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Dryland Field Days set for June 19 and 21 in Sidney and Froid
Area producers have two opportunities in June to learn more about dryland agricultural research being done in this region including work on intercropping, renovating CRP monocultures, new cereal...
Special Summer Brownbagger On Environmental Issues And Community Impacts
Too often conflict can occur on environmental issues primarily because proposed solutions not only impact the biology and ecology of an area but also the economic and social health of surrounding communities. Scientists and technical experts need to...
Exploring Weed Tree Invasions Across The Globe
We don’t normally think of trees as invasive plants, but even MonDak prairie dwellers have experience with at least one “weedy” tree example. Just think of the acres of saltcedar (Tamarix) now clogging significant portions of our Yellowstone...
Genetics Can Aid Biocontrol Management Decisions
In the second of three Sidney Agricultural Research Service BrownBagger talks planned on biological control of invasive plant species, the emphasis is on the use of molecular tools to aid management of whitetop and saltcedar, two invasive species (a...
Bumble Bees Battling Sclerotinia Kick Off ARS 2018 BrownBagger Talks
A North Dakota State University researcher at the Langdon Research Extension Center is harnessing bumble bees, and soon honeybees, to help curb Sclerotinia head rot, a crippling fungal disease in sunflowers, that also affects soybean, dry beans,...
May 'E-rase your E-waste' Event Includes Changes
“E-rase your E-waste” organizers are pleased to announce that the group will hold its annual spring collection on Friday and Saturday, May 5-6, but this year there will be some added restrictions on what items participants can bring. Also...
Grassland "Bud Banks" Focus of ARS BrownBagger
We’ve all heard of seed banks, but bud banks? Bud banks and their pivotal role in biomass production for three key grassland forage species are the focus of the final BrownBagger presentation of 2017 at the USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural...
Bees, Beekeeping Focus of ARS BrownBagger Friday
Bees in your backyard and bees as a business are the focus of the next BrownBagger presentation at the USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory in Sidney this coming Friday, April 7. Ring in spring with this timely talk by Beth...
Bale Grazing Talk at ARS BrownBagger Mar. 24
Grazing cattle in the winter months is not typically considered an option in the northern plains, nor as a means to build soil health, but that attitude is changing with new tools and techniques now available. One of those tools, bale grazing, has...
Detoxifying Fusarium Study Focus of ARS BrownBagger Mar. 10
Fusarium head blight (FHB) has proved a very costly disease since its emergence as a major threat in the 1990s. Altogether, U.S. wheat and barley farmers have lost over $3 billion due to FHB epidemics. To address the problem, a research program...
ARS BrownBagger Features Antarctica Talk
Part travelogue and part research talk, the latest presentation in the 2017 BrownBagger Series at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Sidney lab will take participants to "the bottom of the...
Importance of private lands to conservation focus of ARS BrownBagger talk
More than two-thirds of the land area in the United States is privately owned, with 914 million acres in farms or ranches. These working lands include much of the country’s remaining open space and habitat, making them vitally important to the...
Forage Analysis Workshop Kicks Off ARS 2017 BrownBagger Series
The USDA-Agricultural Research Service facility in Sidney is pleased to partner with the Richland County Extension Office to host an interactive forage analysis workshop to open the lab’s 15th annual winter BrownBagger series on Friday, Jan. 20th....
Sidney, Fairview 'E-Rase Your E-Waste' Event Is May 13-14
E-rase your E-waste organizers invite you to bring your damaged and outdated electronic equipment to the group’s spring recycling event May 13-14 in Sidney and Fairview. Now in its 12th year, E-rase your E-waste has recycled more than 380,000...
Spring E-Waste Collection Event Returns In May
Organizers for the annual “E-rase your E-waste” collections are happy to announce the return of their spring e-waste collection event this year. Jackie Couture, chair of the E-rase your E-waste Committee, reported this week that the group is...
Spring E-Waste Collection Event Returns In May
Organizers for the annual “E-rase your E-waste” collections are happy to announce the return of their spring e-waste collection event this year. Jackie Couture, chair of the E-rase your E-waste Committee, reported this week that the group is...
Soil Health Discussion March 24
ARS talk moves to Thursday; features soil health discussion “We do not inherit the earth from our ancesters, we borrow it from our children.” ARS Soil Scientist Maysson Mikha takes this Native American Proverb to heart in her research focusing...
Strategies for Slowing Weed Resistance Subject of BrownBagger
While use of “Roundup Ready” sugarbeets has provided producers with many benefits for weed management in that crop, the technology can also compound weed problems without proper management by building weed resistance to the popular herbicide....
Successfully Battling Annual Grass Invasions Focus Of ARS Talk
Annual grass invasions into productive perennial grasslands are creating headaches for livestock producers and land managers. As the annual grasses move in, their litter provides fuel for fires, which in turn aid germination of the annual invader,...
3D Printing Talk, Demonstration At ARS Friday BrownBagger
Welders and other heavy duty tools have been the instruments of choice for farmers and ranchers needing to repair or adapt their equipment for specific jobs. But as GPS, drones and other new technologies continue to expand in agriculture, producers...
BrownBagger Presentation on Friday, Jan. 29
Invasive weeds, droughts, fires, energy development and other disturbances are all impacting the quality of one our most important natural resources in the Northern Great Plains.... our grasslands. ARS scientists are looking at ways to address those...
Innovative Dryland Farmer Kicks Off ARS Brownbagger Series Friday
Building soil quality isn’t an easy task on the semi-arid prairies of Montana and North Dakota or neighboring Saskatchewan, Canada. But that hasn’t stopped Jered Axten, an enterprising dryland farmer at Minton, Saskatchewan, from working with...
Sidney ARS Plans Plant, Insect ID Station At Fair
Wondering just what kind of bug that is? Or that funny looking plant? Concerned that you may have unwanted weeds or insect pests encroaching on your garden or field? Bring your samples to the Richland County Fair and get them identified. Insect and...
Sidney ARS Plans Plant, Insect ID Station At Fair
Wondering just what kind of bug that is? Or that funny looking plant? Concerned that you may have unwanted weeds or insect pests encroaching on your garden or field? Bring your samples to the Richland County Fair and get them identified. Insect and...
Sidney ARS Plans Plant, Insect ID Station At Fair
Wondering just what kind of bug that is? Or that funny looking plant? Concerned that you may have unwanted weeds or insect pests encroaching on your garden or field? Bring your samples to the Richland County Fair and get them identified. Insect and...