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Intercropping is a new farming practice that includes growing a variety of crops together in one field. The purpose of using intercropping is to increase profits and reduce production risk. There are currently farmers using intercropping in North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta. Just in Saskatchewan, there were about 50,000 acres that were used for intercropping in 2017. "Currently intercropping is being practiced on thousands of acres on the northern prairies. It is...
The Montana Department of Revenue mailed livestock reporting forms this week to livestock owners who own livestock and need to meet upcoming reporting and payment deadlines. About 18,500 livestock owners who reported last year will receive reporting forms. All livestock owners need to report by March 1, 2018, any livestock they own as of February 1. Livestock owners can file online at ReportYourLivestock.mt.gov or submit the hardcopy form. Livestock owners who have not reported in the past need to report online or fill out a reporting form...
Gibbs Angus Ranch and Stortz Angus Ranch will be selling 120 yearling Angus bulls at Glendive Livestock Exchange in Glendive, MT on Wednesday, February 28th. For the past 14 years, the Gibbs and Stortz families have sold bulls together and both families have been involved in the cattle industry for multiple generations. The quality of their cattle is contributed to good maternal selection with an emphasis on disposition, udder quality, foot structure, and feedlot and carcass genetics. Their...
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 will be at the Stockmen's Livestock sale in Dickinson, ND at 1:00pm mountain time Wednesday, January 31st. Owners Jonathan Ficek and Bobby Kubas will be selling 30 select yearlings and two year old bulls with about 60 replacement heifers for sale through private treaty. Sires represented at the sale will be RB Tour of Duty 177, Basin Advance 3134, Connealy Thunder 587, and JBA Infusion 419. Both Ficek's and Kubas' families have been ranching in the area for generations, and each of...
Leland Red Angus will be hosting their 35th annual production sale on March 9th 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 180 bulls and 65 yearling heifer...
Cell Grazing, dormant season grazing, swath grazing, crop residue grazing and bale grazing, everything you need to know about grazing. Steve Kenyon, Green Pastures Ranching Ltd. will be in Sidney on January 17 to speak about these grazing alternatives. The workshop will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Richland County MSU-Extension Meeting Room, 1499 N Central Ave, Sidney, MT. Cost to attend will be $20 which will include lunch. Steve Kenyon runs a custom grazing business in the Westlock, Alberta area...
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 4 decades of selection criteria that has always been focused on the success of the commercial cattle industry. You can be assured that the breeding...
Rambur Charolais is located just south of Sidney, MT and was founded more than 30 years ago by Howard Rambur. When he started in the ranching industry, Howard wanted to work with a breed of cattle distinctly different from any other breeds in eastern Montana, so he chose the Charolais. The Charolais, at the time, was a relatively new breed to the area and was still able to retain its full French heritage. Even though the breed grew quite large as adults, Howard had a goal to modify the Charolais...
Best Angus & Quarter Horses started as a 4-H and FFA project in 1987 with the purchase of a heifer from the placement pen at McCumber Angus Ranch. Many of the cows in the herd are descendants of the original heifer, Rosetta 622 of McCumber. Best Angus grew slowly focusing on quality. Pete and Vawnita Best worked together in building their business; Vawnita worked as a meat inspector and Pete worked as an Agricultural Lender. The Best's continued to keep top heifers as replacements and invested...
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 Friday, April 27th 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...
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...
Bar JV Angus Ranch is a proud part of the argiculture community in the Mon-Dak area, and is located in the Sioux Pass Community halfway between Sidney and Culbertson, MT on highway 16. Many great people are involved in raising livestock in the area, and they feel it is a great responsibility to provide clients with genetics that will continue to improve their cowherd along with Bar JV's own. Bar JV is a family run operation, operated by Jim and Loretta Vitt along with their son Dale Vitt and his...
Stroh Hereford Ranch will be holding their 28th annual production sale on Thursday, February 1st, 2018 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. Tony Stroh established Stroh Herefords in 1950 and along with his wife, Leona, they have been in the Hereford Industry for 65 years. The Stroh Hereford Ranch is currently owned by Tony and Leona's youngest son, Mike and his wife, Dawn along with their...
Regency Acres will be marketing approximately 100 bulls and 30 heifers at the Sidney Livestock Sale Friday, April 13th beginning at 1:00pm. Regency Acres, located eight miles Southeast of Lambert, MT, is owned and operated by Russ and Jill Thiessen along with their daughter Téa and son Tyler. The Thiessen family has been in the cattle business since moving to the area in the 1890s; Russ Thiessen's grandfather established the registered herd in 1957. Formerly the Thiessen Angus Ranch, it was...
As the year ends, reflecting on the past year is good. The obvious point this year is the lack of forage and how, as producers, one responded to the challenge. The Dickinson Research Extension Center needs more than 1,000 1,300-pound bales to make the stretch to spring grass. That number is buffered a bit because the calves are receiving 3 pounds of commercial supplement daily and the cows 4 pounds of commercial supplement every other day. But forage is the essence of a cattle operation, and keeping costs low is critical. Fortunately, the...
Greetings from the National Hard Spring Wheat Show! 2018 will mark the 65th Annual Hard Spring Wheat Show! The Wheat Show will be held at the Grand Williston Hotel and Conference Center from February 6-8. The Wheat Show is a great opportunity to learn more about wheat (spring, winter, durum, and other small grains). Farmers, ranchers or anyone else interested in learning more about wheat can attend. The first day of the Wheat Show, Feb. 6, is the 36th Annual Bread Fair. This is an event that teaches area 5th graders how to make bread. Each...
A Montana State University-licensed technology is being used in an agricultural product that industry leaders are touting as one of the best on the market. LifeGard, a biological pesticide from Certis USA, was named the 2017 Best New Biological Product at the Agrow Awards in London on Oct. 30. A week earlier, LifeGard won second place for the 2017 Bernard Blum Award for Biocontrol Product of the Year in Basel, Switzerland, at the Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting organized by the International...
Gartner-Denowh Angus Ranch (GDAR) is located just on the outskirts of Sidney, MT, 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 commercial name. At this time, they were calving about 150 cows and selling around 60...
Rural Leadership North Dakota's eighth class includes farmers, a rancher, farm assistance program representatives, business owners, city and county officials, health care and bank personnel, a consultant and communications specialists. They are among 26 people selected for the North Dakota State University Extension Service's leadership development program that started in November. They will spend 18 months developing skills to help them shape the future of their organization, community and...
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) North Dakota Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting Executive Director Brian Haugen reminds producers that FSA offers specially targeted farm ownership and farm operating loans to underserved applicants as well as beginning farmers and ranchers. “Each year, a portion of FSA’s loan funds are set aside to lend to targeted underserved and beginning farmers and ranchers,” said Haugen. “Farming and ranching is a capital intensive business and FSA is committed to helping producers start and maintain their agricul...
David McMillen, a long-time member of Richland County Farm Bureau, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Montana Farm Bureau during the MFBF Awards Banquet November 14 in Billings. According to Richland County Farm Bureau President Don Steinbeisser, Jr, McMillen is "one of the most respected ranchers and businessmen in the region. He has instilled in his children and grandchildren the importance of being excellent stewards of the land and supporting agriculture." McMillen, who has...
A new Montana State University-developed spring wheat that's already attracting attention because of its potential for excellent yields and superior bread-making qualities is making its way through the pipeline toward Montana growers. Lanning hard red spring wheat was increased from breeder seed to foundation seed this season and farmers are already requesting it, said Doug Holen, manager of the MSU Foundation Seed Program. Holen explained that breeder seed is the initial source of the new...
Don Steinbeisser of Sidney recently received the Distinguished Service Award from the Montana Water Resources Association (MWRA) and its counterparts in North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming citing his lifelong dedication and concern for agriculture and water users throughout Montana, and for his effort and participation as a director of the MWRA. Steinbeisser has served on the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation District board of directors for 50 years, including 29 years as president and still...
