Agriculture

FIELD DAY 2013 Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center, Conrad, Montana  Wednesday July 10, 2013  8:00 am REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS: Courtesy of Centrol LLC, Brady; Jeff & Joel Farkell   8:45 am WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Dr. Gadi V.P. ...

The following information is from Pondera County Agent Dan Picard:   History The Orange Wheat Blossom Midge first surfaced inFlatheadCountyduring 2006 and has continued to be a significant pest problem. MSUExtensionPonderaCountyhas placed pheromone traps out in the county for the past several years to determine if OWBM midge was present in this area...

On today's Extension Minute, Toole County Agent Alice Burchak talked about hantavirus. Click HERE to download a free MontGuide, prepared by the Montana State University Extension Service, with information you and your family need to know to protect yourselves from this danger...

Pondera County Weed Control District Coordinator Pam Converse joined Pondera Co. Agent Dan Picard on the Extension Minute today, to talk about an infestation of Whitetop, a noxious weed that is also known as Whiteweed and Peppergrass, among other names...in...

The Toole County Extension office will be hosting a field scouting exercise on Friday, June 14th on Holtz Rd, north of Sunburst beginning at 10am and ending around noon.  Participants will be scouting various wheat, barley and pulse crop fields to identify weeds and diseases.  P...

The Bureau of Land Management has posted its Hi-Line Draft resource Management plan online, and will be taking comments in a series of public meetings around the area. Click HERE to read the draft plan. Public hearings: May 8, 6:00-8:00 pm Triangle Telephone Hospitality Room 2121 Highway 2 NW Havre, MT  59501  May 9, 6:00-8:00 pm Liberty Community & Senior Center 618 Adams Ave E Chester, MT  5

I think everyone would agree that beavers are an important part of our ecosystem....unless they'damming your creek or canal and/or flooding your property. Used to be you had one option to deal with nature's little engineer...destroy the dam...

On today's Extension Minute, Teton County Agent Jane Wolery talked about a series of seminars coming in May. Here are the details, from the MSU News Service.  BOZEMAN - Jim Oakley, an associate professor of marketing at Montana State University’s College of Business, will present “Understanding the Future Customer” in 11 cities across the state this summer as part of the college’s State Farm Famil

The critter to the left there doesn't look like something you'd want to snuggle up with, but millions of Americans sleep with bed bugs every night. During this, Bed Bug Awareness Week, the MSU Extension service offers a free MontGuide explaining how to recognize bed bugs and deal with them...

Just a few years ago, this would have been a rare sight, but farmers and ranchers  are seeing more bears roaming the prairie here in the Golden Triangle. Brad Birch spotted these two on April 17, just a couple of miles west of Conrad near the Ron Warwick place. Learn...

On today's Extension Minute, Toole County Agent Alice Burchak talked about recycling opportunities in Shelby. Here are the locations she mentioned: Shelby Recycling Site, located at the north end of the viaduct, accepts newspaper, office paper, magazines cardboard, aluminum and tin cans...

Eleven area 4-H members spent considerable time over the past month learning skills to share with others through the Teton County 4-H Demonstration contest held on Saturday, April 13. Thank you to Teton Co Agent Jane Wolery for sharing these photos: