MSU Ag Alerts

Register now for the Crop and Pest Management School held at Montana State University January 5-7, 2015. The 2½-day workshop will focus on small grain production in Montana. Ruth Dill-Macky, Professor of Small Grains Pathology at the University of Minnesota Department of Plant Pathology and Scott Meers with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development will provide guest lectures...

BOZEMAN – Montana State University (MSU) Extension in partnership with USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) and USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced the schedule of 28 informational agricultural producer meetings in communities across Montana. ...

On her Extension Minute today, Glacier Co. Agent Kari Lewis offered some tips for identifying and dealing with Canada Thistle. Here are the links she offered: Montana Weed Control Association Colorado State University Extension

On her latest MSU Extension Minute, Glacier County Agent Kari Lewis talked about the worsening problem of the Orange Wheat Midge in Golden Triangle wheat fields. Here are the links to more information about detecting and dealing with them: MSU Extension Service MontGuide (downloadable pdf file)MSU Extension Pestweb - Wheat Midge pageBugwood WIKI - Wheat Midge Page

Here are the links to the publications offered by Glacier Co. Agent Kari Lewis on today's Extension Minute: The Columbian Ground Squirrel: It's Biology and Control  MT Dept. of Agriculture List of Registered Rodenticides for Ground Squirrel Control  

The MSU Extension Service  has issued a new Ag Alert bulletin, with information on head blight management with fungicide to follow up on the 28 May agalert. Click HERE for the bulletin in pdf form. High risk areas include yellowstone and gallatin valleys as well as the fairfield bench...

The MSU Cooperative Extension Service has issued a new AgAlert bulletin, after Hill County Extension Agent  Nicole Gray reported pea leaf weevil (PLW) activity at the Northern Ag Research Center. Click HERE to see a photo of weevil damage...

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.

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...

Jeff Farkell has reported an infestation of army cutworms in a field near Collins, Teton County. Click HERE for the latest MSU Ag Alert with full details.

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...