Articles with the Tag: Agriculture
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...
POLSON — Amonth-old white Katahdin lamb named Corn nestled into kids’ arms at the Fourth Grade Ag Days, sponsored by the Lake County Conservation District. Corn and his younger cocoa-colored friend are “bottle babies,” meaning their mothers couldn’t or wouldn’t fe...
BOZEMAN — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is making $235 million available through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program to improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability. Pre-propo...
ST. IGNATIUS – Irrigators who use the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project to water their crops will likely see a significant increase in fees on their next assessment bills, as project managers try to raise funds to tackle millions of dollars of improvements needed to keep the decades old, dilapidating ...
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is making available $332 million in financial and technical assistance through the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program. ACEP applications may be submitted at any time to NRCS; however, applications for the current funding cycle must be submitted on or bef...
