Agriculture

Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on proposed guidelines to establish elk hunting seasons before or after the existing archery and general rifle seasons. The additional seasons, called elk shoulder seasons, would be used where needed to reduce elk populations...

The Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center in Conrad will host a Field Day for area producers this Friday, July 17, 2015. Schedule: 8:00am - 8:30am Registration and Refreshment; Courtesy of Centrol LLC 8:30am - 8:45am Welcome and Announcements Dr...

In fact, I "Double Dog DARE" you to go down to Dutton today (Saturday) and NOT experience the most fun that you've ever had in your life...since last summer's Dutton Fun Day anyway. That's what happening today down in Dutton as Dutton Fun Day is in full swing again...

WEST GLACIER, MONT. – Glacier National Park continues its boat inspection and permit program this summer as part of an ongoing aquatic invasive species (AIS) prevention program.  Westward expansion of zebra and quagga mussels, and other aquatic invasive species transported mainly on recreational watercraft, is driving regional water resource managers to adjust existing AIS prevention strategies...

A report came rolling in this morning from Tall Todd, the custom cutter guy & Todd plans to be down in the Conrad area around the 20th of this month! The guys have run into green with only a couple of days of harvest left out in Leoti, Kansas. He...

,It's WEDNESDAY(!) & that means the Farmers Market will be going strong this afternoon over in Cut Bank at Cut Bank City Park. Today's Cut Bank Farmers Market gets underway at 3 o'clock SHARP this afternoon & it's another perfect day here in our Golden Triangle for a Farmers Market with partly cloudy skies, 10 to 15 mph winds, & a high temperature of 80 degrees in the Big Sky forecast.

There's a ton of Montana history in the book that we're currently reading & enjoying Tuesday evenings up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. Jack Toole, Jeannette Rankin, the Conrad Presbyterian Church, Butte & Browning, Montana too! It see...

Back in 2008, the Van Leewens started their ice cream business in Brooklyn with a pair of buttercup yellow ice cream trucks. They did this with a clear mission in mind: to revitalize traditional ice cream making while using only whole, natural ingredients sourced from the finest small producers in the world...

Whenever I "spin" the Jay & the Techniques tune, "Apples, Peaches, Punkin' Pie," it reminds me of all the Farmers Markets that take place every summer out here under our Montana Big Sky. There's one happening in Cut Bank this afternoon, & they're stocked to the hilt this week! Today...

Tall Todd the custom harvester guy says that he is 1 field short of finishing in Clinton, Oklahoma. That field is still muddy, but should be dried out enough today as the forecast there is for 95 degrees & 15 to 30 mph south winds! The crop ran from 25 to 30 bushels to the acre with test weights between 57 & 58 pounds, except for 1 load that only weighed 47.9 pound...

I've come across a cool hiking guide to give away tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 7:30 on Puffman SPORTS Trivia. It's Great Falls author Tom Kotynski's "Discover The Rocky Mountain Front," an updated & revised hiking guide & travel companion for the entire Rocky Mountain Front, an iconic landscape where the Rocky Mountains tower abruptly above the northern plains. Stretc... Read M

Tall Todd & his custom cutter crew have 2 machines down in Vernon, Texas, this week on the Terry Bruce farm & 4 machines over in Oklahoma. It's extremely muddy in both places &the temperature is predicted to hit 100 in Vernon this week! A few days...