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At Gibbs Angus Ranch, we have been blessed to have good health and a busy year. Holiday greetings from our family to yours. With the beginning of a new year, we are grateful that we are still able to care for the land and animals that the Good Lord has blessed us with. Tim and Laurie celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in 2020 and our family was able to get together with some close family and friends to celebrate. It was a blessed event. As we look to the future, we consider what we can...
While the arrival of new vaccines for COVID-19 should enable a return to in-person events, the sheer mechanics of their mass distribution mean that early 2021 events are still primarily virtual. That’s certainly true for the 4th Annual MonDak Agricultural Research Summit, typically held late in the year, but now moved online and converted to a webinar series, beginning Thursday, Jan. 14. Webinars will be held on Zoom every other Thursday, with one Tuesday thrown in, and all will run from 10-11:30 a.m. MT/11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CT. According to o...
Leland Red Angus will be hosting their 37th annual production sale on Friday, March 12 at the ranch located in southwest McKenzie County, 35 miles southeast of Sidney in the Squaw Gap Community. The ranch, which has raised registered Red Angus for over 50 years, is operated by Melvin and Luella Leland and their son and daughter-in-law, Todd and Carla Leland. Homesteaded in 1911 by Melvin's father, Leland Red Angus breeds over 500 registered Red Angus females per year and will market over 180 bul...
Early Morning Red Angus Ranch will be marketing 30 yearling Red Angus bulls and 20 replacement Red Angus heifer calves 1 p.m., Thursday, March 11 at Sitting Bull Auction, Williston. The Early Morning Red Angus Ranch is located 12 miles south of Tioga. Owner and operator, Carl Frisinger, bought the ranch in 1965; having grown up in a ranching family, Frisinger grew up raising Herefords. However, when they became hard to sell, he bought six Red Angus cows from the Leland Drought Reduction Sale and started marketing Red Angus cattle in 1984 using...
Robert "Bob" Stortz started what is now known as Stortz Angus Ranch when he returned from the Korean War in 1953. The ranch ventured into both polled and horned Herefords along with F1 crosses before ultimately landing on the Black Angus breed. Bob and his wife Carla Jeanne had seven children together. Their only son, Ted Stortz, now heads the Stortz Angus Ranch. Ted and his wife Tarena have four children; Chelsea, Robbie, Tate and Ben. Ted bought the ranch's first registered cows in 1989 from...
Gartner-Denowh Angus Ranch (GDAR) is located just on the outskirts of Sidney, a close-knit family run ranch that focuses on raising efficient and functional cattle bred for the commercial cattle operation. GDAR began in 1957 when Joe Gartner and Russell Denowh bought 20 head of registered Angus cows from a dispersion sale in Montana. In 1974, Russ and his son, Micky, bought out Joe Gartner but kept the corporate name. At this time, they were calving about 150 cows and selling around 60 bulls...
Irrigation provides more consistent crop production on a year-to-year basis, allows growth of longer-season crops, diversifies the farm enterprise and provides a consistent supply of forage for animal operations. "However, managing an irrigation system around variable rain events can sometimes be a challenge for busy farmers," says Tom Scherer, North Dakota State University Extension agricultural engineer. To provide producers with some assistance, NDSU Extension is holding a virtual irrigation...
Karli Johnson, a young rancher from Choteau (formerly from Sidney), bested three other competitors to win the Montana Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Discussion Meet. She received the keys to a Ranger® 570 EFI and will be eligible to compete in the national competition which will be held during the virtual American Farm Bureau Convention in January. The three other contestants were Mark Boyd, Alder; John Walker, Nashua; and Morgan Rose, Terry. The Final Four of the Discussion Meet was...
HELENA, MT – The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) wrapped up its first-ever Virtual Annual Convention & Trade Show on Wednesday, Nov. 18. This one-of-a-kind event provided over 200 attendees the chance to gather for keynote addresses, explore a virtual trade show, vote for MSGA’s 2021 Board of Directors, and participate in policy development – all from their own home! During Opening General Session, attendees heard from livestock industry organization leaders such as Fred Wacker, former MSGA President; Jay Bodner, MSGA Executive Vice...
Bozeman - Montana State University Extension agents, staff and supporters from across Montana recently received awards during Extension's virtual annual conference. Marc King, MSU Sweet Grass County Extension agent, received the 2020 Silver Buffalo Award in recognition of 26 years of exceptional service. The award, given by Montana's Joint Council of Extension Professionals, is MSU Extension's highest honor. King is known as a well-respected member of the Montana agricultural community and his...
Specialists from the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program of the National Center for Appropriate Technology are available to help farmers and ranchers apply for assistance through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) 2. The CFAP2 program has almost $14 billion available to help almost every form of agriculture business impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. More crops and agriculture operations are eligible under CFAP2 than under the first CFAP program earlier this year. Farmers and ranchers can apply d...
For the past year, Tanya Candee, RN, BSN, has been offering pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) services to the Sidney area. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays she offers services at the Rouge LLC Day Spa, located on 118 S Central Ave., Sidney. She also offers at-home/farm visits. PEMF services have a wide variety of benefits. According to www.news-medical.net, clinical studies have proven that PEMF is capable of increasing circulation, decreasing inflammation, accelerating bone...
Sidney Sugars has been having a very successful season. “Everything has been going really good. The processing of beets is going well, and the factory has been running good, so we are extremely happy with what has been going on so far,” added Duane Peters, Sidney Sugars Incorporated Agricultural Manager. Throughout the year, the company has welcomed a new chief operating officer, inducted two farmers into the 20/20 club, and has seen higher than average sugar content with harvested beets. In July, Steve Rosenau obtained the position of Sid...
Bryce Jorgensen: Bryce Jorgensen, Savage, averaged 29 tons per acre and 20.09% sugar. "I was very pleased that I made it in the 20/20 club. Sugar beet farming is a risky business and profit margins are getting tighter every year so there is more pressure to grow a good crop these days," stated Jorgensen. To qualify for this exclusive club, a sugar beet producer must average over 20 tons per acre and 20% sugar for the entire crop. "This is an elite group of growers," added Duane Peters, Sidney Su...
Ali Merritt, Sidney High School seniorand member of the Montana JR Registered Red Angus Association, was awarded Overall Grand Champion Red Angus Bull with her March born bull calf and Overall Reserve Champion Red Angus Bull with her yearling bull at Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE). Merritt explained that the exposition was held virtually this year, so contestants participated in a virtual show where pictures and videos of animals were submitted to be judged. This year, she...
This year, Cooper McNally, from Sidney earned high honors at Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) and American Royal Livestock Show. At the virtual NILE, he showed two crossbred barrows: a calico and blue-butt barrow. These animals were awarded the titles of overall Grand Champion Barrow and Reserve Champion Barrow. "This show was done virtually this year, which made it more challenging, as we had to get a great video and then compete this way," stated McNally At the American...
Bozeman - An interdisciplinary Montana State University research team received a $944,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizers and their impact on soil health and water quality, with a focus on central Montana. The goal of the project is to create a more complete picture of exactly how nitrogen moves through soil and groundwater systems using sensors embedded in the ground at various research sites, according to Stephanie Ewing, MSU's Department of La...
"I found it to be very stressful when going to the store. We have certain staples that my family loves that we are used to having around the house." This is Sheena Annala who is a mother of three from Great Falls. Just like many consumers Sheena experienced a threat to food security during the pandemic. The problem of food security is nothing new. American farm policy encourages large corporate farms and centralized processing facilities. Fifty years ago Montana raised and processed 70% of its...
MonDak area sugar beet receiving stations have been receiving truckloads of sugar beets since the end of September. The Sugar Valley site kicked off sugar beet pre-pile on Monday, Sept. 21. Followed by the Sidney factory yard, which began on Wednesday, Sept. 23, and the Savage site, Friday, Sept. 25; Culbertson and Pleasant View started pre-pile on Monday, Sept. 28. As of Tuesday, Sept. 29, Duane Peters, Sidney Sugars Incorporated Agriculture Manager, estimated harvest to be "roughly 10%...
Bozeman - Montana State University's Steer-A-Year program is seeking financial support as well as donations of steers and feed for the 2020-21 academic year. A student program in the MSU College of Agriculture, Steer-A-Year focuses on teaching students every element of the cattle management industry through hands-on experience feeding and managing cattle during the fall and spring semesters. Students care for the cattle through the winter and spring, collect data including feed efficiency and...
Bozeman - A research team led by faculty in Montana State University's College of Agriculture received $5.1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy designed to explore camelina, an oilseed with the potential to be an alternative biofuel and multi-use crop. The MSU team, led by Chaofu Lu, Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology professor, will work with collaborators nationwide in administering total funding of $11 million to take a systems-level approach to assessing camelina...
Agriculture is the backbone of the MonDak region and it's time to celebrate this year’s harvest with The Roundup's 17th annual Harvest Festival Oct. 23 -Nov. 2. Make It With Sugar Whip up your tastiest creations Friday, Oct. 23 and bring them to Yellowstone Marketplace, 102 N Central Ave. between 9-10 a.m. for a chance to win a $50 prize from area merchants. Cooks also receive a 5 lb. bag of sugar for each entry. The Peoples Choice winner will win a $100 gift card. Enter in cakes, cookies, pies, candy, breads and rolls, and other. The expert j...
North Dakota producers need to be vigilant about keeping Palmer amaranth, a particular noxious weed, off their land, according to North Dakota State University Extension specialists. This weed has been found in new North Dakota counties every year since 2018, and 2020 was no exception. One source of introduction in 2020 was through contaminated grain screenings. Samples pulled from a pile of sunflower screenings detected up to 1,000 Palmer amaranth seeds per pound of screenings from one source....
President Trump and USDA Secretary Perdue have announced a second round of aid through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Up to $14 billion will be used to help farmers devastated by the economic disaster caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost $10 billion from the first CFAP provided much-needed support to livestock, dairy, non-specialty and specialty crop producers throughout the country. Some farmers were initially left out of CFAP, and although the program was expanded to include more commodities, aid was only made available...
Great Falls, MT- COVID-19 has disrupted the agricultural sector in a variety of ways. The pandemic has exposed a break in the food supply chain that was compounded by the loss of foreign trade, low farm gate prices, and multinational packing plant disruptions. This pandemic also highlighted the importance of access to rural broadband and rural healthcare. Montana Farmers Union held a series of town halls with Senator Tester along with candidates for governor, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate where they discussed the effects of the pandemic on...
