Agriculture

Yesterday (Monday), in my blog on our custom cutters, I mentioned "stripper headers" & ended up receiving numerous responses. I figure, as the younger generation says, "I must have done gone "VIRAL" on this deal! So today, I am blogging on stripper headers. Th...

That's what Tall Todd, the custom harvester guy, says. Our favorite custom cutter is still stuck southeast of Denver. Rain & high humidity have been tightening their jaws, but the men are beginning to see the light at the end of the south 40. T...

BOZEMAN - Montana State University Extension announced Class II of REAL Montana (Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership), a two-year program focused on building a network of informed and engaged leaders to advance the natural resource industries in Montana...

If you missed the Farmers Market this morning (Thursday), up in Sunburst...no worries, they'll be back up there NEXT Thursday! Meanwhile, our Shelby Food & Craft Market will be held down in City Hall Park this afternoon from 4 until 6 o'clock. Co...

MSU Extension's Cropland Weed Specialist Fabian Menalled reports that the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology has received several complaints about field peas that did not fill pods satisfactorily after a Clethodim application...

The Glacier County Conservation District Crop Tour is set for the evening of Tuesday, July 28, and will include field tours and two great speakers. Attendees should meet at the Cut Bank Civic Center (800 Railroad Street) at 5:30 p.m. to convoy to Bradley Farms for a Variety Trials Update...

It's Saturday - It's Fairtime and It's "Tough Enough to Wear Pink" night at the Four County Marias Fair PRCA Sanctioned Rodeo. The rodeo gets underway at 7pm with your favorite rodeo clown, Zane "the Z-man" Drishinski from Conrad and tonight's rodeo promises plenty of other excitement including the amazing trick riding of Alberta-native Niki Flundra and 5-year-old Piper Yule: H

MISSOULA – The University of Montana’s Wildlife Biology Program has named Chad Bishop as its new director. Bishop, who previously served as assistant director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, takes over from interim director Winsor Lowe on Aug...

The Rocky Mountain Front Farmers Market will be running full tilt this Saturday in Choteau, & you're all invited to stop by...it's FUN! The Rocky Mountain Front Farmers Market will be held at the usual location...the Visitor Center in Choteau from 8:30 until 1:30. Yo...

MISSOULA – The University of Montana will host two dozen protected-area land managers from around through world Sunday, July 26, while they explore Western Montana as part of the 15th annual International Seminar on Protected Area Management...

The City of Shelby weed ordinance requires that all vegetation on your  property be kept below 6 inches! IF vegetation is in excess of this, you're in VIOLATION of the ordinance. This ordinance is AVAILABLE on the City of Shelby website (www...

Our Shelby Food & Craft Market kicks off tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) & runs EVERY Thursday through the 17th of September. It's all going to be there...fresh vegetables, baked good, & even crafts! As in previous summers, the Shelby Food & Craft Market goes full tilt down in City Hall Park from 4 o'clock SHARP until 6 on Thursdays. Vendors shoul...