Larry Denowh, Advanced Communications, chats with a customer at the MonDak Ag Days Trade Show.
The annual MonDak Ag Days are coming up next week, January 10-12 at the Richland County Fair Event Center. Ag Days will offer educational sessions, trade show displays, and entertainment, with something to interest everyone.
Starting out on Thursday, there will be a family program from 8:30am until noon providing different gardening topics including square-foot gardening and raised beds, rainwater capture strategies, garden insects, bucket composting, and gardening in schools.
From 12:45 until 1:45 pm, Jon Reiten with MT Bureau of Mines and Geology, as well as Denise Biggar with MT Water Resources, will speak on water rights and provide information on water depots.
From 2:15 to 3:15, Jeremy Norby, an agent from Seitz Insurance, will be speaking about insurance for the farm. Thursday evening beginning at 5pm, there will be a social prior to the banquet being held at 6pm. This year’s banquet is catered by Leroy Strasheim and will feature entertainer, Ken Overcast.
Starting out on Friday from 7am until 9am, enjoy a free breakfast, sponsored by Advanced Communications and served by the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture. Following the breakfast, from 9am until 10am, Vicki Olson with the Phillips County Livestock Association will discuss the potential impacts with bison, while Jim Posewitz will give his side of the grazing buffalo issue.
From 10:30am to 11:30am, there will be a virtual tour of the Pust feedlot presented by Doug Pust.
Starting at 11:30 until 12:30, Dr. Doug Landblom will speak on grazing cornstalks as a means of feed.
From 1:15pm to 2:15pm, Jim Miller, the new local Game Warden, will speak on Dealing with Predators. He will speak on the issues seen with them and the legalities of how to deal with them.
From 2:30pm to 3:30pm, Bill Pelton will speak on Beef Quality Assurance. Bill will speak on how to get certified, stay certified and provide other information regarding being certified.
All events will be held at the Richland County Fair Event Center. For further information please see additional articles in this edition of the Ag Roundup or call the MSU- Extension Office at 406-433-1206.
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