Agriculture

From Toole County Agent Alice Burchak: This year’s gardening season has been very productive. It is a seasonal joy to have plenty of fresh produce and really enjoy it in its prime. However with the garden season starting to come to end, you probably are thinking about how to preserve your garden produce to enjoy later in the winter, and your local MSU Extension has just the answer...

The MSU Extension Service is going to be offering Food Preservation Workshops on Tuesday, September 2nd here in Shelby, Wednesday, September 3rd over in Chester, & Thursday, September 4th in Cut Bank. These workshops are open to the public for the cost of $10. Re...

The Blackfeet Fire Management is reminding ALL hay swathers AND combine cutters to have a fire extinguisher on board along with a portable water supply within their cutting areas. It goes without saying that in case of a fire, a call should be placed to 911...

Elaine Mitchell was last week's $10 WINNER down at the Shelby Food & Craft Market in the park. Way to go Elaine! The Shelby Food & Craft Market will be rolling this afternoon (Thursday) down at Shelby City Park from 4 until 6. Fall is right around the corner...I can...

Tall Todd, the custom cutter guy, & his crew are done having fun in Forsyth. They had some green spots that caused a little delay. Todd was smiling when he said that the winter wheat had excellent yields & the barley, which was irrigated malt & trucked to Billings, yielded excellent also. The crew g...

Fall is right around the corner & our area food & craft markets are running full tilt! The Sunburst Market is going on until 10:30 this morning (Thursday) up at Spark Park & it promises to be "Sparkling" as usual. Later on this afternoon, our Shelby Food & Craft Market will be happening down in Shelby City Park from 4 until 6. Come Saturday,...

The 26th Annual Cut Bank Chamber Business Appreciation Barbecues end tonight (Thursday) in Browning. It's been quite a week...Sunburst, Cut Bank, Valier...it's been FUN. Tonight's Appreciation Barbecue will be held at the rodeo grounds in browning from 5:30 until 6:30...

Farmers Markets abound again this week here in our Golden Triangle. There'll be a Food Market this morning (Thursday) up in Sunburst at Spark Park & that Spark Park Food Market is always a good one! This afternoon, our Shelby Food AND Craft Market will be running down at Shelby City Park from 4 until 6. La...

The July Monthly Precipitation Report at the Knees is in, & the month of July was cool for most of the month with plenty of windy days. The last week of July is normally the hottest week of the year & this year proved no exception. July 4th, 21st. 23rd. &...

Tall Todd, the custom cutter guy & his crew are cutting winter wheat & barley down in Forsyth this week. Todd reports that he was glad to get out of the Denver area when he did. He reports that they were about to float away down there, as the rains have arrived. Word r...

Hats off & a "Tip of our Towers" to Judy Kinyon. Judy's the WINNER of the $10 certificate from last Thursday's Shelby Food & Craft Market down at City Park. There'll be another WINNER today (Thursday) at the Food Market here in Shelby & dig this: The Flathead Cherries are IN & will be available today! Hope to see yo...

Montana rancher Mark Fix testified down in Denver yesterday (Tuesday) at a regional hearing about the need to address climate change in order to protect agriculture here in Montana.  The Tongue River Rancher & Past Chair of the Northern Plains Resource Council testified on the new EPA rules to curb carbon pollution 30% by 2030. Du...