Agriculture

Our late President, John F. Kennedy had a famous quote pertaining to farmers. President Kennedy submitted "Farmers are the only business people that buy retail, sell wholesale & pay for the shipping BOTH ways!" As we celebrate Agriculture this month & National Agricultural Day on Thursday, March 14, the late President Kennedy's words ring true today. I ofte...

National Agriculture Day's Thursday, March 14th, & we're honoring Agriculture ALL this month at KSEN & KZIN! MAN, we do love our pork! In fact, right here at "home," the NUMBER ONE (!) produced livestock in Toole County is HOGS! Did you know that a Montana pig's gestation period is 3 months, 3 weeks & 3 days...a total o...

The theme for THIS year's National Agriculture Day (Thursday 3/14) is "Agriculture: Food for Life," & we're downright proud of our MONTANA wheat! According to our Montana Grain Growers Association, MORE foods are made WITH wheat than with any other cereal grain. Di...

I'd submit our Montana wheat is the BEST! In fact, both wheat & barley are Montana #1 cash crop. Montana's in the TOP 5 wheat producing states, & our friends & neighbors over in Choteau County (think Fort Benton) have the #3 wheat producing county in the country! KSEN & K 9...

Just in time for National Agriculture Day on Thursday, March 14th, the Great Falls Tribune reports on the Zenith Colony, 20 miles north of Cut Bank, Cow # 953 had TRIPLETS! Arnie Wurz is the COW BOSS up there, & he's described ol' 5.5 year old ol' 953 as a "sweetheart." I...

With National Agriculture Day coming up on Thursday, March 14th, & the theme for this year's National Agriculture Day being "Agriculture: Food for Life," I'd like to give a "SHOUT OUT" to our average Montana dairy cow. Did you know these gentle, docile animals need to be milked 2 to 3 times a day for 305 days straight! It...

Where does your food come from? If you're like many Americans, the answer is the grocery store. And frankly, that disturbs me. The grocery store isn't where food comes from - it's just from where it's distributed. In reality, far too many people are unaware of the role of American agriculture in their daily lives ...

Best make that 15 BILLION bottles of beer because National Agriculture Day is Thursday, March 14th. According to the Montana Grain Growers Association, our Montana farmers grow enough barley to brew over 15 BILLION bottles of the amber brew...

Lenten season's here, & the 2019 Conrad Ecumenical Lenten Luncheon's today (Thursday) down in Conrad. The platters will be on from noon until 1 at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Don't worry about a thing... if you'd like to come early, there'll be soup & bread served at 11:45 this morning. I subm...

MAN! While our "people population" of Montana is just over a million, there's some 2.5 MILLION cattle in the Treasure State. In fact, our friends & neighbors down in Beaverhead County have the #5 beef producing county in the whole United States! I ...

National Agriculture Day will be honoring AGRICULTURE next month, & the theme for this year's National Ag Day on March 14th will be "Agriculture: Food for Life." There are some 5000 FFA members right here in Montana. I often blog about sportsso I did some "research" to find out if it's really true that footballs are made of pig skin. Am...

According to the Department of Agriculture: Mining and agriculture lured settlers to Montana during the latter half of the 1800s, and agriculture remains the state's number one industry. One out of every six Montana workers is employed in an agriculture-related field ...