Agriculture

Valier Homesteader Days are headin' our way, come NEXT weekend, Saturday, June 23rd. If you ask me, that one of the funnest days around here in the summer time. I've been in a few parades down there! Right now, the Valier folks are looking for vendors and crafters for Saturday, the 23rd...

The MSU Extension Service's Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology has issued an Ag Alert concerning Stripe Rust, which has been confirmed in fields in Chouteau County. So far, it's at relatively low levels, and only in susceptible wheat varieties, but producers are advised to watch your fields closely. Click HERE to read the complete Ag Alert.

Area residents that are interested in developing a gravel pit on their property are invited to attend a workshop related to the Opencut permitting process on Tuesday, June 19th in Conrad.  This 5 hour hands on workshop will start with registration at 9:30 am at Joe’s Steakhouse located at 402 S Main...

The worst natural disaster in Montana history occurred in the second week of June back in 1964. Creeks and streams turned into raging, mile-wide rivers and for the first time since Gibson Dam was built on the Sun River, water came pouring over it's top...

What a weekend NEXT weekend up north! It's the Coutt's Grass Rodeo and this afternoon (Thursday), Adam Kerfoot is stopping by the Puffman Show. I can't wait to meet Adam in person and hear about all that's going to be happening father's day weekend with the rodeo action...

he Golden Triangle's not the only place it rained...received word this morning from one of the custom cutting guys down in Parrington, Oklahoma that they also experienced some shower activity this past week. Yesterday (Tuesday), they had 1 1/2 inches of rain and the straw had been tough threshing before that...

Got word minutes ago that the Cut Bank Farmer's Market kicks off this Wednesday at  City Park in Cut Bank. Whenever I start hearing about farmers markets here in the Golden Triangle, I know that we are "officially" in the summer season. This is a good one year after year...

I received word minutes ago that the custom guys are just finishing up at Larry Goyer's place down in Clinton, Oklahoma. The general feeling down there seems to be that the yields should run close to 40 bushel with test weights from 59 to 61 pounds...

The International 4‐H Youth Exchange (IFYE) is an exchange for young adults, ages 18‐30. This is both an inbound and outbound program and every year Montana hosts a number of IFYE delegates from primarily European countries. These people are affiliated with 4‐H or other rural youth organizations in their home countries...

Tomorrow evening (Tuesday),The National Geographic Channel will be unveiling our 1st televised glimpse into one of the oldest religious colonies in this country, struggling with the daily temptations of the modern world. It's "American Colony: Meet the Hutterites...

One of the very best books I have read at the Marias Heritage Center is a saga set in the towns of Great Falls and Conrad. I've done several blogs on this beautiful presentation by Jayne Pearson Faulkner, a young girl growing up in the 1940's in Great Falls without a father and for awhile, "no place to belong"...

I received a report this morning (Tuesday) that the Texas harvest is finished and the custom guys have arrived in Oklahoma. Last week I blogged about the paperwork problem these guys were having with crossing the border and all, but it's my understanding that the customs bureaucrats gave them permission to go, providing they report back to the border by the 25th...