Agriculture

Wheat streak mosaic virus and active wheat curl mites have been detected in Chouteau County. Click HERE for the latest Montana AgAlert from the MSU Extension Service, including photos and management recommendations. UPDATE: Dr. Mary Burrows issued a second AgAlert Monday afternoon, saying there is the potential for a WSMV epidemic in areas that suffered hail damage last summer...

Glacier County's new MSU Extension Service agent is no stranger to the Golden Triangle. Kari Lewis (nee Gillespie) grew up in northern Toole County. You are invited to an open house to meet Kari (or get reaquainted) on Friday, May 9, from 1-5 pm, at the county extension office, located in the Glacier County Courthouse Annex, on the east end of Cut Bank...

The April precipitation report for last month (April) at the Knees is finally in & it looks "Tracey." April 5th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 29th, & 30th all showed a "trace" of precipitation. There was 1.3 inches of snow with .07 precip reported on the 15th of the month & another 2.1 inches on...

The following is from Tyler Lane, Chouteau County Extension Agent:                Have you ever been left home alone to manage the farm and ranch for a few days or hours? Have you been left to “watch” the cows during calving...

Jeff Farkell has reported an infestation of army cutworms in a field near Collins, Teton County. Click HERE for the latest MSU Ag Alert with full details.

The Conrad Lions Club will be putting on their Annual Appreciation Dinner tomorrow (Thursday) night down in Conrad at the Pondera Golf Club. The social hour kicks off at 5:30 tomorrow night & the dinner will be on the platter at 6:30. Thank you one & all...you'r...

A great title for a book! In fact, I was thinking of using it for the title of the book that I intend to write some day but it looks like writer H. Norman Hyatt has beat me to it! "A Hard Won Life: A Boy on His Own on the Montana Frontier" is a beautiful presentation based on the hand-written memoir of Fred Van Blaricom from sweetgrassbooks, a division of Farcountry Press...

Hard as it is to realize it now, another harvest season will be here before we know it. Like life, it all goes by in the blink of an eye. I received word this morning that Todd, our friend, the custom harvester, has talked with producers in Texas, Oklahoma & Kansas & that things are looking pretty rough. In Tex...

March 25th 2014 has been designated as National Ag Day 2014. Ag day is an opportunity for producers, ag associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless others across America gather to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by American agriculture...

National Agriculture Day is honoring Agriculture THIS month & all of us here at KSEN enjoy helping show our appreciation for our Ag Producers. The theme for National Ag Day this year is: "Agriculture; 365 Sunrises & 7 Billion Mouths to Feed." I blo...

This Monday, the Montana Hail Board voted to expand coverage, including a slight increase in premiums on hail insurance. At producers' request & with the authority granted in House Bill 189, the board voted unanimously to increase per-acreage coverage on non-irrigated land from $50 to $75 & on irrigated land from $76 to $114 or a 60% increase in coverage. My fri...

They're Gary & Becky (she was an Ihnen) & they farm 32 miles east of Brady in the northwest corner of Choteau County in an area north of "The Knees." known as the Ashmoor Community. Montana Agriculture Appreciation is going on this month (March) & the Gollehons are certainly an example of today's modern Montana farmer. Gary's gre...