Articles with the Tag: Agriculture
RONAN – It looks like a field of corn ready on the brink of harvest time, but look a little closer and passersby will find a puzzle ripe for solving. The Glacier View Christian School, located north of Ronan, is hosting a fall corn maze so families can enjoy some wholesome fun as autumn approa...
RONAN — The summer pasture workshop, “Pasturing for Profits” will be held in Ronan on Aug. 20-21. For the first time ever, renowned grazing researcher, author and rancher Jim Gerrish will join us in Lake County to share practical ways to increase the sustainability of our family agricultura...
LAKE COUNTY — Local producers and ranchers may see some aid for drought conditions in Lake County. Lake County is among seven Montana counties that have been authorized for emergency haying and grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program acres due to drought. Producers who wish to hay or graze their...
Orange blossom wheat midges have nothing to do with weddings and everything to do with destroying a spring wheat crop. The little insects are about half the size of a mosquito and neon orange. Midges lay their eggs in the wheat flower. When the larvae hatch in about a week, they eat the wheat kernels. &nb...
Drifts of dead grasshoppers lay under a couple of pickups at David and Sue Nash’s ranch in Irvine Flats, remnants of horrific grasshopper hatches in the area. They have to shovel them up and burn them or they decay and smell. “It’s just staggering how many grasshoppers there are this yea...
PABLO — The Ronan Natural Resource and Conservation Services Office and Lake County Conservation District are sponsoring the first ever “Production Vegetable Tour,” similar to our Pasture Walk Series, to learn about sustainable production techniques at Fresh Roots Farms 6-7:30 p.m. July 14 ...
LAKE COUNTY — Providing unlimited access to clean, fresh water for cattle becomes even more critical with increasing temperatures. Water requirements for cattle double between 50 degrees and 94 degrees, according to the Montana Stockgrowers Association website. They recommend a gallon of water per 1...
News from Montana Stockgrowers Association HELENA – Montana Stockgrowers Association recently announced its second year of partnership with NorthWestern Energy as an “Official Top Hand Club Sponsor.” The 2015 Individual Top Hand recognition will be awarded at MSGA’s Annual Conventi...
HOT SPRINGS — Coby Guenzler from Hot Springs was 1 of 25 participants chosen from more than 100 applicants to be awarded a heifer calf through the NILE (Northern International Livestock Exposition) Merit Heifer Program, a live animal scholarship program. Project participants were chosen on the basis of...
