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Today the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center (MCHF & WHC) announced the seventh class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. The inductees were chosen from a field of candidates nominated by the general public. Inductees are honored for their notable contributions to the history and culture of Montana. “Our Hall of Fame voting process is organized around our volunteer trustees across the state and the election process gives the local community volunteers a direct voice in who from their area is being i...
Schedule of Events for Thursday, July 24th 8:30 am Refreshments & Registration for Pesticide Application Credits 9:00 am Welcome – Hans Schneider, MSU/MAES EARC Superintendent & Glenn Duff, Interim Dean & Director, MSU College of Agriculture/Agricultural Experiment Station or Barry Jacobsen, MSU Interim Dept. Head of Research Centers Dr. Jeff Bader, MSU Extension Director, DRC & Extension 9:15 am Tour Begins 9:30 am Roshan Acharya MS, MSU Graduate Student, MSU Spring Wheat Stay-Green C...
The Sidney FFA Alumni hosted a Kids Pedal Tractor Pull Saturday during the Richland County Centennial celebration. The tractor pull was held out at the fairgrounds and had 36 participants ranging in age from 4 to 12 years old. Both boys and girls got to compete, but the furthest distance pulled didn’t determine a winner, as all participants received a prize. All participants were also entered into a drawing to win one of the two pedal tractors. Sunrise Equipment and Tri-County Implement, both of Sidney, donated the pedal tractors that were used...
Three Farm Credit organizations are continuing their support for western North Dakota communities impacted by oil and mineral exploration and production. Today the groups announced $300,000 in grants for projects under the Rural Community Grant Fund. The latest awards focus primarily on rural fire departments and support for area first responders. This includes funds for new fire trucks for rural fire departments in Crosby and Mohall and a tanker upgrade in Burlington – helping to replace three aging vehicles. It also includes new protective g...
Certis USA, a top manufacturer of biological pesticides, announced today that a disease-fighting bacterium discovered at Montana State University is now heading for regulatory review in the U.S. and Canada, a final hurdle to bringing the technology to market. Certis USA’s disease-fighting agent BmJ WG was discovered and named “Bacillus mycoides isolate J” by Barry Jacobsen, professor of plant sciences and plant pathology in MSU’s College of Agriculture. After isolating BmJ from healthy leaves in an otherwise disease-ridden sugar beet field i...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding $6 million to universities and cooperative state extension services to develop online decision tools and other materials and train experts to educate producers about several key farm bill programs. The new Web tools will help farmers and ranchers determine what participation in programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill will mean for their businesses. The University of Illinois (lead for the National Coalition for Producer Education),...
Montana State University researchers have produced two new varieties of the grain triticale, a cross of wheat and rye that combines the grain quality, yield and disease resistance of wheat with the vigor and hardiness of rye. These two new technologies are available for licensing together or separately and are currently open for review at MSU agricultural research centers in Bozeman, Havre, Moccasin and Sheridan. The two triticale lines – 110WCF57 and 111WCF57 – improve on the grain’s disease resistance and tendency to put more growth into...
