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Bovine Connection organizers have invited Steve Dittmer, Agribusiness Freedom Foundation, to speak at the Thursday, Dec. 1 session of the Bovine Connection, scheduled at the Extension office building meeting room, North Central Avenue, Sidney, and also to present the address at the Thursday night banquet scheduled for the Sidney Country Club. Dittmer will discuss free marketing and the preservation of free market options. “We promote free market principles throughout the food chain,” Dit...
The Missouri River Conservation District Council (MRCDC), comprised of the 15 conservation districts in the Missouri River Corridor held their quarterly meeting in Culbertson on Sept 26. The MRCDC provides leadership, assistance and guidance to conservation districts along the Missouri River Corridor, their goal is to share perspectives, solve problems and exchange information on Missouri River resource management. In this light the Lower Missouri Coordinated Resource Management (LoMo CRM), the...
Bovine Connection organizers have invited Jim Robb, Livestock Marketing Information Center director, (LMIC) to give a talk during the Friday, Dec. 2 session of the Bovine Connection concerning the LMIC market update and projection. Robb will speak at 11 a.m. at the Extension office facility meeting room, North Central Avenue, Sidney. Robb will discuss issues in the livestock markets and explain how these issues interconnect and affect the entire marketplace. “We are seeing record high calf p...
The Richland County Extension office, in cooperation with extension agents from adjoining counties and other professionals, will host two evening pesticide classes on Nov. 15-17 at the new extension building on North Central Avenue. The classes will enable people to obtain necessary pesticide points to remain current with their applicators licenses. Those who attend both classes will earn a total of four points. “People need to have points to keep their licenses current,” says Richland Cou...
Do you want to design an orderly and successful transition plan for your farm/ranch business? Are you uncertain about how to choose those who are best suited to continue your business into the future? Are you concerned about the financial impacts and tax consequences of your transition plan? What are the best tools and strategies available to create this plan? These are just a few of the questions that will be answered at the Farm/Ranch Transition Planning workshop series the North Dakota State University Extension Service is hosting on Nov....
Difficulties in communicating with others can lead to problems and misunderstandings. Getting your message understood, dealing with people of a different generation, and effectively airing viewpoints can present challenges for many of us. Times change, fashions change and attitudes change from year to year and from generation to generation, sometimes making it difficult to bridge gaps. When four generations live and work together, it is critical to maintain good communications and understanding...
A tax management program will be offered to agricultural producers and tax preparers from 9 a.m.-noon CST on Friday, Nov. 18, at 11 interactive video sites in North Dakota. The North Dakota State University Extension Service and Internal Revenue Service are sponsoring the program. It will feature presentations by Ann Makres, IRS; Steve Eckroth, Eide Bailly, Bismarck; Brenda Laub, CPA, Valley City; Steve Troyer, Eide Bailly, Fargo; and Andy Swenson, NDSU farm management specialist. Experts will provide federal income tax updates and tax...
Sherri Hardy, Fairview, snapped the photo which won The Roundup’s Women in Agriculture photo contest. As the picture demonstrates, women play an important role on the Hardy farm, particularly during harvest. Hardy explains that family and friends of both sexes all chip in to help out during the busy sugarbeet season. Without women, the Hardys would have a difficult time completing harvest. “We draw from family, friends and retired people to complete harvest,” explains Hardy. “My sister is a fl...
Nearly 350 cattle producers gathered in Bismarck Sept. 22-24 for the 82nd Annual North Dakota Stockmen’s Association (NDSA) Convention & Trade Show, “Together, Facing the Storm”, to set the direction of the state’s beef cattle industry through policy discussions and development. “I’m extremely proud of the grassroots work of the NDSA,” said Jason Schmidt, Medina, ND, rancher and NDSA president. “Members recognize the value of working together to identify priorities and find solutions to the storms we face in the cattle industry, and our policie...
The word ‘harvest’ brings to mind small grains, alfalfa, sugarbeets, potatoes, legumes and the bounty from the gardens and orchards. Harvest, the seasonal reaping of any natural product, also includes lesser thought about products, including the harvest of trees for wood. Crane resident Ken Redman harvests trees and runs the logs through his small mill, producing slabs and boards of whatever dimensions he desires. He uses his end product to build anything from cabinets and trim to corrals and...
Methods of handling cattle may differ from ranch to ranch. Some ranchers find livestock handling a relatively simple matter, while others feel it is a stressful experience for both man and beast. However, ways do exist to make handling livestock a chore than no one dreads, rather than a painful marathon for all involved. Because cattle handling has become something that the public looks at more carefully than they did in the past, and because methods do exist that make moving cattle easier for...
Although growers experienced a tough growing season this year, Mother Nature rewarded their perseverance by providing good weather for sugarbeet harvest. Growers had to wait an extra week before starting harvest due to warm temperatures, but once they began bringing in the crop, they had uninterrupted digging. “We finished on the 24th of October, with Savage the last station to complete harvest,” says Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugars agricultural manager. “We had beautiful weather, the beets came...
For Kelsey Gibbs, the path from Glendive ranch kid to a possible rendezvous with ovine destiny at the upcoming World Young Shepherds Challenge - set for Nov. 1-2 in Oamaru, New Zealand - began simply enough. "It started out with a couple of 4-H lambs in third grade," Gibbs said. Despite growing up on what had become predominantly a cattle ranch, Gibbs' love of sheep continued as she grew her flock lamb by lamb through high school and continued until she left for the animal science program at Mon...
The culture of the West is changing, and I don’t like it. But, after givin’ this matter a little thought, I’ve come to the conclusion that the West has been in a constant state of flux for a couple of hundred years now, and the old guys never have liked it. This really isn’t anything new. The Indians didn’t like it when us whiteys started movin’ this way, the big cow outfits didn’t like it when the homesteaders started farmin’ up their free range, and probably nobody liked the fact that a lot...
