Agriculture

I've been looking for Todd, the custom cutter guy, who comes up to our Golden Triangle every harvest season, & I'm happy to report this morning that "Tall-Todd" is down in Vernon, Texas, where the winter wheat is from 1 inch up to 12 inches HIGH! Th...

Farming has been innovated at several different points and places in human past. Succeeding step-changes in human farming techniques were prompted by the British Agricultural Revolution in the eighteenth century, and the Green Revolution of the second half of the twentieth...

MSU Extension's popular Master Gardener Training will begin March 22nd in Cut Bank. These classes provide the foundation of gardening knowledge to help others in their gardening pursuits! The classes will be held once per week on Tuesday evenings from 6 - 8 p...

There's still time to catch the book signing & author presentation this morning (Tuesday) down at the Conrad Public Library. The book is, "Our Hutterite Life," & there will be a "Limited" number of SIGNED copies available this morning at the library. This m...

I'll be reading more Montana History tonight (Tuesday) up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby, & we have fewer than 70 pages to go in former Kalispell attorney James E. Murphy's "Half Interest in a Silver Dollar; The Saga of Charles E. Co...

Our own Griff Bye on cover crops:

In 1890, Mark Jackson’s great-great-great-grandfather bought a plot of land in southern Iowa. Five generations later, Mark is still farming that same land but using some very different techniques. In this moving story that crosses generations, Mark shows us both how radically agriculture has changed since that time, and how some things have stayed exactly the same...

Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will affect food production in the future. Scientists say farmers and ranchers will have to deal with increasing temperatures that can alter crop cycles, droughts, threats of wildfire, and even the production of hydroelectric power for farming needs...

Pondera County Conservation & our local conservation district remind all of us that it's never too late to plant TREES! Pondera Conservation District is still accepting orders for TREES & shrubs being used in conservation practices. It goes without saying that shelterbelts are as important NOW as ever. If you...

Instructors: Lacy Roberts (FSA) & Kari Lewis (MSU Extension) Each series will be limited to 22 participants, laptops will be provided for hands-on practice and interaction. Excel Class Series - March 15 & March 17 at the Cut Bank Voting Center 6 - 7:30 p.m.  $1...

Nothing sticks to your ribs like a big hearty bowl of chili, & TONIGHT's the night! The Conrad VFW Post Home down in Conrad is putting on a chili supper this evening (Monday) & you're all welcome to "C'mon down." Tonight's chili feed is from 5 until 7 & they've got plenty for everyone. Rumor has ...