidney Sugars operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of American Crystal Sugar Company. Each year Sidney Sugars contracts sugarbeet acres with area growers. Not only does this allow producers to grow a high value crop but it also provides empl...
“Corn breeders have bred vastly different corn varieties for two specific purposes, namely grain and forage,” stated Dr. Doug Landblom, a research scientist at NDSU’s Dickinson Research Extension Center. He will be speaking at Ag Days on how to properly graze cattle with corn residue. He has BS and MS degrees in animal science from Montana State University. Originally a Montana native, he knows how drought can affect cattle and grazing. Dr. Landblom stated, “I am interested in ways to integra...
The annual MonDak Ag Days are coming up next week, January 10-12 at the Richland County Fair Event Center. Ag Days will offer educational sessions, trade show displays, and entertainment, with something to interest everyone. Starting out on Thursday, there will be a family program from 8:30am until noon providing different gardening topics including square-foot gardening and raised beds, rainwater capture strategies, garden insects, bucket composting, and gardening in schools. From 12:45 until...
Ken Overcast, singing and writing Montana cowboy, is this year’s entertainer at MonDak Ag Days. He will be performing the evening of January 10th, 2013. Tickets are available for $25 at the Richland County Extension Office, Stockman Bank, and Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture. When talking with Overcast about his upcoming performance he stated, “We try to have a variety. We try to keep things rolling. I’ll tell stories, play music, a lot of music, and read some poetry. It doesn...
Jim Miller, Sidney’s game warden, will be speaking on how to deal with predators. He will discuss how Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks can help with predator issues on the farm and ranch. There are not many regulations on dealing with predators, but Miller will provide information as to what is or isn’t regulated. He hasn’t received many reports on nuisance predators such as coyotes, foxes, badger, etc. Miller, who is a native of Sidney, has been with Fish, Wildlife & Parks for 24 years and in Ju...
Bill Pelton, who serves as Montana Beef Quality assurance coordinator, will be speaking at MonDak Ag Days. With over 40 year’s experience in agricultural marketing and consulting, Pelton has some valuable information for all beef industry stakeholders. Pelton will introduce attendees to the website for Beef Quality Assurance (www.bqa.org) and encourage all to become “BQA (Beef Quality Assurance) Certified. Beef Quality Assurance is a national organization that is represented in state pro...
The 60th National Hard Spring Wheat Show scheduled to be held in Williston, February 4, 5, 6 will feature several exciting topics and well known experts. One of the featured speakers will be Jolene Brown. Ms. Brown is a farmer, author and an award winning communicator from West Branch, Iowa who has made numerous appearances on television and radio broadcasts. Her work has been featured in several major agricultural publications. As a founder of the Business-First Family Institute, she knows the...
Denise Biggar, with the MT Water Resources, will provide an update on the various water related issues affecting northeast Montana. Biggar is the Regional Manager for the Water Resources Division of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). She serves ten counties in northeastern Montana. She has worked for the DNRC in Glasgow for the past 14 years. The DNRC-Glasgow Water Resource office provides local support for a number of water resource programs, including water...
Vicki Olson, member of the Phillips County Livestock Association, will be speaking on the roaming bison and the effect it would have on our area. She will touch on Land Uses and their value, Current Ag Impacts, Future Foods Needs for the US, and Economic Outlook related to Ag. She feels Ag is so vital to the economy and plays an important role in our future. Olson has been a spokeswoman for land use and ag in general for many years as her family has been ranching on the same land for almost 100...
The Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture will hold their annual banquet January 21st at the Sidney Country Club. Annual awards will be presented. There will be a social beginning at 6pm, with the dinner following at 6:30pm. This year’s speaker is Holly Hoffman, who appeared on the show “Survivor”. Holly (Wanner) Hoffman was born and raised in Eureka, a small town with about 850 residents, in north central South Dakota. Being the youngest of three children and the only girl in the f...
Up until the break of the new century the U.S. beef industry could set its watch on a 10 year market cycle. In other words, producers could expect market lows to be 10 years following the previous market highs. Such things as the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), major drought throughout large sections of the Midwest, competition from rising crop values and an aging group of ranchers have all contributed to a major reduction in the number of mama cows across our nation. USDA data from...
During last year's Wheat Show, many crop producers came just to learn more about soil health and how it can impact productivity of the land and profits on the farm. Since then many of the attendees urged members of the Wheat Show planning committee to include more information on soil health during the February, 2013 event. So this year's Wheat Show will feature two speakers who will address the components of soil quality and how certain farming practices specific to western and eastern Montana...
