MSU Extension Service

The Marias River Livestock Association, USDA Farm Service Agency, Front Range Counties Farm Bureau, and MSU Extension Service are teaming up to host a two-day seminar to assist farmers and ranchers in preparing to pass their family businesses on to the next generation...

By Wendy Wedum, Pondera Co. Agent:   If you are looking to add healthy choices to your families menu in 2014, here are several websites to help you achieve your goals. Montana State University Buy. Eat. Live. Better newsletters with helpful tips and recipes. I...

Shelby Adult Education Program Great Falls' "Baker Bob" McNamee is one of the instructors scheduled to teach adult Education classes in October at the Shelby High School campus. Below is the full list of classes being offered. To sign up, contact the Toole County Extension office by 5pm Monday, Sept ...

From Jane Wolery, Teton Co Agent: The MSU Teton County Extension Office plans to offer the StrongPeople strength training class in Fairfield at the Senior Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Classes will start the end of September and run through mid-December...

The following information is from Wendy Wedum, Pondera Co. Agent for the MSU Extension Service:   Canning is an important, safe method of food preservation if practiced properly. There are two safe ways to can, depending on the type of food being canned ...

The MSU Extension Buy.Eat.Live Better website has numerous resources to help families plan ahead, resources for easy recipes, and staying active.  There are also links to the MyPlate and dietary guidelines along with numerous recipes and great newsletters (with links below)...

By Toole Co. Agent Alice Burchak - The gardens are doing well this year and gardeners will soon turn their thoughts to preserving some of their great produce.  Pickling is option to consider for certain vegetables. Crispness is a hallmark of a good pickled vegetable...

From Pondera County agent Wendy Wedum: Any way you toss it, a main dish green salad is an easy, nutritious meal --especially on a hot summer's night. National Salad Week is this week, and summer is a great time to fill up on fruits and veggies in a lightly dressed salad...

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...