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Bowman is nestled in the sure-nuff cowboy country of southwestern North Dakota. If a fella was to draw a circle around that fair little city with about a hundred and fifty mile radius, you’d probably have just drawn a line around the highest concentration of good cowboys in the entire world. Casey Tibbs the famous bronc stomper would more than likely head the pack, based simply on all his World Championship buckles, but then there’s the famous bulldoggin’ town of Buffalo, South Dakota, just...
Tuesday, February 5th, Floyd Miller, President of the National Hard Spring Wheat Show welcomes guests at 7:30 am at the Airport International Inn in Williston. Miller was born with farming in his blood. His first memories of his childhood were when he was very young: Barely old enough to pull his little red wagon, he’d pull it out in to the field and pick up rocks by himself. Exerted, a short while later, he’d come rolling in with a wagon full of rocks and ask his dad where he could dump the...
During this year’s Wheat Show wheat growers of Williams County will gather to elect a county representative to the North Dakota Wheat Commission. This election is scheduled to take place Tuesday, February 5, 3:45 at the Airport International Inn. County representatives from Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward and Williams counties will meet at a later date to select a wheat grower to represent this area on the seven-member board of the North Dakota Wheat Commission. Dustin J...
DRWA is a rural water project being created to service an 11,000+ square mile project area in Eastern Montana. The project area includes the towns of Circle, Richey, Jordan and Fairview; the unincorporated towns of Lambert, Savage, Bloomfield, Brockway, Brusett, Cohagen, Lindsay, Sand Springs and Vida; the water districts of Highland Park, Forrest Park, Spring Grove and Whispering Trees; and the rural users in the service area. Where not defined by county boundaries, the service area is bound on the North by the Missouri River, on the West by...
The MonDak Area Stockgrower’s Association has partnered up with the Foundation for Community Care to bring the area a night of rockin’ good fun, music and dancing. The 1st Annual Cattlemen’s Ball will be held Feb. 23rd at the Richland County Fair Event Center. There will be a social at 6:30 followed by a prime rib dinner catered by The Ranger Lounge at 7. The live band will start at 9 with plenty of dancing until midnight. The evening will give guys and gals a chance to get all dressed up and g...
The NILE 4-H and FFA livestock evaluation contest was held in Billings on October 16, 2012. Two teams from Richland County participated in this contest. The senior 4-H team consisted of Rachael Oliver with the Yellowstone Valley Trailblazers, and three participants from the Three Buttes club: Christian Prevost, Jared Rosaaen and Lane Verschoot. The junior 4-H team consisted of Jordan Baxter, Jenna Baxter, Jaylen Baxter and Riley Kostelecky, all with the Forever Buds club. While at the livestock...
This year’s photo contest will have two divisions: 1) Advanced 2) Novice If you meet one of the following criteria, you must enter the advanced division: 1) If you have ever sold your photography work. 2) If you have completed advanced classes in photography in high school, college or in an adult education setting. 3) If you have been a member of a camera club for two years or more. Each Division will have four categories and will be eligible for Ribbon/Cash prizes: 1) People 2) Landscape 3) E...
Alberto Jiménez-Díaz was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico. While growing up, his father was the head brew master at the local brewery, Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma (now Heineken Mexico), which gave Alberto the opportunity to visit the brewery frequently. The aromas of boiling hops and fermentation cellars never left Alberto’s memory. That memory was the key to pursue a B.Sc. in Food Engineering with a minor in Business Administration which he obtained from Monterrey Institute of Technology in 2006...
NDSU Area Soil Health Specialist, Chris Augustin, will be speaking on Soil Health at 10:45 on Wednesday, February 6th at the Airport International Inn in Williston. Chris grew up on his family farm in northeastern North Dakota near the town of Crystal. Helping out with the small grains, sugar beets, and potatoes operation gave Chris a love of agriculture and respect of the land. His interest in soils peaked when he took a class from Dr. David Hopkins called Soils 210. He admired Hopkins passion...
Professional Speaker, Jolene Brown, is on a mission to share leading-edge best practices, appreciation, laughter and celebration with the people who feed, clothe and fuel the world. She’s a walking-talking spokesperson and champion for agriculture. Jolene lives with her husband on a corn and soybean farm in east central Iowa. She claims she will have you laughing while you learn and that she can, “Hypnotize a chicken, plug grain augers and entertain the folks behind the equipment parts cou...
The 2013 Dummy Team Roping will be held at the VFW in Sidney, February 2nd. Entries will be taken from 4-5 pm with the roping beginning at 5:30 pm. Kids 10 and under will rope first, with adults following. It is a progressive roping format. People can pick one and draw one for $20, with a three head progressive after the first round. All interested people can come to compete or just to watch, as it promises to be an entertaining evening. There will be cash prizes for the top placing participants. All proceeds benefit the Neal Hermanson...
The thirteenth annual MonDak Pulse Day will be held on Wednesday, February 20 at the Airport International Inn in Williston starting with registration at 8:30 am CST. Researchers and extension personnel along with representatives from grower groups and private industry will discuss the latest recommendations on the production, marketing and utilization of pulse crops. Pulse crops produced in this area would include field peas, lentils and chickpeas. One of the featured speakers for this year’s Pulse Day will be Dr. Rosalind Bueckert. Dr. B...
Are you struggling with questions surrounding the transfer of your property to the next generation? How can you be fair to all of your children? Who will take over running your place? Who will take care of you in your last days? What can you do to help your passing be easier on those left behind? Estate planning is important, but “legacy” planning is even more critical to today’s farm and ranch families, according to Jeffrey Tranel, Agricultural and Business Management Economist with Color...
Join Joyce Eckhoff, Research Agronomist and Interim Superintendent at the Montana State University Eastern Agricultural Research Center in Sidney, MT., on Wednesday, February 6th at the Airport International Inn at 10:00 a.m., as she’ll be speaking on small grain variety performance in the Mondak region. Not only has Joyce been with the EARC for over 25 years, but she’s been active in testing spring wheat, winter wheat, durum, barley, sugarbeets, safflower, and other crop varieties for yie...
The 31st Annual 5th Grade Bread Fair will be held Monday, February 4, 2013 in the courtyard of the Airport International Inn in Williston. The program will begin at 1:00 p.m. with close to 350 students in attendance and another 130 participating in their classrooms. This event is sponsored by the National Hard Spring Wheat Show for northwestern North Dakota and northeastern Montana fifth graders and their teachers. The event was started to help area youth understand where their food comes from and the role of agriculture in the Williston...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the authorization of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) for many Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) commodity, disaster, and conservation programs through 2013. FSA administers these programs. The extended programs include, among others: the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program (DCP), the Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE), and the Milk Income Loss Contract P...
The Airport International Inn in Williston will be hosting the 60th Annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show February 4th, 5th & 6th. This year’s show will be targeting a program which addresses the following: 1) providing relevant information relating to public policy, 2) Providing information offering substantial profit opportunities, 3) challenging the thought process of those involved in all levels of food production. This year’s show will offer several featured speakers including Jolene Bro...
There is still space in the MonDak Heritage Center’s workshops scheduled for Saturday, February 9th. The same workshop will be offered at 9am and again at 1pm. Marie Shirley Jones, from Red Lodge, will answer questions regarding her work which has been on exhibit at the MonDak this month, and will guide participants through several of her methods for dyeing and transfer work. She incorporates many artistic approaches into her unique and wonderful work. Come see her work for a preview of the workshop. Space is limited. Registration is $20. Q...
Jim Peterson, Marketing Director of the ND Wheat Commission out of Mandan, will be speaking on the Advantage of U.S. HRS and Durum in the World Market. Jim has been with the Wheat Commission for over 20 years and he assists with three major program areas: export marketing, trade policy and issues, and research/customer service. His goal is to optimize export and domestic sales opportunities for North Dakota grown wheat, and ensure North Dakota wheat meets the agronomic needs of producers and...
The entry deadline for this year’s Eat Smart. Play Hard. poster contest is March 15. North Dakota youth will have a chance to demonstrate their creativity and knowledge of heart health in this spring’s “Eat Smart. Play Hard.” poster contest. The contest is open to North Dakota youth ages 8 to 19 as of Sept. 1, 2012. Posters will be judged in two age divisions: preteen (ages 8 to 12) and teen (ages 13 to 19). The North Dakota State University Extension Service, NDSU Extension’s Center for 4-H Youth Development and the North Dakota Academy of Nut...
The three-session estate planning workshop is set for Feb. 7, 14 and 21. The North Dakota State University Extension Service is hosting a farm and ranch transition planning workshop at five locations Feb. 7, 14 and 21. The workshop will help farmers and ranchers: - Design an orderly and successful transition plan for their farm/ranch business - Choose the successor(s) best suited to continue the business into the future - Understand the transition plan’s financial impacts and tax consequences - Learn about the best tools and strategies to c...
Once every five years across the country, the Census of Agriculture is conducted. The 2012 Census will be mailed out in the middle of December with the return deadline of February 4th. The census is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. It looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures.The results of the census are used to make important policy and business decision across the nation. All answers are kept confidential. Past results and information...
Sidney Sugars Incorporated held its Top Ten Growers award luncheon Wednesday, Jan. 16. The luncheon is held annually in order to congratulate the growers that brought in the best crop. Despite it being a rather dry growing season, this year’s harvest was a success. Although planting doesn’t usually happen until about the third week of April, a lot of the growers chose to plant earlier. Due to the dry conditions, those seeds did not germinate and start growing until they received moisture. It was a difficult time with no rain, causing it to be...
The Richland County Fair Board has announced the concert line up for the 2013 Fair, as well as announcing a new carnival. North Star Amusements out of Cody, Wyoming will be the carnival this year playing all 4 days. The concert line-up, performing on Saturday, Aug. 3 is MONTGOMERY GENTRY with special guest Gloriana. With a new album, a new label and a renewed sense of musical purpose, Montgomery Gentry is back in full swing. These two Kentucky boys first broke into the national country scene in...
