Agriculture

10 Local Schools Eligible to Participate in Free School Meals
10 Local Schools Eligible to Participate in Free School Meals
10 Local Schools Eligible to Participate in Free School Meals
PRESS RELEASE Recently, the Montana Office of Public Instruction announced that 117 schools in Montana, including 10 in the Golden Triangle,  will be eligible to serve more free meals to students using the new “Community Eligibility Provision,” starting in the 2014-15 school year...
Draft Water Plan Meetings Scheduled for Shelby, Great Falls
Draft Water Plan Meetings Scheduled for Shelby, Great Falls
Draft Water Plan Meetings Scheduled for Shelby, Great Falls
The Upper Missouri River Basin Advisory Council has scheduled a series of public meetings, including Shelby and Great Falls, to gather comments on the Upper Missouri River Basin draft recommendations to the the Montana Water Supply Initiative, a 20 year state water plan ...
MSU AgAlert- Army Cutworms On the March
MSU AgAlert- Army Cutworms On the March
MSU AgAlert- Army Cutworms On the March
The MSU Cooperative Extension Service reports in infestation of Army Cutworms in Teton County, near Collins. Click HERE for the latest MSU AgAlert. Click HERE for a MontGuide on Army Cutworms and Pale Western Cutworms.
Ag Alert: Wheat Streak Mosaic in Chouteau County
Ag Alert: Wheat Streak Mosaic in Chouteau County
Ag Alert: Wheat Streak Mosaic in Chouteau County
Wheat streak mosaic virus and active wheat curl mites have been detected in Chouteau County. Click HERE for the latest Montana AgAlert from the MSU Extension Service, including photos and management recommendations. UPDATE: Dr. Mary Burrows issued a second AgAlert Monday afternoon, saying there is the potential for a WSMV epidemic in areas that suffered hail damage last summer...
Glacier County Welcomes New Extension Agent
Glacier County Welcomes New Extension Agent
Glacier County Welcomes New Extension Agent
Glacier County's new MSU Extension Service agent is no stranger to the Golden Triangle. Kari Lewis (nee Gillespie) grew up in northern Toole County. You are invited to an open house to meet Kari (or get reaquainted) on Friday, May 9, from 1-5 pm, at the county extension office, located in the Glacier County Courthouse Annex, on the east end of Cut Bank...
Farm/Ranch Women “Home Alone” Workshop
Farm/Ranch Women “Home Alone” Workshop
Farm/Ranch Women “Home Alone” Workshop
The following is from Tyler Lane, Chouteau County Extension Agent:                Have you ever been left home alone to manage the farm and ranch for a few days or hours? Have you been left to “watch” the cows during calving...
MSU Extension Offers Cropping Seminars
MSU Extension Offers Cropping Seminars
MSU Extension Offers Cropping Seminars
Montana State University Extension is hosting the annual Golden Triangle Cropping Seminar series in Chester, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Denton, Fort Benton, Great Falls and Shelby from January 13-16...
Service Announces Availability of the Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Black-footed Ferret
Service Announces Availability of the Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Black-footed Ferret
Service Announces Availability of the Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Black-footed Ferret
DENVER--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing the availability of the Black-footed ferret Revised Recovery Plan (Plan). The Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) (ferret) was historically found throughout the Great Plains, mountain basins, and semi-arid grasslands of North America wherever prairie dogs occurred...
USFWS Reopens Public Comment Period for Proposal to List the Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo as a Threatened Species
USFWS Reopens Public Comment Period for Proposal to List the Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo as a Threatened Species
USFWS Reopens Public Comment Period for Proposal to List the Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo as a Threatened Species
Sacramento, Calif – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is reopening the public comment period for 60 days for the proposal to list the western distinct population segment of the yellow-billed cuckoo as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)...

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