Articles from the November 6, 2013 edition
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Pasture Rangeland and Forage Insurance Sales Closing Date
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) Billings Regional Office reminds producers in Montana and Wyoming that the sales closing date for the Pasture Rangeland and for ageinsurance program is November 15. In Montana a gridded rainfall index is used as...
Keystone XL – A Critical Pipeline To Strengthen The U.S. Economy
Based in Calgary, TransCanada Corporation, Canada's second largest pipeline company patiently awaits a ruling on the Keystone XL pipeline. The ruling is expected to be made by the end of the first qua...
Fall Mule Deer Survey Completed
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s fall mule deer survey indicated production in 2013 was higher than in 2012. Biologists counted 1,761 (1,224 in 2012) mule deer in the aerial survey in October. The buck-to-doe ratio of 0.46 (0.37 in...
ND Landowners Seek Doe Hunters
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is currently working with 18 landowners in 16 hunting units across the state who would like to host hunters with antlerless deer licenses in 2013. Participating landowners are located in hunting units 2C, 2G2...
2013 Big Game Opening Dates
Deer Bow - Aug. 30 Pronghorn Gun/Bow - There will not be a pronghorn season Bighorn Sheep - Oct. 18 Bow; Oct. 25 Gun. Only lottery winners Elk - Unit E5: Sept. 7, Unit E2: Oct. 5, Unit E4: Sept. 7 Deer Gun - Nov. 8 Moose - Units M5 & M6: Nov. 16...
MSGA & MCW Annual Convention and Trade Show in Billings, Dec. 12-14
The 2013 Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) and Montana CattleWomen (MCW) Annual Convention and Trade Show will meet at the Holiday Inn Grand Montana in Billings, Mont. on Dec. 12-14. The Convention will offer opportunities for attendees to...
Storytelling in the Oil Patch Writing Workshops Nov. 7 & 21
An organization in North Dakota believes it’s just as important to harvest the stories coming out of western North Dakota as it is to capture the natural resources there. To achieve their goal, the North Dakota Humanities Council (NDHC) will send...
More Than 130,000 Montanans to See a Cut in Food Assistance
Beginning today, 131,000 people in Montana will see their food assistance benefits cut, when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) expires. This boost took effect in 2009 and aimed...
A Way of Life Leads to Great Victory
Dedication and hard work is rewarded with great accomplishments, and few know this better than Watford City's 18-year-old rodeo competitor, Samantha Jorgenson. Among her many achievements, Jorgenson...
MSU Receives $500,000 to Look For New Genes For Resistance To Wheat Stem Sawflies
Scientists discovered some 70 years ago that they could fight wheat stem sawfly by growing a new type of wheat. The wheat had a solid stem instead of a hollow one, making it harder for females to lay eggs and leaving less room for larvae to grow....
Major Fellowship Goes To Honey Bee Investigator at MSU
Earlier this year, Laura Brutscher helped young Montanans become "honey bee investigators" during a summer camp at Montana State University. The MSU graduate student has now received a major...
WSC's Ag Department Prepares for 4th Annual Carcass Challenge
The Ag Department at Williston State College is getting ready for the 4th annual Carcass Challenge. Students in the program take calves donated from area livestock producers to Hovde Feedlot in Arnegard, feed them the same rations, and weigh and...
LYIP Completes Another Successful Irrigation Season
The ditches are drained and it's time for paperwork and construction at Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) according to project manager James Brower. The accounts are being finalized, with...
Historic Saddlery Makes Saddle For National Finals Rodeo
For years, Connolly Saddlery was known for their custom hand-made saddles. The detailed tooling and integral craftsmanship were sought after and quickly became well known throughout the country....
Stockmen's Association Pledges Reward In Horse Case
The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association (NDSA) will “pony-up” up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for striking and dragging a Shetland pony to death near Bottineau, N.D., in...
Livestock Producers Urged to Document Losses
Livestock producers that suffered losses due to natural disaster are urged to keep thorough records of all losses, including livestock death losses, as well as expenses for such things as feed purchases and extraordinary costs because of lost...
