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Agriculture
Agriculture
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How High Was The Water, Bob
The worst natural disaster in Montana history occurred in the second week of June back in 1964. Creeks and streams turned into raging, mile-wide rivers and for the first time since Gibson Dam was built on the Sun River, water came pouring over it's top
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Get Ready To Rodeo
What a weekend NEXT weekend up north! It's the Coutt's Grass Rodeo and this afternoon (Thursday), Adam Kerfoot is stopping by the Puffman Show. I can't wait to meet Adam in person and hear about all that's going to be happening Father's Day weekend with the rodeo action
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How Does Your Crop Grow
The Golden Triangle's not the only place it rained...received word this morning from one of the custom cutting guys down in Parrington, Oklahoma that they also experienced some shower activity this past week
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We Still Like To Read
I think many of us still like to read the "old school" way...that's right, NOT off a danged computer screen, but a good old hardbound book with pages and chapters you can actually hold and feel in your hands
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Now I Know That Summer’s Here
I got word minutes ago that the Cut Bank Farmer's Market kicks off this Wednesday at City Park in Cut Bank. Whenever I start hearing about farmers markets here in the Golden Triangle, I know that we are "officially" in the summer season
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How’s The South 40 Doing?
I received word minutes ago that the custom guys are just finishing up at Larry Goyer's place down in Clinton, Oklahoma. The general feeling down there seems to be that the yields should run close to 40 bushel with test weights from 59 to 61 pounds
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IFYE: Bringing the World Home
The International 4‐H Youth Exchange (IFYE) is an exchange for young adults, ages 18‐30. This is both an inbound and outbound program and every year Montana hosts a number of IFYE delegates from pri
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Meet The Hutterites
Tomorrow evening (Tuesday),The National Geographic Channel will be unveiling our 1st televised glimpse into one of the oldest religious colonies in this country, struggling with the daily temptations of the modern world
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One Of The Very Best
One of the very best books I have read at the Marias Heritage Center is a saga set in the towns of Great Falls and Conrad. I've done several blogs on this beautiful presentation by Jayne Pearson Faulkner, a young girl growing up in the 1940's in Great Falls without a father and for awhile, "no place to belong"
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Ag’s My Bag
I received a report this morning (Tuesday) that the Texas harvest is finished and the custom guys have arrived in Oklahoma. Last week I blogged about the paperwork problem these guys were having with crossing the border and all, but it's my understanding that the customs bureaucrats gave them permission to go, providing they report back to the border by the 25th
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Knowledge Is Power
The Pondera County Commissioners will be sponsoring an informational meeting that will provide local landowners who have water on their property with some tools they need to help make a more informed decision on selling water and the required process and rules to follow to legally sell their water to oil and gas developers along with others who may need water to do business