Agriculture

I received word on "Tall" Todd, the custom harvester fellow, this morning & the "Boys" have moved on to Leoti, Kansas. Todd says the crops are not quite ready as there are green spots in them. Either that, or Todd's seeing spots in front of his eyes! Se...

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2014 – Producers with expiring U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) contracts have from July 11 until Sept. 12, 2014 to renew and add conservation activities that will support their natural resource improvement activities and fine-tune their conservation plans...

BIGFORK—A popular annual fundraiser for Montana wildlife biologists who oversee the state’s grizzly bear population is scheduled for July 11 at Jack and Suzi Hanna’s farm near Bigfork. Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation—formerly the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Foundation—organizes the yearly event in order to give state biologists the tools and personnel they need to, among other things, man

"Tall" Todd, the custom harvester fellow who comes up to our Golden Triangle every harvest season, along with his crew, is on his way WEST to Texas. They're moving to the northern most part of the panhandle of Texas, which is a town call Perryton, "The Wheat Heart of the Nation...

Here are the links to the publications offered by Glacier Co. Agent Kari Lewis on today's Extension Minute: The Columbian Ground Squirrel: It's Biology and Control  MT Dept. of Agriculture List of Registered Rodenticides for Ground Squirrel Control  

Last fall when leaders of the Marias River Livestock Association heard that Temple Grandin could possibly be in Montana for spring 2014, they jumped at the chance to bring her to the Golden Triangle. Her appearance will be the cornerstone event of the Gentle Hand Livestock Conference, June 27 & 28, 2014, Shelby Montana. ...

FoxNewsInsider.com has this: Frustrated over Environmental Protection Agency regulations, one family decided to protest by creating their own version of the song “Let It Go” from the Disney movie, “Frozen.” Some of the lyrics are, “That’s enough...

 BOZEMAN – Mixed species cover crops, or "cover crop cocktails," are the focus of a study by researchers at Montana State University and will be the topic of a field tour on July 8 from 9-11 a.m., near Conrad, Montana. The four-year study, funded by USDA Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE), is a collaborative project with Montana producers looking at cover crop

The MSU Extension Service  has issued a new Ag Alert bulletin, with information on head blight management with fungicide to follow up on the 28 May agalert. Click HERE for the bulletin in pdf form. High risk areas include yellowstone and gallatin valleys as well as the fairfield bench...

Our friend, "Tall" Todd, the custom cutter fellow who works up here in the Golden Triangle every harvest season, has moved on to Oklahoma & is already harvesting! Todd claims that 67% of Oklahoma will NOT be harvested this year. Todd & his crew are working on "Lonesome" Larry Goyer's farm & what they have harvested is running around 18 bushels, compared with 12 to 1

"Tall" Todd, the custom harvest guy reports from Texas that they are fighting wet grain, low bushels, & test weights from 56.8 to 59.8 lbs. The harvest has been slow due to recent rain from 1.5 to 2 inches. Yields are from 12 to 15 bushels & the elevators are testing for protein...not p...

Longtime Conrad resident, contest winner, & world famous author, Dale "Who Lost" Sheldon. will be doing a presentation AND program this evening (Friday) at 6 o'clock SHARP up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. We've all been enjoying Dale's 1st book, "Who Lost" (the autobiography of a blind man with great vision) during Montana History Tuesday evenings at the Her