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On Thursday, February 22nd, the Fairview Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter presented an assembly to the junior high and high school students at Fairview High School. Fairview FFA members discussed the benefits of joining FFA, how to join the organization, events members can compete in, and past competitions the members have participated in. The members also presented a Kahoot game to quiz the students' knowledge on agricultural topics. The Fairview FFA Chapter held dress-up days on each...
On Feb. 18 R&J Ag Supply of Sidney held thier second annual Feed Like A Champion seminar for area 4H and FFA members raising show and market animals. The multi-species workshop featured speakers Corey Rieker - Rabbits, Kyle Topp - Chickens, Wyn Reimann - Lambs & Goats, Jason McNally - Swine and Ben Johnson - Steers & Heifers. If you have any questions about feeding your market animals call R&J Ag Supply at 406-488-1953. Above: R&J Ag Supply's Ben Johnson passes around samples of various types...
A North Dakota State University researcher at the Langdon Research Extension Center is harnessing bumble bees, and soon honeybees, to help curb Sclerotinia head rot, a crippling fungal disease in sunflowers, that also affects soybean, dry beans, canola and several other crops. He’s using the bees as mini “crop dusters” to spread a “good” fungus in his sunflower test plots to counter the fungus responsible for Sclerotinia. Now completing his second year of research into this new approach to disease management, Dr. Venkat Chapara, a plant pat...
The Montana Department of Revenue is mailing 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...
The Montana Alfalfa Seed Advisory Committee will meet at 9:00 am on Monday, February 19th in Billings at the Red Lion Hotel and Convention Center (1223 Mullowney Lane). The Alfalfa Seed Program is administered by the Montana Department of Agriculture under the Alfalfa Seed Industry Act. The Montana Alfalfa Seed Committee provides direction for research and marketing toward the continued growth of the alfalfa seed industry of Montana. The Montana Department of Agriculture’s mission is to protect producers and consumers, and to enhance and d...
The JB Angus annual production sale will be at Stockmen's Livestock in Dickinson, ND at 1:00 pm mountain time Wednesday, January 31st. 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 177, PA Fortitude 5104, Connealy Thunder 587, and JBA Infusion 419. The Kubas family has been farming and ranching in the area for 5 generations. In 2013 Bobby and Erika Kubas took over Tuhy Angus and established JB Angus. Their...
Montana Pork Producers Council (MPPC) invites Montana pork producers to attend the annual meeting January 18, 2018, at the Mansfield Civic Center in Great Falls. By design, the event coincides with the MAGIE Ag Expo for attendee convenience. The theme is “Primed for Success” focusing on the subjects of manure management, interpersonal communication and ag safety. Keynote speakers include Kari Smith of Montana Department of Environmental Quality, who will provide guidance to producers navigating the realm of water regulations & AFO/CAFO permitti...
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 under the name of Greener Pastures Ranching Ltd. He...
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...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced changes to its crop insurance policies. Major changes for 2018 focus on conservation compliance certification and choice of unit structure based on the risk management needs of producers. “Every producer’s situation is unique. At RMA we want to ensure the policies we provide are flexible enough so that producers are getting the most effective and efficient coverage. Ensuring producers have the right coverage helps to strengthen the farm safety net,...
Four Montana Farm Bureau members have been chosen to serve on National Issue Advisory Committees for American Farm Bureau Federation. These committees play an important role in AFBF’s policy implementation and development. Over the past years, committee members have made significant contributions to AFBF’s mission, from participating in advocacy fly-ins and doing media interviews to helping Farm Bureau develop comments on proposed regulations and providing input into the resolutions process. The committees will meet March 8-9 at the Ame...
USDA is offering grants for innovative ideas for conservation strategies and technologies. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) plans to invest $10 million in the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program, funding innovative conservation projects in three focus areas: grazing lands, organic systems and soil health. Grant proposals are due Feb. 26, 2018. “Conservation Innovation Grants play a critical role in developing and implementing new methods to help our customers across the country and here in Montana conserve natur...
The Hard Spring Wheat Show is offering a $1,000 scholarship to graduating high school seniors from Richland, Williams, McKenzie, Divide, Mountrail, Burke, Sheridan, and Roosevelt Counties. The scholarship is designed to financially support students who will be pursuing a degree in an agricultural related field in the fall of 2018. To be eligible, students must have a high school GPA of 2.5 or higher. Students interested in applying for the scholarship must write a one-paged paper on the topic, “ What do you think is an important challenge facin...
How will your family farm or ranch business operate in the future when the owner retires or is gone? Are you currently working with another generation who may be questioning their role in the future of the farm or ranch business or are you yourself questioning your current role? More than 80 percent of farm and ranch families hope to pass the family farm or ranch on to the next generation, but research shows only 30 percent of family farms and ranches survive to the second generation, and only...
The MSU EARC in Sidney, NDSU WREC in Williston and USDA-ARS NPARL in Sidney ag research centers held an Ag Research Summit on Nov. 15 at the Richland County Event Center. Scientists from each reasearch center updated area producers on current studies that affect their crops....
How will your family farm or ranch business operate in the future when the owner retires or is gone? Are you currently working with another generation who may be questioning their role in the future of the farm or ranch business or are you yourself questioning your current role? More than 80 percent of farm and ranch families hope to pass the family farm or ranch on to the next generation, but research shows only 30 percent of family farms and ranches survive to the second generation, and only...
Brian Gion, Marketing Director for the Northern Pulse Growers Association, is the featured luncheon speaker at the MonDak Ag Research Summit set for Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the Richland County Event Center (on the fairground) in Sidney. Gion will be giving an update on the 2017 pulse crop, including yield, quality and markets, as well as covering what “the upcoming 2018 crop year might look like.” Gion joins scientists from the MonDak area’s three ag research centers who will be providing their own updates to producers on research relev...
“Design Your Succession Plan” is a workshop specially written to help farm and ranch families get started on their succession plan. This interactive series will be held on November 28, 30 and December 7 at the NDSU Extension Service/McKenzie County Office at 205 6th Street NW in Watford City. Classes will start at 1:30 pm CT and conclude by 4:30 pm CT. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. Class participants will receive a workbook to help them prepare a vision for the future of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that starting Nov. 1, 2017, farmers and ranchers with base acres in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) safety net program may enroll for the 2018 crop year. The enrollment period will end on Aug. 1, 2018. “Since shares and ownership of a farm can change year-to-year, producers must enroll by signing a contract each program year,” said Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting Administrator Steve Peterson. “I encourage producers to contact their local FSA offic...
North Dakota Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting State Executive Director Brian Haugen today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin mailing ballots to eligible farmers and ranchers for the 2017 FSA County Committee elections on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. Producers must return ballots to their local FSA offices by Dec. 4, 2017, to ensure that their vote is counted. “County committee members represent the farmers and ranchers in our North Dakota communities,” said Haugen. “Producers elected to these committees have always pla...
It's a bit unusual to see a Sno Cat driving on top of a huge pile of sugar beets, but Richard Albin was doing just that last week at the Sugar Valley station, Fairview. Now that beet harvest is complete, the goal at Sidney Sugars is to keep those beets at their optimum quality until all the processing is done, about mid-February. The science of storage has been studied extensively by Kelly Thomas, plant physiologist/ genetics with American Crystal. Through years of study, Thomas has documented...
On Wednesday, November 15th, the MonDak Ag Research Summit will be held at the Richland County Event Center located in Sidney. The event will start at 9:00am MST and end at 3:00 pm MST. It will feature MonDak area agricultural researchers from the North Dakota Williston Research Extension Center, Montana Eastern Agricultural Research Center, and the USDA Agricultural Research Service. The Summit’s purpose is to highlight current research projects and results from local agricultural research centers. The presentations will highlight m...
BOZEMAN - A third-generation Montana farmer with a philosophy degree who spent 30 years shepherding Montana agriculture into the forefront of organic and alternative crop production has been named the MSU College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station's 2017 Outstanding Agricultural Leader. The public is invited to congratulate David Oien, co-founder of Timeless Seeds Inc., at a Montana-made breakfast at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, in Shroyer Gym, located in MSU's Marga...
Worker Shortage Threatens U.S. Ag Sustainability Thanks to scientific innovation in agriculture, farmers and ranchers are using fewer resources to grow an abundant, sustainable food supply. But I wonder how far our new technology and techniques will take us if farmers are left without one of the most critical resources to keep our farms sustainable: a stable workforce. Agriculture's labor shortage is at a crisis level, with farmers like Burr and Rosella Mosby losing crops and income because there aren't enough workers for harvest. Every year...
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) North Dakota Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting State Executive Director, Brian Haugen announced that North Dakota FSA County Offices are currently reviewing and issuing more than $331 million in payments to North Dakota Agriculture Producers under the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2016 crop year. The ARC and PLC programs were authorized by the 2014 farm bill and offer a safety net to agriculture producers when there is a substantial drop in revenue or prices...
