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The Donkey Basketball event in Watford City drew a big crowd as spectators young and old gathered to see their classmates, teachers and members of the police force compete for the title....
The annual trade show and education forum MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show is set for Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8, at the Richland County Event Center in Sidney. An effort of the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce, Ag Days brings "the latest and greatest in ag production technology, both for livestock and crop producers," said Tim Fine, Richland County Extension Agriculture Agent. The event combines a trade show full of local agriculture and livestock-related vendors with learning sessions o...
Planning for the future can be a very frustrating process especially in times of tariffs and market volatility. Planning typically pays high dividends. For most farm and ranch managers, developing realistic commodity price expectations is one of the most difficult and complex tasks of the planning process. To make the planning process easier, North Dakota State University Extension has released its 2019 short- and long-term agricultural planning price projections for North Dakota, says Ron...
The seventh annual North Dakota Reclamation Conference, "Reflecting on Reclamation," will spotlight the progress in reclamation policies, soil remediation and vegetation establishment. It will be held Feb. 25-26 at the Astoria Hotel and Events Center in Dickinson, N.D. "When we talk about reclamation, we often focus on the improvements needed to achieve successful remediation of lands impacted by energy development while losing sight of the strides that have been made in terms of knowledge,...
A calculator developed by North Dakota State University Extension to help producers estimate the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments they may receive in 2019 is available online. Visit https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/farmmanagement/farm-bill or search for “NDSU farm bill.” The payments are for the 2018 crop year, but final determination and issuance of actual payments are not made until the last three months of 2019. Producers face a challenging profit environment for 2019 and any source of revenue will be important...
Comedian Chad Prather returns to Sidney to entertain at the MonDak Ag Days on Friday, March 8th. The “supernaturally articulate” Georgia native-turned Texan graced Sidney to perform at Ag Days in 2017, and will return with a few more years’ experience under his belt, as well as countless viral Facebook videos. Prather is known for his fast-talking “armchair philosophy”, most often portrayed in his viral Facebook video rants from the front seat of his pickup. His viral videos have hundreds of millions of views, and his Facebook page has more...
FFA students from all over the district converged in Sidney Monday for day long competitions. Floriculture took place at St. Matthews multi purpose center. Hinsdale advisor Patti Armbrister explained how valuable the competition is, stating that the students learn job interview, problem solving, sales and marketing and customer service skills. "They come out of this contest with pretty good business skills," she said. The goal is to prepare the students for college and a career and Armbrister...
The 41st annual Glendive Agri-Trade Expo (GATE) will be Friday and Saturday, February 8 & 9, 2019 at the Eastern Plains Events Center on Merrill Avenue in Glendive. This is a winter event we always look forward to. Consider becoming a GATE vendor – or mark the calendar and simply join us at the tradeshow. Vendors come from every sector of the agriculture industry and are from multiple states and Canada. Industry professionals will be on hand to provide information about new innovations and products for the Ag industry and to help us know how t...
The North Dakota State University Extension Service in Williams County started the new year with a new Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent, Lucas Holmes. Holmes is originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. "I've been a city slicker all my life and had no farming experience growing up," explained Holmes. Although he grew up in a non-agricultural community, he developed a passion and interest for agriculture-related sciences. "I've always been interested in biological sciences and...
Best Angus will be hosting their 5th annual Best Value in the Badlands Production Sale on March 4th, 2019 in Watford City. The sale will offer 75 registered yearling Angus bulls, 5 coming two year old registered Angus bulls, 25 registered open heifer calves, and 2 ranch raised geldings. For more information, visit the ranch website: www.bestangusandquarterhorses.com Prior to their annual production sale, Best's marketed their range ready registered yearling bulls by private treaty. What started...
The Early Morning Red Angus Ranch, located twelve miles south of Tioga, ND, will be marketing 32 yearling Red Angus bulls, eight two-year old bulls, and yearling Red Angus heifers at Sitting Bull in Williston, ND Wednesday, March 6th, at 1:00 pm central time. 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...
Leland Red Angus will be hosting their 35th annual production sale on Friday, March 8th at the ranch located in SW McKenzie County, 35 miles SE of Sidney in the Squaw Gap Community. The ranch, which has raised registered Red Angus for 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 Leland's father, Leland Red Angus breeds over 500 registered Red Angus females per year and will market over 185 bulls and 60...
On a ranch tucked in the rolling hills of Eastern Montana south of the small town of Wibaux, MT, sits a seed stock ranch that produces cattle that are designed to work for every segment of the industry. Begger's Diamond V Ranch began raising seed stock black Simmental, Angus, and Sim-Angus cattle in 1974, with over 43 annual bull sales, and over four decades of selection criteria that has always been focused on the success of the commercial cattle industry. You can be assured that the breeding...
Bar JV Angus Ranch is a proud part of the agriculture community in the Mon-Dak area, and is located in the Sioux Pass Community halfway between Sidney and Culbertson, MT on highway 16. In its 43 years as a registered Angus business, Bar JV has continued to produce a product that will provide quality and increase profitability for their customers. This year marks their 10th annual production sale. In the previous 33 years the bulls were offered private treaty at the ranch. Bar JV Angus has...
After a two-year absence, the Watford City FFA is excited to bring back Donkey Basketball. It will be held at Watford City’s Rough Rider Center on Monday, January 14, 2019 starting at 7 p.m. Again, Watford City FFA chapter will receive the proceeds from almost an hour and a half of hooping, hollering and braying fun. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Preschoolers and under are free. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Watford City high school office. This year the game will c...
The 19th Annual MonDak Pulse Day will take place at the Area Recreation Center (ARC) in Williston, North Dakota on Thursday, February 7th. Registration for the event will begin at 8:30 am CST, and Speaker Presentations will start at 9:00 am CST. There will be a registration fee of $20 per person, payable at the door. The MonDak Pulse Day is a local area program that provides the latest information on production, marketing, and utilization of pulse crops. For the past 18 years, Pulse Day has...
February 8th and 9th, 2019 (always the second weekend in February) marks the upcoming Glendive Agri-Trade Expo. We hope you will all note it on your calendars and join us as we celebrate our agricultural industry with our neighbors, friends and the companies we do business with. Informative seminars will be held both days. They are still being arranged and scheduled so look for the listings on posters or at the GATE website, www.gatexpo.com as we get nearer to the date. A raffle will also be held that will have two impressive firearms and one...
Stroh Hereford Ranch will be holding their 29th annual production sale on Thursday, February 7th, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. mountain time at the ranch, located 1.5 miles east of the Killdeer roundabout on Highway 200 or 5 miles west of Dunn Center, ND. At the sale, they will be selling 60 Stout rugged Ranch ready 2-year-old bulls, ten registered heifers ( bred to black Angus bulls), 5 Commercial heifers (bred to black Angus bulls). Sires represented at the sale will be CL1 DOMINO 3146A, BCC L1 DOMINO,...
Three miles east of White Earth, ND, you can find Feiring Angus Ranch. Doug and Ceylon Feiring own Feiring Angus Ranch, along with sons, Brett and Brady, and daughter Shambre. One of their major philosophies is, "To never overstock pastures with more animals than the land can handle." Generation after generation of Feiring Angus have all received the same lecture. Feiring Angus does not use popular genetics in their breeding program, for they believe that cattle should adapt to mother nature...
In the rolling green hills of Golden Valley, ND, you can find Isaak Angus Ranch. Isaak Angus has been in the ranching and farming business for 4 generations, with Ron Isaak and his wife Jackie being the current owners and operators. Isaak's great grandfather and grandfather homesteaded on the land and even built a brick house in 1925, which is still on the ranch to this day. Isaak Angus Ranch has been raising registered Angus cattle for over 20 years, and one of their main philosophies is to...
JB Angus is a family owned and operated ranch located in Western North Dakota. The ranch is located near Belfield, ND and is operated by Bobby and Erika Kubas along with their four children: Conner, Jaden, Matthew, and Kasey. The JB Angus annual production sale will be at Stockmen's Livestock in Dickinson, ND at 1:00 pm mountain time Wednesday, January 30th. Bobby and Erika Kubas will be selling 30 select yearlings and two-year-old bulls. Sires represented at the sale will be RB Tour of Duty...
Gartner-Denowh Angus Ranch (GDAR) is located just on the outskirts of Sidney, Montana, 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 Russel 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...
What once started as a way to make a living turned into a family run ranch consisting of 60 registered purebred red Angus cows, 100 head of commercial red Angus cattle, 25 Charolais cattle, and a cross of Charolais and red Angus feeder calves. "We crossbreed our Charolais and Red Angus cattle to produce our feeder calves. Our Charolais bulls we just use mainly for ourselves, but we sell our yearling red Angus bulls private treaty," said John Franz. The Franz Ranch sits just 20 miles north west...
Located in the hills south of Lambert, MT, Regency Acres is a registered black Angus ranch owned and operated by Russ and Jill Thiessen, along with daughter Téa and son Tyler. Russ is the fourth-generation ranching and farming the land settled by his great grandfathers. Russ's grandfather, C.R. Thiessen, founded the registered herd in 1957 under the name Thiessen Angus Ranch. In the early 80s, Russ's dad, Jim, added registered Gelbvieh to the herd and the name was changed to Regency Acres....
Each December at the American Crystal Sugar Company Annual Stockholders Meeting, in Fargo N.D., Tom Astrup, President and CEO, recognizes a few outstanding employees with the President’s Award. All employees of American Crystal & Sidney Sugars are eligible for nomination by their fellow employees. The award recognizes their superior performance and contribution to the success of the company during the previous year. We at Sidney Sugars are proud to announce that DeeAnn Sifuentes was one of the six employees recognized this year from the e...
