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Montana Agriculture Appreciation Month gets underway next month, & we're talkin' Ag NOW! Rural Montana women will have the chance to network & tackle common issues at the Montana Farmers Union Women's Conference this weekend down in Paradise. A 2015...

Over 300 young people are KILLED in farm accidents every year(!) & this coming Tuesday, December 29th, there'll be a FREE Youth Farm Safety Training session conducted at the Conrad High School Shop. This safety training is being offered by the Montana State University Pondera County Extension, Western Triangle Ag Research Center & Frontline Ag. Such t...

For 1 thing, it wasn't the Wild Men of Borneo! But, they're both mentioned in the world's most popular trivia series, Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader" from the Bathroom Readers' Institute(!), & I'm giving 1 away this afternoon (Monday) at 4:35 on Puffman Musical Trivia! Th...

St. Michael's Catholic Church down in Conrad will be holding their Harvest Dinner tomorrow (Sunday) from 11:30 until 2 o'clock at the church. There'll also be a raffle along with a silent auction & BINGO! Everyone's welcome tomorrow & get this: Children 5 & under get to eat FREE! Hope you c...

TODAY, Tuesday, September 29th, is "National Coffee Day," not to be confused with "International" Coffee Day which is coming up THIS Thursday. It's a double whammy for sure this week for coffee drinkers worldwide & right here in our Golden Triangle! I'...

Our autumn weather is PERFECT(!) & there's nothing finer than a Sunday afternoon fall dinner! We have TWO of them coming up tomorrow afternoon...St. Williams Catholic Church in Dutton will be holding their Fall Festival Turkey & Ham Dinner tomorrow from 11:30 until 2:30 down at the Dutton American Legion Hall. Over i...

A "stripper" header is what Todd, the custom cutter guy, that I blog about on my Puffman Blog. Tall Todd was only down in the Conrad area for a couple of weeks, arriving a little late from Denver rains holding up the winter wheat harvest along with the early harvest here in our Golden Triangle...

The NEW Town Hall is under construction in Kevin & because of the construction (Pardon our dust), there will be no bulk water hauling from the town of Kevin effective tomorrow (Tuesday.) This will remain in effect for the next week or two. I'...

What is even gooder than 1 Farmer's Market? That's easy, & we have 2 of them today (Thursday) here in our Golden Triangle! For you early birds, there'll be a Farmer's Market up in Sunburst this morning at Spark Park from 9 to 10:30. AND...h...

The Cut Bank Farmer's Market will be going full tilt again this week from 3 o'clock until 6 this afternoon & it's going to be another GOOD one. This afternoon's Farmer's Market over in Cut Bank will be in the usual location, Cut Bank City Park. Yo...

Here's an idea...How about a tour this week of all the area farm markets in our Golden Triangle. Starting this afternoon (Wednesday), the Cut Bank Farmer's Market will be blossoming at Cut Bank City Park from 3 until 6 o'clock. Tomorrow morning, it's on to Sunburst for the Farmers Market in Spark Park from 9 o'clock to 10:30...

It's not over until the Fat Lady sings & likewise, this week's area Farmers Markets aren't over yet...The Rocky Mountain Front Farmers Market will be up & running tomorrow (Saturday) down in Choteau. The selling of the fresh vegetables, baked goods, & crafts kicks off Saturday morning at the Choteau Visitor Center at 8:30 SHARP & runs until 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. Hope to see yo..