Agriculture

On today's Extension Minute, Toole County Agent Alice Burchak talked about the Shelby Community Gardens. Here are the contact numbers for the gardens, and the list of vegetable starts available through the Shelby Schools RECCS program: For information on leasing a plot at the Shelby Community garden call MSU Extension 424-8350...

Teton County requires citizens to obtain a burn permit and activate the permit before they do any open burning. The Teton County Burn Permit service (click HERE) is available now and will provide citizens with instant access to county burn permits...

On today's Extension Minute, Pondera Co. Agent Wendy Wedum offered some tips for safely boiling, dying and storing Easter Eggs: Tips for making hard boiled eggs:  When cooking, place a single layer of eggs in a saucepan. Add water to at least one inch above the eggs...

By Maggie Nutter       The Grizzly Bears are coming out of their winter sleep. They have been spotted up on the Rocky Mountain Front and will be wandering our way if they are not already here.  In the last few years Grizzly Bears have been spotted along Lake Elwell/Tiber Reservoir, along the Teton River, Marias River, and even down to Loma on the Missouri River...

Like many teenage boys in Montana, Richard Turere (in Kenya)lives on a ranch. Like many Montana ranchers, Richard's family was losing valuable livestock to predators that are themselves an endangered species.Click HERE to read how this clever youngster solved the problem...

The U.S. Forest Service's northern region office in Missoula has released its 2012 Year in Review. The 24-page document reviews USFS activities in Idaho, Montana and North Dakota, ranging from wildfire management to insect damage mitigation, timber operations, historical and cultural programs...

North Central Montana Regional PULSE CROP PRODUCTION WORKSHOP  WEDNESDAY – February 13, 2013 9:30-4:00 PONDERA SHOOTING SPORTS CLUB     TOPICS: CROP PRODUCTION PRACTICES HERBICIDE APPLICATION & CARRYOVER ISSUES PULSE CROP RESEARCH & VARIETY TRIALS PANEL PRODUCTION ECONOMICS 2013 CROP INSURANCE UPDATE INTRODUCTION TO BUYERS/PROCESSORS LOCAL GROWER PANEL - TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS SPEAKER

The USDA Farm Service Agency, along with the Blackfeet Community College, invites producers to attend a free Production and Financial Management Training Workshop, this Saturday, Jan. 26th, from 9am to 5pm at The Blackfeet Community College in Browning. Participation in this workshop will count toward the FSA's borrower training requirements.

    Chester, Mont. —Oct. 16, 2012— A community roundtable will be held in Chester, Mont. at the Liberty County Community and Senior Center from 5:30-7:30 on October 16.  This family friendly meeting, with food, beverages, door prizes, and youth activities, will give the residents of Liberty County and the surrounding area a format to discuss and envision the future of North Central Montana.  Resid

I blogged just last week about some fine church activities that take place here in the Golden Triangle & this weekend is no exception! There's going to be spaghetti on the platter this Sunday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church here in Shelby when our Girl Scouts do their Spaghetti Fundraiser from 11 to 1:30. Ou...

By the "South", I'm blogging about the Ag producers in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, & Texas. Colorado had 4 inches of rain in the past 10 days. The "Lucky" Linnenbergs will commence seeding in Colorado, as soon as the ground dries out. Kansas reports NOTHING! Ok...

I received a report this morning (Thursday) from Tall-Todd, the custom cutting fellow. Todd has been cutting up north in Alberta & he says Alberta province has "pretty much been cut out". There IS some winter wheat being seeded, but the drought is ongoing up there also. Th...